PORTSMOUTH/BRISTOL — Two games against Mt. Hope High School added up to two Division 1 wins for the Patriots varsity baseball team Friday and Monday.
On Friday at Guiteras Field in …
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5/3/22
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PORTSMOUTH — In a battle of two undefeated Division II teams, the Portsmouth High varsity girls’ lacrosse made easy work of Burrillville on Saturday, winning 13-2 in impressive …
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5/1/22
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The Little Compton Town Council will defer action on a request from Carolyn’s Sakonnet Vineyard for a BV retail beverage license until questions can be answered about future business plans for …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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4/29/22
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If true group athleticism involves perseverance, hard work, confidence, friendship and trust, Tiverton High School has it in spades. The school was recently recognized as a "National Unified …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/28/22
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The white noise, a deafening, thick thing that pushes out all else, has consumed Mara's life: It drowns out her mother's incessant drone. Her friends' questions and concerns. It threatens …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/27/22
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Just two weeks after he shattered a 42-year-old Portsmouth High School running record, Kaden Kluth improved on another school best during a home meet on Monday.
Competing against East …
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4/26/22
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"F*** Biden."
The words on Joe Sousa's white sign, and a drawing of a hand with uplifted middle finger, are clear as day and leave no doubt where the elected Tiverton Budget Committee member …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/26/22
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Volunteers with the Tiverton Historic Cemeteries Commission will spend Saturday cleaning years of overgrowth from a historic cemetery on Furey Avenue, and they could use some help.
The public is …
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4/22/22
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One blade of sea grass at a time, Fogland Beach's sand dunes are growing.
A group of about 30 volunteers spent a sunny afternoon last Thursday plugging native grasses into sand berms deposited …
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4/22/22
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Patriots’ softball team dropped a close one to Tiverton on Thursday at home, 7-6.
Mary Rainey, a PHS freshman, earned the player-of-the-game …
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4/17/22
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Little Compton resident Keith Cory, an educator and long-time athletic administrator, has been named Athletic Director of the Year by the Rhode Island Interscholastic Athletic Administrator …
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4/15/22
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"Goodbye, Esper," a haunting story about death and deliverance, has won a Little Compton student recognition in a statewide short fiction contest, and her work will be published in an upcoming …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/15/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Joseph Amaral, Portsmouth High School’s principal for nearly six years, is leaving his position at the end of the school year, it was announced during Tuesday’s …
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4/13/22
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Every now and then, the Rhode Island General Assembly confronts a bill that is not like other bills. It is bigger, bolder, more significant in promise and impact. The “Shoreline Access” …
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By Scott Pickering
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4/13/22
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The Portsmouth High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team dropped a game to La Salle Academy on Thursday, April 7, by a score of 19-7.
The Patriots’ Tony Marcucci scored two goals and …
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4/12/22
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Tiverton attorney Wendy Taylor never imagined that West Place, the animal sanctuary she founded in her back yard in 2007, would be anything other than a hobby — a small non-profit she hoped …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/12/22
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Stumbling blocks to public access remain at the so-called Ratcliffe property in Little Compton, a five-acre tract which accesses prized Almy's Creek and was purchased late last year by the Little …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/7/22
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BARRINGTON — Notching 10 first-place finishes, The Portsmouth High boys’ outdoor track team finished second to Barrington in a dual meet Tuesday afternoon, April 5.
The Eagles edged …
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4/6/22
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Patriots varsity boys’ baseball team defeated East Providence 5-0 on Monday, as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout.
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4/5/22
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Five members of the Rhode Island General Assembly met with a room full of local business leaders, and the predominant topic of conversation was how to spend about $1 billion in federal monies.
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By Scott Pickering
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4/1/22
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Denise Cosgrove knew it was coming. Still, the new property values that came in during Little Compton's recent statistical revaluation are staggering, she said:
"The (real estate) climate is so …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/29/22
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PORTSMOUTH — The School Committee Tuesday night unanimously approved a $42.21 million budget for fiscal year 2023 that calls for a $1.07 million increase in expenditures — a …
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By Jim McGaw
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3/25/22
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Carolyn's Sakonnet Vineyard owners want the right to sell distilled spirits on their property, and the Little Compton Town Council members voted Thursday evening to seek legal input from the town's …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/25/22
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A year ago, Mia Leroux was a high school sophomore, a distance-learning student who spent her days at home, Zooming into classes with her friends. Today Mia is going to school full-time in a dual …
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By Scott Pickering
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3/23/22
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Westport photojournalist Alex Carrigg has seen a lot, but that didn't prepare him for the overwhelming crush of humanity that greeted him when he touched down in Warsaw, Poland in early March, rented …
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By Ted Hayes
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3/21/22
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