The Mount Hope Farmers' Market features its annual Spring Fest Market on Saturday, May 13. The Bristol Garden Club's annual spring plant sale will be happening at the same time as the weekly market, …
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Recreation Department announced its 2023 Summer Concert line-up, once again featuring a mix of musicians performing standards, Jazz and Blues, do-op and …
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5/10/23
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Newport Film and 11th Hour Racing present a night of film and music with a public screening of “Shaped By Water,” 11th Hour Racing’s “Love Letter to the Ocean.” The …
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On Saturday, May 13, the third annual “We HeART Fall River Festival” will take place in downtown Fall River from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This family-friendly event is free to attend and …
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What our country must do to maintain global economic leadership is the challenge to be addressed at the Bosworth Lecture Series on Friday, May 12, at 7 p.m. at the VFW Post #237 (850 Hope St.). The …
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This year’s Newport Flower Show will take visitors on a colorful and beautiful voyage through the floral world, all within the spectacular rooms, terrace and lawn of Marble House.
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5/10/23
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Fearing it would disproportionally hurt small business owners, the Town Council Monday put the brakes on an idea to lessen the tax burden on residential homeowners by creating a separate — and …
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By Jim McGaw
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5/10/23
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The Westport Land Conservation Trust and Westport River Watershed Alliance will host a “Wampanoag Experience,” highlighting Native history and the deep traditional knowledge and life ways …
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The Tiverton Farmers’ Market will present its third annual Mother’s Day Specialty Market on Sunday. It’s a Sunday Funday with over 50 vendors inside and outside, from artisan foods …
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The Stone Church Coffee House welcomes The Honk, a Rhode Island-based, all original band, on Saturday. They play acoustic jazz, Americana ballads, blues and funk. Members are David Furlong, guitar, …
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Barrington officials recently voted to move $67,800 in American Rescue Plan Act funding from one capital project to two other projects.
The money had been earmarked for improvements to the …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/10/23
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Freshman phenoms Jessica Deal and Thea Jackson are primed and ready for the state track meet in June after placing first in multiple events during the Eastern Division Track Championships on …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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5/10/23
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Rhode Island is one of the few states in the country yet to pass laws regulating electric bicycles. A pair of bills before the Rhode Island General Assembly would change that. The companion bills before the House and Senate would make it clear that electric bicycles can be used on bike paths, and they would prevent municipalities from restricting their use any further.
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By Scott Pickering
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5/10/23
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Rhode Island needs to pass a law regulating electric bicycles and their use on bike paths. A bill before the General Assembly would do that, but the current version is flawed and potentially …
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With some controversy surrounding electric bikes on the East Bay Bike Path , I wanted to experience an e-bike for myself. Courtesy of Bristol Bikes, I borrowed a Class 1 e-bike and went for a ride on …
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By Julia Stearly
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5/10/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School baseball team collected a pair of solid Division II wins over the last week, sparked by two superb pitching performances by two emerging …
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5/9/23
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PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island State Senate Tuesday, May 9, passed a bill sponsored by Sen. Valarie Lawson (D-Dist. 14, East Providence) to make permanent a pilot program approved last year that …
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5/9/23
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A free job and career fair, open to high school students or anyone in the employment market, is taking place on Thursday, May 11, at Highlander Charter School in Warren.
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5/9/23
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For the second time in as many years, Carolyn’s Sakonnet Vineyards’ attempt to obtain a Class B retail beverage license has been put on hold.
As was the case last April, the …
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By Paige Shapiro
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5/9/23
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PORTSMOUTH — For about 70 years, local residents and out-of-towners have been driving out to the edge of the small peninsula at Gull Cove to drop in a small boat or kayak, lug their fishing …
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By Jim McGaw
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5/9/23
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Rhode Island Treasurer James A. Diossa came to Mt. Hope High School to surprise Maureen Gauthier with the 2023 Financial Literacy Educator Award.
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By Christy Nadalin
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5/9/23
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The Barrington High School boys track team scored nearly double the points of any other team at the Eastern Division Championship meet. The Eagles finished with 265.5 points, while Portsmouth was …
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The Barrington High School girls track team scored points in every event and finished in first place at the Eastern Division Championship meet, held Saturday at BHS.
The Eagles scored 236.5 …
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5/9/23
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To the editor:
Clay Commons is perplexed by the Supreme Court’s interpretation or lack thereof for the Second Amendment clause regarding “A well-regulated Militia …” …
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5/9/23
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Barrington officials took a key step toward improving local schools on Monday night, May 8.
After a lengthy discussion, members of the School Committee and Town Council agreed to ask the Rhode …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/9/23
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