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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.

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

Ken Block has done a service to this country

Many readers will remember Ken Block as a two-time candidate for Rhode Island Governor and technology entrepreneur who helped the State of Texas save more than a billion dollars in food stamp fraud … more

By Arlene Violet, Esq. | 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

Casey Cord (left) and Cam Ruggieri (middle) celebrate they both score on a John Mass double in the sixth inning against Mt. Hope on Monday, as teammates Nick Spaner (mid-right) and Charlie Cord (right) look on.

Portsmouth wins home opener against Mt. Hope, 8-3

PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School varsity baseball team started its season in fine fashion Monday, winning a home opener against Mt. Hope by a score of 8-3. The Patriots … more

4/2/24

The daughter of a poet genius was a genius in her own right

‘Enchantress of Numbers’ By Jennifer Chiaverini Anyone who has taken a course in British literature will be familiar with the most lionized of Romantic poets, Geroge Gordon, Lord … more

By Donna Bruno | 4/2/24

Capt. Monti with a spring striped bass caught when fishing with fresh Atlantic menhaden chucks on the channel pad or edge in front of Poppasquash Point, Bristol.

Ten favorite places to catch spring striped bass

The spring migration run of striped bass will soon be underway. The water temperatures off Narragansett at press time was 41 degrees. Traditionally 55 degrees is the temperature when the fish are … more

By Capt. Dave Monti | 4/2/24

Block’s book battles confirmation bias with facts

STORY OF THE WEEK: Add Ken Block to the lengthy list of people who’ve told Donald Trump or his campaign that his fake narrative about a stolen election in 2020 is a lot of baloney. In … more

4/2/24

Mason Conte drives to the basket in the first half of Mt. Hope's game against Barrington last Wednesday. The team is ready to learn and have some fun this season, according to head coach Tom Fullen.

Fun is the name of the game for Fullen and Huskies

Mt. Hope coach Tom Fullen smiled while talking about this season’s unified basketball team. “It’s the most fun that’d I have had coaching,” he said. “How can … more

Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr. | 4/2/24

Awards up to $750 are available to high school and 8th grade students

Mini grants for Bristol/Warren students open for applications April 1

All high school students, as well as 8th graders looking forward to attending high school in the Fall, should give serious consideration to applying for a mini-grant. more

3/29/24

Warren PD: Police make four arrests, thwart ding-dong-ditchers

Warren police made four arrests between March 18-25, 2024. more

3/29/24

Providence Country Day School announces second trimester honor roll

Providence Country Day School has named the students who have earned recognition on the 2023-2024 second trimester honor roll. For Middle School (Classes of 2027-2030), High Honors is all grades … more

3/29/24

Letter: Has a fiscal time bomb been left on the Council dais?

I wonder, given these budgetary practices, how will the Town’s surplus be rebuilt? more

3/28/24

Simona Simpson-Thomas began her career as a teacher at Highlander Charter School, which has a Pre-K to 6th grade campus in Providence and a grade 7-12 campus in Warren. She was recently approved to become its new superintendent.

Highlander Charter School hires Simona Simpson-Thomas as new superintendent

A little over two years after being denied for a consulting job by a split vote of the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee, Simona Simpson-Thomas returns to the East Bay to lead Highlander Charter School. more

By Ethan Hartley | 3/28/24

Letter: Trees for the people and the planet

When we take care of trees, trees take care of people and entire ecosystems. more

3/28/24

Letter: Dredging the Sakonnet River is a mistake

Dredging in the Sakonnet should be prevented and the attendant difficulties in bringing ashore the power cables returned to Massachusetts where they belong. more

3/28/24

Letter: History’s lesson: Our strength lies in diversity

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI): These ideas are anathema to white Christian nationalists who fear losing their “rightful place” and their power and authority in America. DEI … more

3/28/24

Owen Cameron of Portsmouth was last seen leaving his job in Middletown at about 7:15 p.m. Saturday night, March 23.

Heartbreak: Body of missing Portsmouth teen found

MIDDLETOWN — The body of Portsmouth teen Owen B. Cameron, who was last seen Saturday night after leaving his Middletown job, was discovered late this morning in that town. more

3/27/24

Warren Times-Gazette - Wednesday, March 27, 2024

3/27/24

Here is the three-word code for the front entrance to the East Bay Media Group office at 1 Bradford St. in Bristol.

Location app gives a boost to the Rhode Island 911 system

Here’s a scenario one could imagine quite easily here in this little corner of the world … The owner of a small boat invites friends for a day out on the water, fishing, eating and laughing. At some point during the day, the captain slumps over in some sort of distress, possibly a heart attack. more

By Scott Pickering | 3/27/24

Richard Allaire, owner of Metacom Kitchen, gazes out the window at 322 Metacom Ave., where he began a successful restaurant in 2014.

Metacom Kitchen, a pillar of Warren's culinary renaissance, to close in April

After nearly a decade, and despite booming business, Metacom Kitchen in Warren will close down on April 22. more

By Ethan Hartley | 3/27/24

Fundraiser launched to restore crumbling Warren Town Hall chimney

“If somebody gets bonked on the head with a brick and we get a lawsuit, we know what that does to town finances.” more

By Ethan Hartley | 3/26/24

A New England Aquarium team in an aerial survey plane spent about 45 minutes observing and taking photos of this gray whale, which has been extinct in the Atlantic for more than 200 years.

Gray whale, extinct in the Atlantic, seen in New England waters

In an incredibly rare event, the New England Aquarium aerial survey team sighted a gray whale off the New England coast earlier this month. This is a species that has been extinct in the Atlantic for … more

3/26/24

A female ruby-throated hummingbird visits a coral honeysuckle (Lonicera semperverins) in the authors’ Barrington yard.

Welcome spring with the return of the hummingbirds

For those impatiently watching for new signs of life in the garden, the annual return of hummingbirds is one of the most eagerly anticipated springtime events. Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in … more

By Cindy and Ed Moura | 3/26/24

Lessons from the past for our modern-day government mess

‘To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the American Experience’ By Bret Baier A book steeped in history, “To Rescue the Constitution” traces the development … more

By Donna Bruno | 3/26/24