Little Compton News

R.I. Kitchen & Bath in Warwick will hold its "Visiting Chef Series" event this Saturday, November 14, 2009 from noon to 2:00 pm featuring Chef Paul Wade of Pietra Restaurant in the newly renovated Stone House in Little Compton.

Suspected swine flu spread through the rural Wilbur & McMahon School last week, sending 80 elementary students -- about a quarter of the school -- home Friday with fevers, aches and coughs.

Health officials confirmed Tuesday that the 12-year-old Lincoln girl who died over the weekend did have swine flu, and revealed that a middle-aged woman died Monday of a suspected case.

Pink ginger from Wishing Stone Farm in Little Compton on its way to local chefs.

As Rhode Island struggles through the recession, the Rhode Island Foundation is directing a substantial share of the $4.5 million in grants it is distributing this year toward community and economic development efforts.

SHIPSTONa S Telegraph Street council office will close following the failure of an appeal to save it.

Meet my new blue lobster. She was donated last night by a lobsterman working out of Little Compton , and she weighs in at about a pound and a half.

In celebration of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Martin's Episcopal Church invites you to bring your dogs, cats, birds and other pets to a blessing of the animals ceremony at 10 a.m. Sunday, Oct.

A Rhode Island lobsterman caught a 7-year-old, one-and-a-quarter pound female blue lobster about eight miles south of Little Compton.

Sen. Louis P. DiPalma and Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr. have been named to a special Senate commission that will study municipal pensions and report its findings to the Senate by the conclusion of the 2010 legislative session.

Joel Pierce Flather, age 68, of Little Compton, died September 16, 2009, in Rhode Island Hospital surrounded by his family.

A MORETON artist has bought back one of his own paintings, having not seen the watercolour since selling it 34 years ago.

Tropical Storm Danny turned out to be little more than a long, sustained soaker.

The Devin Laubi Foundation will hold its sixth annual bike ride, a fundraiser to benefit families of children with cancer on Sept.

Master quilter Denyse Schmidt is just like most of us when it comes to starting a new project: She's plagued by doubts, second-guesses herself and procrastinates.

Some petrifying news has arrived from the Netherlands. It seems that a moon rock supposedly brought back by Apollo astronauts and presented to a retired Dutch prime minister 40 years ago is actually a hunk of petrified wood, according to the Associated Press.

It seems last week's mention of ice cream brought out the sweet tooth in some readers.

The local property tax levy has grown by 12.8 percent, the greatest levy increase in Rhode Island towns and cities this fiscal year, according to analysis by the state Department of Revenue.

Here's your guide to events in Warwickshire this week: Friday, August 14 Join a gardeners' guided walk around Hill Close Gardens in Warwick from 2.30pm until 3.30pm. Places cost A 2. Call 493339.

Sunday, August 09, 2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon. This past weekend, we discovered a magical escape for a romantic weekend! The just-opened Stone House in Little Compton is an impressive, historic hostelry hugging the coastline in this charming Rhode Island town.