Student-written. Student-directed. Student-performed.
This year’s Unified Theater production at Barrington High School is offering dozens of local students an opportunity to get involved …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/31/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth AgInnovation Farm Program has been awarded $78,889 in grant funding from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation (vBCF), the Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District …
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1/31/23
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The Musicafe at Mt. Hope High School is a series of open mic nights that has been a highlight of the school's extracurricular calendar since 2017.
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By Christy Nadalin
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1/31/23
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Hunter Brodeur scored 21 points and Max Morotti netted 19 as the Westport basketball team pasted Avon 59-40 in a MAC league home game on Friday night. The Wildcats have won four straight and seven of …
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Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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1/31/23
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The Mt. Hope girls indoor track team won the school’s first ever Dwyer Division Championship at the Providence Career and Technical Academy on Saturday. The Huskies compiled 134.5 points to …
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Story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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1/31/23
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A custodian from Bristol and a TA from Warren received an award from the national AFSCME union for their lifesaving efforts in late 2022.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/31/23
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George Finn believes there is a need for an artificial turf athletic field in Barrington.
The need is there, he said, not just for the sports teams at Barrington High School, where he serves as …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/31/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Landon Roderigues won two events as Portsmouth High’s boys’ indoor track team took second place in the Southern division during Saturday’s Division …
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1/31/23
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Leah Sylvain scored 15 points as Westport girls basketball team improved to 10-1 after squashing Avon 48-11 in a MAC league away game on Friday evening. Sylvain, the Wildcats’ senior point …
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Story and photos by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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1/31/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence High School students participated in the fourth edition of the district’s “Poetry Out Loud” competition Thursday night, Jan. 26, in the …
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By Mike Rego
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1/31/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Sue Young still remembers the date when her life was thrown upside down: Nov. 23, 2012. At the time, she was a healthy and busy 57-year-old.
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By Jim McGaw
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1/30/23
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Save Saturday, March 18 on your calendar — this could only take a few minutes.
The "World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade" is coming back, a year after the Kinnane brothers of …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/30/23
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On Saturday, the Barrington High School boys indoor track team defeated LaSalle 145-141 to win the Metropolitan Division Championships.
It was the first time that Barrington has won the …
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1/30/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The CFP Arts Wellness Community Hall, 933 Anthony Road, is the site for two upcoming information forums on the topic of offshore wind.
“Offshore Wind and the …
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1/30/23
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Rep. Jason Knight grew up around guns.
One of his earliest memories of firearms was firing a gun when he was around five years old.
“I grew up in a time and place, it was just …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/30/23
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Department’s Detective and Animal Control units are actively investigating a case of animal cruelty in the Riverside section of the city after a …
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By Mike Rego
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1/30/23
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PROVIDENCE — Never in doubt after a late first quarter spurt, the East Providence High School boys’ basketball team easily dispatched Mt. Pleasant by the final score of 78-51 Friday …
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By Mike Rego
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1/27/23
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For Bristol residents Nancy and Peter Tache, pickleball has become a way of life.
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By Manny Correira
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1/27/23
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Before Common Fence Point was transformed into an attractive summer colony in the 1920s, it stunk up the area so badly that people clear across the Sakonnet River into Tiverton would complain.
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By Jim McGaw
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1/27/23
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If the Barrington School Department has millions in its capital reserve account, why not use some of the money to purchase a bus needed to transport students in the special education …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/27/23
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On April 20, 2010, the oil rig, Deepwater Horizon, exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, releasing millions of barrels of oil into pristine ocean waters. Desperate to contain the spill, the U.S. government …
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By Lisa Quattrocki Knight, MD, PhD of Little Compton, Bill Thompson of Tiverton and David Osborn, JD, of Little Compton
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1/27/23
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Manual typewriters occupy a pretty small slice of human history, but for Bristol's Alayne White, they represent something much larger.
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By Christy Nadalin
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1/27/23
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To the editor:
I'm writing this letter in response to the passing of Michael Byrnes. In the Jan. 19 edition of this newspaper, all of the Letters to the Editor were dedicated to Mr. Byrnes, and …
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1/27/23
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Mike Byrnes was one of my dearest friends, and he was a dear friend to way more than just me. We all knew that this was coming, but now that it is here, the loss is profound.
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By Alayne White
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1/27/23
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At the end of each week, the law firm d’Oliveira & Associates compiles a summary of recalls, FDA warnings, market withdrawals and safety alerts that the public should be aware of for their …
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1/27/23
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