David J. Paull was appointed Monday to fill the vacant council seat opensince councilor Joe Perry’s death in mid-September. Paull is expected to be sworn in and seated at the next council …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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11/28/23
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The owners of a $3.6 million home at Westport Point have been ordered before the historical commission Monday evening to explain how they will correct what the commission’s chairman and …
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By Ted Hayes
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11/28/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Dr. Julie Giangiulio, Principal of Riverside Middle School and Mr. Glen Salgueiro, Assistant Principal, are pleased to announce the Honor Roll for Quarter 1 of the 2023-2024 …
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11/28/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Good Neighbors Community Kitchen and Food Pantry along with the East Providence High School Career and Tech Center Culinary Department recently team up for an "All Fired Up!" …
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11/28/23
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PORTSMOUTH — It looks like the town won’t be buying Teddi’s Beach and the Stone Bridge abutment from the state after all.
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By Jim McGaw
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11/28/23
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The 18th-century village lights up with luminaries, 30 galleries and shops, holiday decorations, Santa at the Cheese Wheel Village Market and the 10th annual re-Tree Exhibition, a contest of holiday …
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11/28/23
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Plans to build new pickle ball courts at Chianese Park are completed, officials said, and the project will be put out to bid soon. But while plans to construct the permanent pickle ball courts are …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/28/23
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Here in Bristol County, we walk on history every day, sometimes oblivious of those whose footsteps trod this earth before us. Some of those were American Indians and colonial settlers, who first lived in peace, before resorting to war in an effort to seize the native land wanted for expansion.
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By Donna Bruno
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11/28/23
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I have made a lot of friends fishing but have made just as many at coffee shops. Sorry to say my coffee friend Marc passed away Saturday after fighting pancreatic cancer for over a year. Fishing …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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11/28/23
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Barrington's annual Tree Lighting holiday celebration has cookie decorating from 2 to 3:30 p.m., fun activities for the kids from 2 to 4 p.m., an opportunity to write a letter to Santa (who will …
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11/28/23
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Some Barrington residents are trying to identify a large object that can be seen at low tide along the shoreline on Mathewson Road, just south of the Barrington River Bridge.
The object is …
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11/27/23
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When you see a little fawn nursing its mother right in front of you, of course you are going to think “how adorable, how cute — just like Bambi.' But what you don’t think of is that …
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11/27/23
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Welcome to Westport Health Notes, a monthly column from the Westport Board of Health (BOH). The goal is to share information with our community about local issues and projects, public health alerts, …
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11/27/23
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While skyrocketing land prices threaten open farmland across the South Coast, the Westport Land Conservation Trust recently received a valuable and generous gift — a donated conservation …
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By Ted Hayes
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11/27/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Laurie Marchand, Principal of Edward R. Martin Middle School, announces the First Quarter Honor Roll for the 2023-2024 school year.
Honors are as follows: 1st Honors, …
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11/27/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — Principal Bill Black along with assistants Shane Messier and Jill Usenia as well as Career and Technical Center Director Bob Hanlon and the stunningly stupendous staff at East …
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11/27/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The United States is continuing to lose local newspapers at a rate of more than two per week.
That sobering statistic came from a report released last year by the Medill …
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By Jim McGaw
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11/27/23
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The Barrington High School football team capped its championship season with a commanding 36-7 win over Mt. Hope in the annual Thanksgiving Day football game.
The Eagles, who won the Division II …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/27/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Ryan Kilpatrick is moving on from his post as finance director for the Town of Portsmouth, but not before being honored by a prominent professional association.
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By Jim McGaw
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11/25/23
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For a community of its size, means and resources, Barrington has the most underwhelming array of recreational facilities in Rhode Island.
Through many budgets and many changes in government, …
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11/25/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Patriots played hard, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a strong Middletown squad during the annual Thanksgiving Day football game
The …
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11/24/23
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PROVIDENCE — For the second year in a row the East Providence High School football team came oh-so-close to upending LaSalle in their annual Thanksgiving Day clash, but once again the Townies …
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By Mike Rego
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11/24/23
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Composite Energy Technologies (CET), a Bristol-based firm that engineers and manufactures complex composite vehicles, underwater pressure vessels.
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By Christy Nadalin
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11/24/23
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There are more personnel changes coming at the Westport Police Department, following the selection last week of Detective Sgt. Christopher Dunn as the department’s next chief.
Several days …
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11/24/23
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All are invited to an upcoming holiday breakfast to benefit members of the Central Fire Company in Warren on Sunday, Dec. 3, between 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
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11/24/23
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