PORTSMOUTH — Bari Freeman, executive director of Bike Newport, said she asked the kids pedaling along Park Avenue on Saturday what they liked most about the Sakonnet Coastal Bike and …
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By Jim McGaw
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9/13/23
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It’s a nationwide crisis that has finally come home to roost within the Portsmouth Police Department — losing good officers to other jobs, which has resulted in a staffing shortage on the force.
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By Jim McGaw
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9/12/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Abutters finally got their turn last Thursday night to sound off on a proposed sand volleyball complex that would be built atop the old town dump in Island Park.
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By Jim McGaw
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9/11/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Ken Rutter stands inside the shabby looking basement room of the VFW Post 5390 hall in Common Fence Point and knows there’s a lot of work to be done.
But with the …
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By Jim McGaw
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9/7/23
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The famed Herreshoff piers at the mouth of Bristol Harbor have hosted some of the world’s most spectacular and unique yachts. They’ve never seen anything like the gleaming, gold catamaran …
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By Scott Pickering
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9/6/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Mike MacFarlane, scrambling around Saturday during a particularly busy day at his Sunset Cove restaurant in Island Park, shook his head as he motioned toward the back lawn …
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By Jim McGaw
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9/5/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School varsity football team begins its new season with a non-league road game against North Kingstown at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 8.
The Patriots lost an …
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9/5/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Plan ahead, as most of you won’t be able to drive a car or truck through Island Park or the Hummocks for a good chunk of time this Saturday, Sept. 9.
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By Jim McGaw
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9/5/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, for the Rhode Island First Congressional District Primary.
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9/2/23
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PORTSMOUTH — There were plenty of sticky fingers at the Turnpike Avenue Playground on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 30.
The Four Hearts Foundation hosted a “Popsicles for …
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8/31/23
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PORTSMOUTH Nearly four years after he was given the green light to come up with a formal plan for the use of the vacant Coggeshall School building, Duncan Ingraham was back before the Town Council …
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By Jim McGaw
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8/31/23
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PORTSMOUTH — No, the folks who turned out to the 56th “Black Regiment” Monument Commemoration Ceremony on Sunday weren’t seeing double.
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By Jim McGaw
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8/30/23
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PORTSMOUTH — As students return to Portsmouth High School this week for the new academic year, they’ll find a couple of major upgrades still not complete: Memorial Drive and air …
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By Jim McGaw
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8/29/23
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PORTSMOUTH — With new head coach Keith MacDonald at the helm, the Portsmouth High School varsity football team is getting some hard knocks in to prepare for the start of the 2023 season.
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8/29/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Eshe Stockton competed with the big girls and boys on Sunday, and she more than held her own.
Among females 19 and under, the 12-year-old Portsmouth Middle School student …
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8/28/23
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PORTSMOUTH — A 9,000-square-foot building to house trucks and office space for a local pool contractor on a commercially zoned lot at 2951 East Main Road has been unanimously approved by the …
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By Jim McGaw
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8/28/23
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PORTSMOUTH —Now that technology allows you to participate in a Town Council meeting from the comfort of your own home, is it no longer necessary for council members to trek to Prudence Island …
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By Jim McGaw
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8/24/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Without Dr. Roderick Terry, who knows what might have happened to Portsmouth’s Butts Hill Fort, considered to be the largest existing Revolutionary War earthwork in southern …
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By Jim McGaw
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8/23/23
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It was a fast-moving debate with several lightning rounds, ensuring that everyone got a chance to flash a little personality, attempt to differentiate themselves from the other members of their party onstage, and, for better or worse, increase their name recognition.
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By Christy Nadalin
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8/22/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Sun shading has been installed to enhance learning at the Portsmouth AgInnovation Farm’s outdoor classroom with funding from BankNewport. The sun shading provides a safe …
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8/22/23
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It was as good as it gets for 47 teams sailing in the Ida Lewis Yacht Club’s 18th Ida Lewis Distance Race on Friday, Aug. 18.
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8/22/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Glen Manor House and the volunteers who cared for it over the years were fêted Wednesday night during a 100th anniversary open house celebration of the town-owned …
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By Jim McGaw
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8/18/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Before he took the mound to show off his pitching skills, 13-year-old Jacob Labonte was busy putting up the numbers on the Patriot Field scoreboard last Thursday night.
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By Jim McGaw
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8/17/23
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PORTSMOUTH — If you’re a typical Portsmouth resident, chances are you’ve never stepped foot on even one of the several bridge-less islands that are part of our town.
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By Jim McGaw
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8/16/23
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PORTSMOUTH — A 33-year-old Middletown man was arrested Monday, Aug. 14, and charged with violating a no-contact order, police said.
The arrest of Michael D. Vierra , of 17A Woolsey …
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8/15/23
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