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Weak Leadership Has Made Tiverton a Mark for Abuse
Stories like the one appearing on last Tuesday’s Newport Daily News front page, by Marcia Pobzeznik, are becoming way too familiar for Tiverton.…
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Discrimination Against Students Who Aren’t in the System
Thursday afternoon, January 26, representatives of various organizations and private schools will gather at the Rhode Island State House to…
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Durfee Should Budget for the Living
A recent letter by Budget Committee Member Louise Durfee deserves response on two points. First, Ms. Durfee’s attempt to spin…
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Tiverton 1st Set Out to Teach Taxpayers a Lesson
If the Town Council follows through with the Budget Committee’s threat to end trash pickup in Tiverton (or charge extra…
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Town Council Should Reject Budget Committee’s Vindictive Scheme to Kill Trash Pickup
The Tiverton Budget Committee has no authority to eliminate residential trash pickup, but in order to make a political statement with…
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School Department’s False Blame of the FTR
They can never just present their requests without layering in some political spin, can they? There it is, on slide…
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Seveney Names the Pieces on His Side of the Board
Portsmouth Town Council Member Jim Seveney posted a gracious letter of thanks after his narrow loss in the race for…
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Keeping Sight of Community Despite Disagreement
Maybe something arrived in the local air, with the summer months. Or maybe we were all exhausted by the constant…
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Wary of Political Knock-Downs with Tiverton Glen
As a general proposition, development of the land on the northern side of Route 24 in Tiverton is a good…
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Town Solicitor Answered Wrong Question on School Surplus
By way of a followup to an earlier post about a legal analysis developed by Assistant Solicitor Stephanie Federico, of Anthony…
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