PORTSMOUTH — A large turnout is expected for a public hearing on Monday, March 25, on proposed changes regarding local short-term rentals that are typically booked through companies such …
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By Jim McGaw
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3/20/24
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Recently ConsumerAffairs, a consumer-focused news outlet, rated Rhode Island’s roads as the worst in the country in their 2024 report. The “All That” state slipped from …
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3/20/24
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Several local competitors with ties to the city-based Rhode Island Fencing Academy under the direction Alex Ripa have enjoyed success in recent competitions, including the Brown University’s …
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3/20/24
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A lecture this Saturday at Blithewold Mansion will focus on three remarkable Rhode Island women of the 19th and 20th centuries. Maud Howe Elliott was a social and political activist, Pulitzer …
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3/20/24
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March is for guitar heroes! And Chris Spedding is the iconic guitar hero. Newport Live presents The Chris Spedding Trio with Anton Fig on Friday, March 22nd at 7:30 PM at the Colony House in …
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3/20/24
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Newport Contemporary Ballet’s spring repertory performance Shifting Light, includes a strikingly diverse …
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3/20/24
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Barrington Books, in partnership with the Barrington Public Library, presents Will Schwalbe and Chris Maxey in conversation with Dawn Tripp in honor of the paperback release of We Should Not Be …
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3/20/24
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Many Stone Soup Coffeehouse attendees probably know WS Monroe, or “Bill,” as one of the dedicated sound people behind the big board at each of their shows. What they may not know is …
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3/20/24
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On Saturday, March 23, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. local time, residents are asked to participate in “Earth Hour,” which encourages communities to turn off non-essential lights for one hour as …
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3/20/24
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Two books about books and the people who love them and a romp through Regency London. Enjoy!
“Blank” by Zibby Owens (2024). Pippa Jones is in her 40s and lives in Los Angeles. She is …
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By Lynda Rego
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3/20/24
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To the editor:
Open Letter to the Barrington Town Council: The situation has become untenable. The Barrington United Veterans Council (BUVC) can no longer support or be affiliated with a …
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3/20/24
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In what could be the last financial town meeting ever in Barrington, residents will be asked to approve a $65.8 million school budget, a $21.8 million municipal budget, and a $5 million bond.
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By Josh Bickford
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3/20/24
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The Stone Church Coffee House welcomes bluegrass band Southern Rail, with its high energy, stunning harmonies, good humor and sparkling banjo, guitar and mandolin. Band members are Jim Muller, Sharon …
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3/20/24
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Free to the public, the conversation on declaring the ancestral native homeland of Sowams a National Heritage Area will be held twice: Tuesday, March 26 at 3:30 p.m. at the Seekonk Public Library, 410 Newman Ave., Seekonk; and Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at Mt. Hope Farm, 250 Metacom Ave., Bristol.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/19/24
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East Providence is the recipient of two significant sums of federal money proffered by the state's Congressional delegation led by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, earmarking more than $59.2 million to …
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By Mike Rego
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3/19/24
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The CSP Artist Series and the R.I. Guitar Guild present Malian virtuoso Ballake Sissoko, considered to be one of the greatest touring koro players, and Derek Gripper, South Africa’s leading …
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3/19/24
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The 2023-24 Rhode Island Interscholastic League high school basketball season came to a close this past weekend, the last of the teams with local ties, Bay View, falling in the girls' Open State …
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By Mike Rego
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3/19/24
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PROVIDENCE — Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg promised the federal government would do all it could to help assist and expedite the process of replacing the westbound side of the …
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By Mike Rego
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3/19/24
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Editor’s note: This letter, concerning SouthCoast Wind’s proposal to run transmission cables through the Sakonnet River and over a section of Portsmouth, was addressed to Ronald Gagnon of …
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3/19/24
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A first look at the budget that would take effect on July 1, 2024 in Warren reveals signs of a community facing some difficult decisions in the weeks ahead.
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/19/24
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A person walking along a beach in Barrington called police on Monday, March 11, to report that a dead dog had washed up along the shore.
Police said the dog appeared to have been dead for quite …
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3/19/24
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The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), an initiative of the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), along with the Office of Healthy Aging (OHA) and Farm Fresh RI, is being …
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/19/24
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A Barrington resident and licensed doctor is facing a child molestation charge following an investigation that started in late January.
Police arrested Barrington’s David S. Healey, …
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3/19/24
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The Tiverton Farmers’ Market will hold its Easter Specialty Market with over 50 vendors expected and live music by Justin Sampson. And an Easter Scramble Kids Activity is an egg hunt with an …
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3/19/24
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