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2 days ago | 
eastbayri.com | Christian Silvia
Posted 5/13/25While the numbers are subject to change, members of the Tiverton Town Council met Monday night and agreed on a preliminary combined town and school budget of $60.62 million, an increase of $1.89 …This item is available in full to subscribers. Please log in to continue If you'd like to post an event to our calendar, you can create a free account by clicking here.
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6 days ago | 
eastbayri.com | Christian Silvia
Posted 5/9/25Four hours into her first day of the season selling herbs, Nicole Wordell found herself in a financial hole Wednesday after an unidentified woman stole $200 worth of plants from her Adamsville stand. …This item is available in full to subscribers. Please log in to continue If you'd like to post an event to our calendar, you can create a free account by clicking here.
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1 week ago | 
eastbayri.com | Christian Silvia
Four months after a prominent Little Compton family first pitched a new subdivision on West Main Road, representatives were back before the planning board Tuesday with an updated proposal that includes five housing lots a promise that it will comply with the town’s affordable housing ordinance. The 26.9-acre property at 571 West Main Road is owned by the J. William Middendorf II Revocable Trust and is assessed by the town at nearly $4.18 million.
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1 week ago | 
eastbayri.com | Christian Silvia
As federal cuts trickle down to the local level, Sakonnet-area food pantries are looking at an uncertain future as one of their main sources of food takes a hit.
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2 weeks ago | 
eastbayri.com | Christian Silvia
The 4th of July concerts will continue at Roger Williams University this year, as the council unanimously voted against a petition that would have required the event to take place at Independence Park permanently. They also struck down a vote that would have required the parade to permanently follow the current route. Before the vote, a letter written by Allison Borges was read.
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3 weeks ago | 
eastbayri.com | Christian Silvia
Little Compton needs to fill two upper-level positions following word this week that town administrator Tony Teixeira and finance director Amy Galinelli are both leaving at the end of the fiscal year on Monday, June 30. “I am very proud of the accomplishments over the last six-plus years, but it would not have been possible without the support and camaraderie of the town council,” Teixeira wrote in a letter to the town council dated last Friday, April 18.
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4 weeks ago | 
eastbayri.com | Christian Silvia
The mercury was at 35 degrees, with a wind chill that made it feel like 19 at Grays Mill Pond in Adamsville early Saturday morning. Still, that was good enough for the brave souls who came out for the first day of fishing season. Saturday marked the first official day of trout fishing season in Rhode Island, and Adamsville Pond, which is bisected by the Rhode Island/Massachusetts border, saw more than few hearty anglers Saturday morning.
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4 weeks ago | 
eastbayri.com | Christian Silvia
Posted 4/16/25Months after it was announced that the Bristol Fourth of July concerts would be moving from Independence Park on Bristol Harbor to Roger Williams University, the Bristol Town Council will discuss …This item is available in full to subscribers. Please log in to continue If you'd like to post an event to our calendar, you can create a free account by clicking here.
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4 weeks ago | 
eastbayri.com | Christian Silvia
Two months after asking the town’s legislative delegation to look at the possibility of merging the North Tiverton and Stone Bridge water districts, the Tiverton Town Council voted to rescind the recommendation last week after backlash from the community. Residents of North Tiverton had been critical of the move from the beginning, arguing that it would require them to pick up the slack for Stone Bridge, which had poorer infrastructure than its North Tiverton equivalent.
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1 month ago | 
eastbayri.com | Christian Silvia
Members of the Little Compton Commons Review Committee have until Thursday, April 24 to forward their suggestions for possible alternative ideas for the Odd Fellows building and the Fire Barn to the town council, in advance of two Town Meeting votes on the matter planned for May. Last week, members got a host of ideas from residents on what else could become of the buildings.
