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They normally only live eight to 12 years, but volunteers and staff at West Place Animal Sanctuary in Tiverton recently helped sanctuary veteran Erna the Crested Pekin duck celebrate her 17th. … more

4/4/24

Westport finance committee won't support $35M Route 6 project

Six days before voters head to the polls to decide the fate of the $35 million Route 6 sewer and water debt exclusion, members of the Westport Finance Committee said Wednesday night that they will … more

By Ted Hayes | 4/4/24

Multiple mistakes published in Warren's preliminary budget announcement

Some readers woke up shocked to see what appeared to be a proposed 33% tax increase when they checked the preliminary budget in the Warren Times-Gazette Wednesday morning. more

By Ethan Hartley | 4/4/24

Students in Rebecca Henderson’s STEAM Studio class pose for a photo with Ben Orent, while he sits on a rowing machine. Students in the class designed and built special handles that make it possible for Orent to use the rowing machine.

In Barrington, STEAM assignment impacts student’s life

A class assignment turned into something special at Barrington Middle School. Students in Rebecca Henderson’s STEAM Studio class recently designed and then built a device that helps a … more

By Josh Bickford | 4/4/24

A note written by Dr. Halsey DeWolf, which reads, “Mary Howe wore these glasses and wanted them saved for the next total eclipse, so that she wouldn’t have to buy new ones. They cost 15 [cents].”

He witnessed a total solar eclipse nearly 100 years ago — here's what he saw

At a time when rigid airships still flew over Block Island, one prominent Bristol family went to Westerly to experience an event you're lucky to see more than once in a lifetime. Now you can read their own handwritten account of that day in 1925. more

By Ethan Hartley | 4/4/24

McKee, RI Commerce set out bridge closure small biz funding strategy

In their continuing attempt to aid those affected financially by the Washington Bridge closure debacle, Governor Dan McKee and RI Commerce have set out what they're calling a "multi-faceted strategy … more

By Mike Rego | 4/3/24

East Providence High School's Logan Calouro digs a shot from a Pawtucket co-op player in the teams' non-league boys' volleyball 2024 season opener March 28.

EPHS boys' spikers eye deeper playoff run in 2024

The program now back on firm footing after a couple of lean years in the state's top tier, the East Providence High School boys' volleyball team enters the 2024 season seeking to improve upon a … more

By Mike Rego | 4/3/24

Eric Whipple of WhippleTree, points out an exit wound of an affected Ash Tree that had to be taken down in Bristol on Monday.

Another ash tree bites the dust in Bristol

The invasive Emerald Ash Borer claimed another victim this week, this time in a private yard on Woodlawn Avenue. more

By Ethan Hartley | 4/3/24

The Meatworks facility at 287 State Road.

Crucial Westport slaughterhouse aims to re-open this month

The owners of Meatworks hope to have the business back open by mid-April, following its temporary closure this Spring in the midst of financial and quality control issues. The 287 State Road … more

By Ted Hayes | 4/3/24

Tiverton residents Ellen Snell, left, and Sarah Trobaugh model solar eclipse glasses outside the Tiverton Public Library in anticipation of the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8.

What’s that, in the sky? An eclipse! Sakonnet gets ready

While Little Compton and Tiverton are only in the 90 percent viewing range for the partial solar eclipse this coming Monday, April 8, astronomers such as Francine Jackson say this is still a mighty … more

By Ruth Rasmussen | 4/3/24

Barrington High School's Anna Lombardi, shown in a game last spring, helped the Eagles defeat East Greenwich on Monday, April 1. Lombardi finished the game with four goals, two assists, six draw controls and seven caused turnovers.

Barrington girls lacrosse team defeats East Greenwich, 12-11

The Barrington High School girls lacrosse team opened the season on Monday with a 12-11 win over East Greenwich, a team they had lost to three times last year. The Eagles had seven … more

4/3/24

Biden, Trump win 2024 Rhode Island Presidential Primaries

To no one's surprise, Joe Biden and Donald Trump were the far-and-away winners of the respective Democratic and Republican races in Rhode Island's Presidential Preference Primary held Tuesday, … more

By Mike Rego | 4/3/24

EPHS and program alum Zach Pangborn is the new head coach of the Townies' boys' lacrosse team in time for the 2024 season.

Pangborn takes over as new EPHS boys' lacrosse coach

The 2024 East Providence High School boys' lacrosse season will be notable in at least one way for certain, as for the first time in the still relatively brief 16-year history of the program a Townie … more

By Mike Rego | 4/3/24

Grady Hazlett (left) and Ryan Martin race toward the finish line in the 110-meter hurdles during Monday’s track meet.

