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A free paper shredding event will be held on Saturday, May 18, at the Tiverton Public Library, 34 Roosevelt Avenue. The event, sponsored by the Town of Tiverton and Tiverton Library Services, will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tiverton residents are encouraged to bring up to two boxes of paper documents per vehicle to be shredded on-site. The grinding and disposal of old tax documents, files, and other sensitive materials will be done safely and securely.

This free program is open to the public.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) assisted a What’sUpNewp journalist with the reporting included in this story.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...

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