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The Value of Transparency After the Investigative Report
In 2014, Tiverton Fact Check noted that the second-highest-paid employee in town was Police Lieutenant Timothy Panell. In fact, our…
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Strategy for Addressing the 0.9% Budget #2 Remand to the Budget Committee
Now that their petition has won at the 2016 financial town referendum (FTR), the supporters of the 0.9% Budget #2…
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0.9% Budget #2 Wins Again
Preliminary numbers: Budget #1: 879 (40%) Budget #2: 1,220 (55%) Budget #3: 100 (5%) Provisional ballots yet to be counted…
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A 0.9% Increase for Fiscal Year 2017
Tiverton’s taxes are still way too high, with a rate that is 38% higher than the average for every surrounding…
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Development May Be Fine, but No Subsidies
Writing in the Sakonnet Times, Tom Killin Dalglish previews a meeting between the Tiverton Town Council and Legacy Venture West…
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Christmas Tree Discord Leads to Recreation Resignations
After a month of stress and conflict between Tiverton’s recreation commission, the Town Council, and Town Administrator Matt Wojcik, the annual…
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Tiverton Schools’ Projected Enrollment Increase Doesn’t Pan Out
One peculiar projection in the Tiverton School Department’s budget presentation, this past spring, was that enrollment would increase, to 1,890…
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Jonathan Cottrell’s Home and a Political Game of Twister
The latest controversy somewhat related to the Tiverton Glen project — substantial enough to fill the town hall for a…
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First Tiverton Glen-Related Recall Petition Pulled
As the local heat grew around the Town Council’s vote on whether to change the Tiverton Comprehensive Community Plan to accommodate the…
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