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PORTSMOUTH — Despite concerns about increasing government surveillance, the Town Council Monday night voted 5-1 to approve a one-year pilot program to install automative license plate readers …
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By Jim McGaw
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6/14/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Town Council Vice President Linda Ujifusa announced Tuesday she is running for the Rhode Island Senate District 11 (Portsmouth, Bristol) seat being vacated by retiring …
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6/14/22
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PORTSMOUTH — After a lifetime of public service including 22 years in elective office, R.I. Sen. James A. Seveney (D-Dist. 11, Bristol, Portsmouth, Tiverton) is retiring from the state …
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6/13/22
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The Kickemuit Middle School girls’ track team placed second in Rhode Island following the State Championships on Sunday. Several boys and girls won accolades at the championship level.
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6/10/22
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On Wednesday, June 1, the Town Council authorized a referendum that, if passed by voters in November, will allow for retail sales of cannabis in Bristol.
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By Christy Nadalin
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6/10/22
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This year, the Vintage baseball game will be played on Saturday, June 18, starting at 11:30 a.m., on the Town Common, featuring the Providence Grays and Lisbon Tunnelmen of Connecticut.
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By Manny Correira
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6/10/22
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A neighborhood group is spearheading an appeal of the Bristol Yarn Mill project, which passed the Bristol Planning Board by a 3-2 vote in May.
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By Ethan Hartley
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6/10/22
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The annual Firefighter Memorial commemoration will take place Sunday, June 12 in Bristol to honor all firefighter and rescue personnel who have passed away throughout the years.
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6/9/22
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A pair of homers, great fielding and awesome pitching were the key as the Mt. Hope softball team shut out East Greenwich in the loser’s bracket quarterfinals at the high school on Wednesday afternoon.
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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6/9/22
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The fourth Bristol-based brewery is set to open on June 26.
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By Ethan Hartley
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6/9/22
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On Arbor Day, the school gathered with town officials and volunteers to plant a beautiful Kwanzan flowering cherry tree in Linda Bruno’s honor.
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By Christy Nadalin
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6/9/22
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This year’s Black Ships Festival, the 39th annual, will kick off at 10 a.m. Friday with opening ceremonies at Rockwell Park.
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By Christy Nadalin
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6/8/22
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Don’t be surprised to see more traffic than usual along a 4.4-mile stretch of the East Bay Bike Path this weekend — nor folks there at all times of day and night.
BioBlitz 2022 is …
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6/8/22
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The Bristol Town Council has decided that residents will get the final vote on whether or not to allow recreational marijuana sales in town. What do you think?
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6/8/22
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After losing to Toll Gate 11-7 in the Division II winner's bracket quarterfinals on Monday evening, the Mt. Hope offense found their mojo, erupted for 11 hits and crushed Narragansett 13-3 at the high school on Tuesday afternoon.
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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6/8/22
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The Japan-America Society and Black Ships Festival of Rhode Island will host the 39th annual Black Ships Festival this Friday to Sunday, June 10 to 12. The opening ceremonies begin the …
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6/7/22
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Mt. Hope fielders are used to seeing strikeouts from ace Reily Amaral, but against Toll Gate, the Huskies saw hits and lots of them as The Titans thrashed Mt. Hope 11-7 in the winner’s bracket quarterfinals at Mt. Hope High School on Monday evening. Mt. Hope will host Narragansett in a losers bracket playoff game on Tuesday at 3:45 p.m.
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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6/7/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Catherine O’Hara told her fellow graduates at Portsmouth Abbey that she had “failed a lot” over her four years of high school, but nearly every time one of …
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6/7/22
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The Fourth of July festivities are well underway, with family and friends filling the Mt. Hope High School auditorium on Saturday night for the coronation of Miss Fourth of July and Little Miss …
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By Jen Campisi
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6/6/22
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The Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) is considering an application from Roger Williams University, seeking to establish an experimental aquaculture farm just off the shore of their campus, on the western side of Mt. Hope Bay.
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By Christy Nadalin
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6/3/22
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Although the numbers are not yet technically official, the sentiment of the program was to heap praise upon the kids and the teachers who rose up to principal Dr. Deb DiBiase’s challenge to reach 70 percent proficiency for this school year.
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By Ethan Hartley
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6/3/22
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Warren Rensehausen, a Certified Parks & Recreation Professional (CPRP), began his distinguished 30-year career in the recreation field here in Bristol, as Assistant Director of Parks of Recreation in June of 1990. He will return to Bristol as its newest Director of the Parks and Recreation Department.
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By Christy Nadalin
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6/3/22
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This Friday, June 3, the Department of Community Development, encompassing Planning, Zoning, Code Compliance, Historic, Building Inspection, and Redevelopment, will move its offices from 9 Court Street to the newly-refurbished space on the first floor of the former Reynolds School at 235 High Street.
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6/2/22
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A wetlands restoration project takes the form of a new golf course. The town has hired an operator, Golf Motivation, to run the day-to-day operations of the course.
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By Christy Nadalin
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6/2/22
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There are many ways to absorb and process news of a lone gunman slaughtering 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. Images of the smiling, mostly 10-year-olds and their teachers evoke sorrow, …
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By Scott Pickering
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6/2/22
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