Students to learn from Westport author’s ‘Cream of the Crop’
Cream of the Crop – Fall River’s Best and Brightest, by Westport’s John B. “Red” Cummings Jr., will be taught as part of the Fall River School Department Durfee High School History of Fall River class...
View ArticleVideo of used car dealer’s treatment of pizza driver sparks internet outrage
Internet outrage and even a fund drive for a pizza delivery driver have followed a YouTube video posting that shows the driver being threatened and mocked after being forced to return what he believed...
View ArticleFor lottery winner, it’s drinks all around — and an addition
Kenneth Pelletier of Westport said he doesn’t typically play instant lottery games, but while out to eat at Barcello’s Family Restaurant in Tiverton last Saturday, an Instant Ticket vending machine...
View ArticleSenator Rodrigues to lead Joint Committee on Revenue
State Senator Michael J. Rodrigues (D-Westport) was reappointed yesterday to serve as Senate chairman of the Joint Committee on Revenue by newly elected Senate President Stan Rosenberg (D-Amherst)....
View ArticleShelter from the cold: Resident says, until town offers better, garage open...
Except when it is exceptionally cold, Tyler White sleeps in this car down by the shore. Almost every inch, except for the reclining driver’s seat on which he sleeps in a sleeping bag, is filled with...
View ArticleDivers find shotgun believed tied to duck hunting tragedy
Photo above: A diver surfaces at the Westport Harbor entrance with the Benelli shotgun on Monday, June 8 — it’s decayed stock had just fallen off. (Westport Police photo) Members of the team work from...
View ArticleChange of command: For harbormaster Richie Earle, 28 years went by in a blur
With a show of hissing and fluffing, Henry the Swan makes it quite clear that a photographer has ventured too close to his feeding bowl next to the harbormaster’s office. Richard W. Dionne Jr. photos...
View ArticleNoquochoke Village dealt funding blow but backers aim to try again
WESTPORT — Efforts to build affordable housing at Noquochoke Village in Westport suffered a setback recently when the state rejected the developer’s bid for crucial tax credits needed to finance the...
View ArticleRob’s Auto Care moving to former Joals
It won’t be Joals anymore, but the 500 Adamsville Road, Westport, garage will remain in the automotive business under another familiar name. Moving in will be Rob’s Auto Care, the business now located...
View ArticleLast gas — Family sells Joals Garage; Rob’s Auto Care moving in
Nancy Cox holds a photograph of her father Albert Cambra, co-founder with Joe Sonntag of Joals Garage. By Bruce Burdett Some fortunate motorists pulled up to the pump Sunday and stepped back in time....
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