EAST PROVIDENCE — Whiteknact Elementary School instructor Aimee Couto has been chosen as the 2024 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year.
The announcement was made during a surprise event at …
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6/6/23
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Three Warren organizations will benefit from around $150,000 in grants recently released by The Champlin Foundation, which announced last week a total of $7.9 million in grant funding for capital projects for 78 total nonprofits throughout 26 communities in Rhode Island.
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By Ethan Hartley
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6/6/23
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The Barrington High School baseball team will square off against East Greenwich in a Division II playoff game on Wednesday, June 7.
Barrington opened the playoffs on Friday with an 8-4 win …
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6/6/23
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The Barrington High School golf team saved some of its best for performances for the state championship, but the impressive scores would not be enough.
The Eagles held the lead after the first …
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6/6/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Patriots’ baseball season came to an end on a damp field at Portsmouth High School Monday, but head coach Ryan Long said he has high hopes for this young team next year.
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By Jim McGaw
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6/6/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: It has been clear for a while that the sugar high of consecutive budget surpluses in Rhode Island – a rare occurrence in a state usually dogged by perennial deficits --
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By Ian Donnis
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6/6/23
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“The Block Island Inshore Fishing Tournament doubled the number of participants with tackle shop partners last year and added a fly fishing shore and boat division,” said …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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6/6/23
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Once again, novelist Marie Benedict focuses her narrative on a brilliant, but overlooked woman, as she did in her earlier novels, “The Other Einstein,” about Albert’s wife Mileva, and “The Only Woman in the Room,” about film star Heddy Lamaar. Both of those books portrayed extremely capable scientists who were overshadowed by male counterparts.
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By Donna Bruno
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6/6/23
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The signs are coming down.
The Barrington Town Council voted Monday night, June 5, to have the two pillar signs that are located downtown removed.
The town installed the signs a …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/6/23
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Editor’s note: The writer submitted this letter to the Portsmouth Town Council in advance of its May 25 workshop on SouthCoast Wind, which he was unable to attend.
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6/6/23
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To the editor:
While I appreciate Mr. Huth’s bringing facts to the discussion of firearms safety (“Preventing criminal gun use requires facts, not fiction,” May 25 Portsmouth …
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6/6/23
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The Westport crowd cheered as Cam Leary walked in the winning run with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the baseball team a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Mount Everett …
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Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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6/6/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth High senior Morgan Casey continued her dominance in the high jump by winning the event at Saturday’s Track and Field State Championships with a best effort of …
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6/5/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A day after falling in 11 innings to Chariho, the East Providence High School baseball team responded with a 6-1 victory over visiting Westerly Monday night, June 5, to remain …
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By Mike Rego
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6/5/23
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As I relaxed on my La-Z-Boy Saturday evening following our 2023 Westport High School's Commencement exercises , I could not help but feel optimistic about the future of our Westport Community …
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By Thomas Aubin
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6/5/23
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Tiverton Middle School seventh and eighth grades recently held their Spring Concert. Director Michael Alves led the concert band in "Welcome March," "Zephyr" and "Cupid Shuffle." Mary Bartolotta …
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6/5/23
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PORTSMOUTH — A 9,300-square-foot home at 52 Carnegie Abbey Lane recently fetched $4.2 million, Hogan Associates | Christie’s International Real Estate announced.
Listed by broker …
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6/5/23
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Normally, people attending a Barrington High School graduation ceremony in early June are greeted with bright sunshine and warm temperatures.
That was not the case this year.
On Sunday, …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/5/23
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Jessica Deal, Thea Jackson and Lola Silva medaled as the young Mt. Hope girls track team competed during the state track meet at Conley Stadium in Providence on a wintery spring day with heavy winds …
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Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne. Jr.
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6/5/23
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The weather kept them indoors Saturday morning, but the nearly 70 members of Westport High School's graduating class took some solace in the fact that while they didn't have a sunny day, they've had …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/5/23
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PROVIDENCE — In an epic encounter Sunday afternoon, June 4, at Brown University, Bay View edged East Providence for the 2023 Division III girls' lacrosse championship in four overtimes, 9-8 .
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Photos by Julie Furtado
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6/5/23
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PROVIDENCE — Keira Mullen, Nazarae Phillip and Kenaz Ochgwu were the standouts for East Providence High School at the 2023 Rhode Island Interscholastic League state outdoor track and field …
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By Mike Rego
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6/5/23
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PROVIDENCE — In an epic encounter and what had to have been one of the longest ever playoff contests in the brief two-decade history of the sport at the interscholastic level, East Providence …
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By Mike Rego
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6/4/23
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To the editor:
I am responding to your article, “From town dump to sports Oasis”?
As a longtime Portsmouth resident, I am familiar with this area. AP Enterprises would be …
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6/4/23
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The Tiverton softball team crushed Exeter-West Greenwich 18-8 during a Division III first-round playoff game at home on Thursday afternoon. The Tigers travel to play Mount St. Charles in the …
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Photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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6/4/23
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