Tiverton News

A motorcyclist who crashed in June, killing his passenger, was ordered to give up his driver's license during his arraignment in Newport County Superior Court Thursday morning.

Don't just get a Christmas tree. Get an experience. This is what Eric Watne says.

The Newport County Grand Jury on Friday indicted Joseph Beirola, 48, of 43 Pocasset Ave., Tiverton, on a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol and driving to endanger, death resulting.

Soil from backyards in the north end of Tiverton is so contaminated that residents haven't allowed their kids to play outside for seven years, but it is good enough to cap the state landfill in Johnston.

Denise Betz was back on stage this weekend, performing in the Portsmouth Community Theater's production of "The Ugly Duckling." She needed a ride to the theater, performed the role of Aunt Malkin from her wheelchair, and couldn't rise during the curtain call, but this was a milestone all the same.

Ebenezer A Christmas Carol- the heartwarming musical adaptation of the Dickens classic by Frank P. Trimble is back in the east bay! The December 10th opening marks the fourth time Ebenezer as been produced since it premiered in December 2005.

The resurfacing of Route 138 in Tiverton, where the sign above is displayed, was among the projects the Carcieri administration noted in its first report on jobs in Rhode Island funded by the federal stimulus.

Time to plan for Christmas and winter projects now! For the next two weeks, all products at Sakonnet Purls are at least 20% off.

TWO students from Tiverton High School were thrilled to be invited to Exeter College to meet one of the heads of the Bank of England.

They crowded into the function room at Brantal's restaurant for more than two hours Wednesday night, roughly 100 concerned Rhode Islanders with something to say about Congressional efforts to overhaul the nation's health-care system.

A federal judge imposed $18 million in penalties against the Southern Union gas company for illegally storing mercury in a rundown building where vandals stole containers of the hazardous waste and contaminated a nearby apartment complex in Pawtucket.

THREE brothers have raised more than 2,000 after completing a sponsored walk in memory of their late grandfather.

Days and nights are cooler at this time of year and usually less buggy. That may not be entirely true when it comes to mosquitoes, although with a hard frost any one of these days the pesky insects would be gone.

What started out as a zoning tiff over a sign on the lawn at a knitting store known throughout New England has led shop owner Louise Silverman to put the property up for sale and look for a new location in Massachusetts.

AN investigation is under way into why two young girls were not allowed on a school bus home after they forgot their free travel passes.

A horse in Tiverton who tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis has been euthanized.

On the same day one state agency announced that a Tiverton horse had been euthanized after contracting Eastern Equine Encephalitis , another agency issued tips for how people should avoid mosquito bites to prevent EEE and West Nile virus .

State Rep. John J. Loughlin II has become Rhode Island's first congressional candidate to announce plans to host a health-care "town hall" meeting.

TIVERTON Rowing Club is holding an opening launch at Angel Hill bridge in Tiverton tomorrow from 9am to mid-day. Club members have been practising with Exeter Rowing Club while waiting permission to use the canal and the river.

Around 1:45 a.m. on Sept. 12, a Tiverton police officer was on a routine patrol of the Bourne Mill Complex when he noticed a bright glow.