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The people who remind us of what matters
The holidays have begun, and I'm picking the best of them as occasion to look back over a very full year and single out some of the people who have done good and caring things because that's what they do.
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Robert Gray
"Robert Gray." 27 February 2008. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2008. Gray, Robert , a United States sea captain and fur trader.
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Tiverton residents who make an effort to put yard waste out at curb side during regular trash pickup this week will help the town achieve its objective of recycling as much waste as possible so as little waste ...
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Local legislators did not offer much in the way of solutions for the state's ever-widening economic woes Wednesday during the fifth annual Newport County Legislative Breakfast.
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National Grid has filed a Superior Court lawsuit claiming Newport, Portsmouth and 10 other communities have overassessed the values of the company's gas lines and equipment so the company has paid too much in ...
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Rain christens opening of sewage overflow tunnel
Hundreds gathered under a tent here to celebrate the on-time, on-budget completion of the biggest public works project in state history - the tunnel and pipes and pumps designed to capture and treat sewage ...
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The fixer-upper Christopher and Terri Potts started working on before he was deployed and killed in the line of duty in Iraq four years ago recently was finished by volunteers, who celebrated its completion ...
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Mana s ear severed in fight
Tiverton police are investigating a stabbing that happened at about 11 p.m. Wednesday night.
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Busy hands, healing hearts
Ann Hood had always used reading and writing to transport or comfort herself. She had developed a successful career as a journalist and prolific writer of short stories and novels.
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Voters review their ballots while waiting in line Tuesday at Knights of Columbus Hall in Newport.
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Political signs, mostly for a -
Political signs were targeted for theft and destruction here in the waning days of the political season.
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n LILY at her graduation with proud parents
FORMER East Devon College student Lily Odgers has good reason to celebrate after earning a First Class Honours Degree in Surface Pattern Design at Swansea Metropolitan University.
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A conservative at the victory party
Justin from Anchor Rising was part of the media/blog crew at the Biltmore last night, and he seemed resigned to an Obama victory even when very little of the results were in.
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With tremendous interest in the presidential race, voters may face longer lines than usual at polling places Tuesday.
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Tiverton Town Clerk Nancy Mello had hoped to have department heads dress up like the presidential candidates and have a brief talk with fourth-graders before they cast their ballots for president in a mock ...
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Company buys land in Tiverton a -
The owner of a Middletown heating and air conditioning business has purchased three acres of Tiverton's industrial park and is moving his business to the new site as soon as he can construct a building there.
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Larry Denofio of National Grid looks at a Tiverton street map in the Tiverton Fire Station to determine which homes still needs to have their gas turned off Thursday evening as workers tried to address a gas ...
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RI man electrocuted using crane-type truck
A 54-year-old man operating a crane-type truck died after being electrocuted. A Tiverton Fire Department spokesman said the man was killed while was working at his property on Eagleville Road when a boom device ...
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Natural gas outage hits 860 a -
An estimated 860 natural gas customers in north Tiverton were without service for parts of Thursday and Friday after an abnormal and potentially hazardous condition, reportedly a drop in pressure in the ...
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Gas service restored to most Tiverton customers
Vaselios Skarpos sold a few cold grinders from his Famous Pizza on Main Road Thursday when he was among about 900 National Grid customers with no gas service, but he had to close the shop in the early afternoon ...
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