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SUBSCRIBE LOG IN Subscriber login Day pass login Calendar submission login MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024 Day Pass Log in Sign up for our newsletters Toggle navigation Home Our Towns Barrington Bristol East Providence Little Compton Portsmouth Tiverton Warren Westport News All Sports East Bay Life Book Reviews Community Calendar (Events) Dig In (cooking) Fishing Life and Death Life in the Garden The Music Scene Things to Do! Weddings Obits Recent Obituaries Archived Obituaries Place An Obituary Opinion All Columns Letters Editorials Classifieds All Automotive Employment Home Improvement Items for Sale Real Estate Yard Sales Place an ad Homes New in the Market Distinctive Homes e-Editions This Week’s paper Special Issues Search Subscribe Subscriber Log in The Latest News Tiverton police logs: Multiple drug arrests this week Monday, May 6 An animal complaint came in from Mill Street at 10:21 a.m., and another from the Longplex complex at 4:17 p.m. Kelly J. Viveiros, 54, of 1 Mill St., Apt. 1123, was charged … Westport Town Meeting kills Route 6, short term rental plans Two initiatives that would have had wide-reaching ramifications in Westport were defeated by voters at last Tuesday’s Financial … Read More Hope & Main graduate named ’Exporter of the Year’ by RI SBA As a first-generation immigrant from Senegal, Bacary Diatta understands the value of branding overseas and the power of a global … Read More Barrington student’s artwork will be displayed in US Capitol Barrington High School student Vivian Wen recently won the 2024 Congressional Art Competition for Rhode Island’s First … Read More Clippers spoil Santerre’s outing, sink Huskies 10-0 Junior Ethan Santerre was pitching a gem against third place, 9-4 Cumberland. The mighty Clippers managed just a single run against … Read More BHS AfterProm looking for volunteers, donations Organizers of the annual Barrington High School AfterProm event are looking for volunteers. Our decorating team has … Read More Barrington residents will vote (again) on monastery property Residents at this month’s Financial Town Meeting will vote on a resolution to authorize the development of the former Carmelite … Read More Read more Things To Do ... A celebration of local museums is coming soon to Warren Historic Warren, a collaborative of Warren’s museum and historical agencies, will celebrate Museum Day on Saturday, May 18, from 12 to 4 p.m. Local museums will open their doors to the public for exhibits, tours, and demonstrations. A chance to learn more about Bristol’s historic Black neighborhood New Goree began to be developed around 1805, and was populated with a sizable quantity of free Black citizens. More is being uncovered about this area, and a local group wants to share their discoveries. Bristol Garden Club’s Plant Sale is this weekend The annual Bristol Garden Club Plant Sale will be held at Mount Hope Farm from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11. 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A few weeks … Sponsored Recalls, withdrawals and safety alerts: Youth helmets, taco kits and more At the end of each week, the law firm d’Oliveira & Associates compiles a summary of recalls, FDA warnings, market withdrawals and safety alerts that the public should be aware of for their … Read more ... Obituaries Manuel Andrade Manuel F. Andrade, age 60, of Warren, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at Rhode Island Hospital. Born in Faial, Azores the son of the late Jose F. and Maria L. (Pereira) Andrade. He is surviv Joseph Vaccaro Sr. Joseph V. Vaccaro, Sr., 88, of Bristol, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2024, at Silver Creek Rehab and Healthcare Center, surrounded by his loving family. Joe was a lifelong resident of Bristol, a Patricia Pattie Patricia Ann (O’Donnell) Pattie, 76, of Bristol, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at Charlton Memorial Hospital. Please visit Smith Funeral & Memorial Services website for service information: ww See more obituaries here Sports Townies again answer a loss with a win streak in Division II baseball After suffering just its third of the season the weekend prior, the East Providence High School baseball team responded with a trio of victories over the next seven days in Division II play as the … Portsmouth softball team on a tear, wins four straight games PORTSMOUTH — Everything seems to be clicking right now for the Portsmouth High School softball team, which is on a four-game win streak. Design Committee unanimously recommends approval of MetLinks golf plan The Design Review Committee sub-set of the Waterfront Commission unanimously recommended to the full body to approve the new nine-hole golf course at the former site of the Metacomet Country Club. … Tennis team continues to struggle, loses to Durfee 3-2 It’s been a tough start to the season for the Westport girls tennis team, who lost a close 3-2 match to Durfee on Monday for their seventh loss in a row. The team is currently 1-7. Their lone … Read more Opinion Letter: Bathed in lush green, life returns to the Back 40 Well, my world finally turned green as I hoped it would and it brought some things to remember. • One morning I looked out and saw a tiny yellow warbler scavenging for t insects in a bed of … Letter: Don’t pull up the tracks — reconnect rail line To the editor: I read with amusement the glee to pull up abandoned rail tracks in Tiverton to be replaced with a bike path to improve access to the Fall River MBTA station. It truly … Letter: It was a porta-potty-party on Aaron Avenue Every now and then, the excuses to party can get a bit outlandish. In this case, I suspect calling this recent celebration a bit outhouse-lish”. Letter: First Community Connections Resource Fair a success The response from the Bristol community was wonderful and the connections with local resources volunteering their time was outstanding. Letter: Worried about the dangers of child’s jewelry To the editor: While many in the town were focused on the recent inexcusable beating of a Barrington student by his peers, what caught my eye was the police report of a woman who claimed the … Read more Your community. Your stories. Your inbox. Sign up for our free newsletter today! 2024 by East Bay Media Group Barrington · Bristol · East Providence · Little Compton · Portsmouth · Tiverton · Warren · Westport Meet our staff MIKE REGO Mike Rego has worked at East Bay Newspapers since 2001, helping the company launch The Westport Shorelines. He soon after became a Sports Editor, spending the next 10-plus years in that role before taking over as editor of The East Providence Post in February of 2012. To contact Mike about The Post or to submit information, suggest story ideas or photo opportunities, etc. in East Providence, email mrego@eastbaymediagroup.com. 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