Commentary
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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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Informal Report from the Tiverton Glen Public Hearing
I don’t attend Town Council meetings these days, since this Town Council doesn’t allow public comment until the very end…
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Questioning the Fiscal Impact of “The Mall”
Introduction Now that the proposed “Tiverton Glen” mixed use development (the “Glen Project”) has made its way from the Planning…
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Avoiding Misunderstanding of Fliers and Reserves
Thank you to the Tiverton School Committee for seeing its way clear to implement full-day kindergarten in the coming school…
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Joe Sousa: Town Should Have Listened to Volunteers on Library
As I read about the problems at the new library the words “we told you so” come to mind. Going…
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Three Things to Know About Full-Day Kindergarten in Tiverton
As the General Assembly moves to finalize a budget for the state and the Tiverton School Committee runs out of…
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