The Tiverton Farmers’ Market and the Tiverton Land Trust will host their second annual Harvest Market on Sunday. The specialty farmers’ market and community social event features over 100 …
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10/12/22
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For the month of October, the Handy House Heritage Trail is transformed into a fun Halloween trail. Young visitors take a Halloween-themed quest, locating a ghostly lady and her children in the …
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10/12/22
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Money from the $250 million school construction bond passed in 2018 is gone.
According to Victor Morrente, a spokesman for the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), all $250 million …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/12/22
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Part 1 of an ongoing series where we ask school committee candidates questions pertinent to voters ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/12/22
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The Barrington School Committee issued a statement on Wednesday morning, Oct. 12, regarding a Superior Court judge’s ruling in an Open Meetings case.
The committee stated that it will not …
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10/12/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth High School dismissed students at about 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday following a gas leak inside the cafeteria.
“Several PHS staff members reported smelling a …
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10/12/22
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Voters will decide in November whether recreational pot shops can open in their communities, but Rhode Island likely won't see any such locations open until at least 2024.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/12/22
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Some of the shelves are filled with boxes of cereal, bottles of juice and cans of soup. And some are quite bare.
Inside the Tap-In food pantry at the Peck Center building, there is evidence …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/12/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — It’s been a bit of a different season off the pitch for the East Providence High School boys’ soccer team so far in 2022, but the Townies continue to post the same …
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By Mike Rego
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10/11/22
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The Warren candidates for the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee, and the candidates for Senate Districts 10 and 11 will debate in forums on Thursday, Oct. 13, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The …
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10/11/22
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The Bristol candidates for the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee will debate in a forum on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. The forum can be viewed live by going to the League of Women Voters of …
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10/11/22
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The Barrington High School girls volleyball team battled a tough East Providence team last week — the Townies blanked the Eagles, 3-0.
East Providence, currently ranked third in Division …
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10/11/22
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To the editor:
I imagined I just got elected governor of Rhode Island. I have had no prior connection to Rhode Island politics, so I am beholden to no special interests. I am honest, smart, …
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10/11/22
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A Bristol Warren Regional School District School Committee “Ask the Candidate” forum will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the VFW Post 237, 850 Hope Street, …
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10/11/22
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STORY OF THE WEEK: CD2 Republican Allan Fung is projecting a sunny disposition in ads and media appearances while making his case in Rhode Island’s Second Congressional District. This serves a …
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By Ian Donnis
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10/11/22
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Susannah Holloway approached the Barrington Town Council last week, asking for the group to intervene in the school district’s plans to build new elementary schools in town.
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By Josh Bickford
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10/11/22
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The Mt. Hope football suffered a heartbreaking 27-28 loss to Johnston during the team’s homecoming game on Friday night. The loss dropped the Huskies Division III record to 1-3 and 2-3 …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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10/10/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Students at Portsmouth High School spent one day in pajamas, another dressed as bikers or surfers, voted for “Senior Superlatives,” decorated the field house for Goofy …
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10/10/22
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To the editor:
The Oct. 6 issue of the Portsmouth Times (“State replacing East Bay Bike Path bridges”) speaks volumes of our Rhode Island government in general and specifically the …
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10/10/22
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Riverside Little League plans a special event in memory of recently deceased coaching luminary Edmund Korkuc on Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Ron Silva Baseball Complex off Wampanoag Trail.
The public …
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10/10/22
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PORTSMOUTH — A banged-up Portsmouth High School varsity football team earned a gritty come-from-behind Homecoming victory when it beat Shea, 14-7, on the turf field Saturday.
The …
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10/10/22
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For the second straight week, the Barrington High School football team allowed more 30 points to its opponent.
But unlike last week’s victory, the Eagles’ offense failed to keep pace …
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By Josh Bickford
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10/10/22
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To the editor:
At a recent forum on the future of farming hosted in Tiverton by the Rhode Island Food Policy Council, the director of Rhode Island’s Division of Agriculture, Ken Ayers, spoke …
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10/10/22
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Parker Camelo and Casey Little were named Mt. Hope's Homecoming King and Queen in a brief ceremony during the Huskies homecoming football game.
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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10/8/22
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A Providence man was killed in an industrial accident in Tiverton Friday morning,
Police and fire crews were called to Tiverton Materials at 810 Fish Road around 8:35 a.m. Saturday for a report …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/8/22
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