BHS boys outdoor track team sprints past Shea, Tiverton and Tolman

The Barrington High School boys outdoor track team rolled to three wins in the season-opening meet on Monday, April 1. The Eagles defeated Shea 142-12, Tiverton 146-8, and Tolman 153-1. … more

4/3/24

Barrington’s Jack Lawson, shown pitching in a game last season, tossed a complete-game shut-out for the Eagles on Tuesday afternoon, April 2.

Eagles win home opener, 1-0, over East Greenwich

The Barrington High School baseball team knocked off East Greenwich in a rematch of last year’s Division II semifinal playoff series. The Eagles’ Jack Lawson tossed a complete-game … more

4/3/24

A candle bearing Owen Cameron’s image sits atop a skateboard at Channing Memorial Church in Newport Saturday night, when a vigil in his memory was held. Twenty people took to the microphone to share moving tributes to the Portsmouth High School junior, whose body was found in Middletown March 27, four days after he was last seen leaving his job on foot.

‘He was a light’

PORTSMOUTH — Ava McDermott said a simple act of kindness was all it took for her to realize how special Owen Cameron was. more

By Jim McGaw | 4/3/24

Alfred Drown Road Old assessment: $729,000 New Assessment: $1,042,000 Increase: 43 percent

Property assessments increase 30, 40, 50 percent (and more) in Barrington

Property owners in Barrington received their revaluation notices last week and some have already called the Barrington Tax Assessor’s office to discuss them. Barrington Tax Assessor James … more

By Josh Bickford | 4/3/24

East Providence School District puts April 8 eclipse plans in place

The East Providence School District has authored its process of contending with the partial solar eclipse that will envelop the area Monday, April 8, right around the time students in most buildings … more

By Mike Rego | 4/3/24

Kiffin Ward shows off a saddle bracket, made from a piece of 1/4-inch piece of steel that was cut out from a larger piece by their computer numerical controlled (CNC) fiber laser cutter. The process is fast, efficient, quiet, highly customizable, and accurate, useful for applications in many industries.

This Warren manufacturing business is on the laser's edge of an American comeback story

Ward's Manufacturing, started by two Rhode Island siblings, is proving that small business manufacturing businesses have a lot of potential in the current economy. more

By Ethan Hartley | 4/2/24

A class of Roger Williams University students, tasked with an assignment to come up with a hypothetical design plan for the Ocean State Job Lot plaza on Metacom Avenue in Warren, envisioned a multi-use parcel centered around a large auditorium and multiple mixed-use, commercial/residential buildings.

RWU students develop hypothetical re-design of Metacom Avenue plaza

The assignment was near and dear to professor Bob Rulli, who you may remember had a keen interest in trying to redesign the same parcel of land. more

By Ethan Hartley | 4/2/24

Arthur DaLuz, a CNC machinist at Applied Plastic Technologies in Bristol, works the line. The company’s management owns land along the Route 6 corridor and is awaiting the results of Tuesday’s referendum on the Route 6 water and sewer project debt exclusion.

Businesses bullish on Westport's $35M Route 6 project

PIX: Front page ROUTE 6 A DIONNE xxxxxxx Jump ROUTE 6 B A truck speeds down Route 6. There could be a lot more development in the north end if a $35 … more

By Ted Hayes | 4/2/24

Philip Genereux uses special glasses to view a solar eclipse during an event at the Portsmouth Free Public Library in August 2017. While the library is not hosting a formal viewing of Monday’s eclipse, it’s distributing solar eclipse glasses on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.

In Portsmouth: Extra caution urged when viewing eclipse Monday

The last solar eclipse in the United States until 2045 is coming our way Monday, April 8, and its timing has put local schools on alert. more

By JIM MCGAW | 4/2/24

Racquel Souza, 7 (left), Kaia flores, 6 and Charlotte Wicks, 9, march in front of the high school auditorium before the meeting.

Students and parents rally to save Fort Barton School

"Save Fort Barton!" "Five schools strong." "We love our schools and teachers!" "Do better." Tiverton school officials, and their counterparts on the town council, got an eyeful … more

By Ruth Rasmussen | 4/2/24

More than a year ago, the Barrington United Veterans Council requested the town’s assistance in relocating the veterans memorial to a different space away from the flagpole. The town manager denied the request. An effort to reach a compromise with the memorial failed at Monday night's Council meeting.

Veterans memorial compromise stalls at Barrington Council meeting

An effort to erect flagpoles in a new location outside of Barrington Town Hall and remove any outside flags from flying above the veterans memorial failed to garner enough Town Council support on … more

By Josh Bickford | 4/2/24

William Stewart, in a 2021 booking photo.

Tiverton man pleads guilty to child sex charges

A Tiverton man facing a child sex crime admitted in court last week that he enticed and brought a 13-year-old girl with him from Pennsylvania to Rhode Island for the purposes of sex nearly three … more

By Ted Hayes | 4/2/24