Tiverton News

Governor Carcieri last night vetoed another batch of bills, including proposals that would spare probationers from prison if they are cleared of alleged violations, and a plan to name the new Sakonnet River ...

A lone mannequin stands outside of Posh and Naughty in Tiverton, Rhode Island. Store owner Trisha Smith put the display outside to attract more customers, so far it's working.

When is black and blue a good thing? When one is designed to keep a state in the other.

A New Bedford-based fishing vessel is back home after going adrift off Block Island Saturday morning when it was disabled by an engine fire.

Sand sculptures from all around the world took to the beach Saturday as thousands of spectators turned out for the eighth annual Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpture Competition.

Graduating seniors across the country always get one last homework assignment in June: figuring out how to get health insurance now that they have legally outgrown their family plans.

Six-term state Rep. Joseph N. Amaral, a Republican who represents parts of Tiverton and Portsmouth, has announced that he will not seek reelection in November so he can spend more time with his young family.

A total of 6,361 of the 9,566 eligible voters cast ballots yesterday. There are also 252 mail and emergency ballots given out to voters that were not available last night and are not included in these figures.

The state transportation department is lowering the weight limit for the Sakonnet River Bridge -- though officials say it remains safe for travel.

Thousands of chowder lovers savored the sumptuous soups of the best chefs at the 27th Annual Schweppes Great Chowder Cook-Off, held Saturday at the Newport Yachting Center on 4 Commercial Wharf.

The Tiverton Town Council voted unanimously Monday night to appoint James C. Goncalo as town administrator.

Soaring gasoline prices are challenging city and town officials to come up with creative measures to provide essential services without busting municipal budgets.

Feeling the ocean breeze at your back and smelling the sea salt is something many local people take for granted.

"Lobsterman," also known as Emlen Drayton, serves samples of chowder at last year's Schweppes Great Chowder Cook-Off at the Newport Yachting Center.

When the Tiverton Town Council talks about the possibility of having to cut $1.9 million from the proposed fiscal 2009 budget, Vice President Donald Bollin said it should play the theme from "Mission ...

Bancorp Rhode Island Inc.'s victory last week over dissident shareholder PL Capital LLC is now official.

Married 47 years, Skip and Helen Jones danced like a dream to big band sounds of Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, and Harry James.

A massive manhunt ensues after a stolen pickup truck crashes into a home, late Monday night.

It is a 19th-century Rhode Island legal case that has lived through the ages in the legal and historical psyche of Rhode Island: the 1844 murder trial that resulted in the hanging of John Gordon, the last time ...

Almost every morning during the summer, a worker from Fox Meadow Farm in Tiverton drives a pickup truck to the Aquidneck Corporate Park in Middletown and hauls away hundreds of gallons of food scraps generated ...