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East Providence High School girls' soccer senior co-captain Jordyn Brogan (left) works her way through a possession drill under the watchful eye of new Townies' head coach Melissa Ressendes during a recent practice session. EPHS begins its 2022 Division I regular season over the next few days with a pair of games against South Kingstown and Cranston West.
What’s old is new again for EPHS girls’ soccer in 2022
EAST PROVIDENCE — What’s old is new again for the East Providence High School girls’ soccer team with the start of the 2022 season as the Townies will be guided by a new coach, … more
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Members of the Barrington Park and Recreation Commission will host a meeting tonight, Sept. 8, to discuss the plan to improve the athletic fields at Haines Park (shown).
Haines Park athletic fields meeting is tonight in Barrington
The Barrington Park and Recreation Commission will hold a special meeting on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Peck Center for Adult Enrichment to discuss the Haines Park athletic fields plan . The … more
Ground breaking takes place for mixed-use ’Ivy Place’
EAST PROVIDENCE — A groundbreaking ceremony was held earlier this week at the site of the new “Ivy Place” mixed use development at the corner of Ivy Street and Taunton Avenue in the … more
Matt A. Chappell and Linda L. Ujifusa will square off in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the R.I. District 11 Senate seat.
Chappell, Ujifusa square off in Democrat primary Tuesday
PORTSMOUTH/BRISTOL — One of the more intriguing matchups in this year’s campaign season will be decided in Tuesday’s Statewide Primary Election, as Matt A. Chappell and Linda L. … more
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One expert recommends making sure that the same company that sells the system also does the installation.
Going solar — the pros, cons and must-knows
 In an effort to help become more energy independent as well as save on utility bills, more and more homeowners are considering going solar. While there is a significant learning … more
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The real estate market is still hot — but it's changing
This is still the era of superlatives in the real estate market. “Unprecedented.” “Historic.” “Crazy.” “Wild.” “Never before.” These are … more
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Ducks enjoy an impromptu pond created by the torrential rains Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 5 and 6, on the side of an Abbott Street residence in East Providence.
Labor Day rainstorm...A 'bath' for the birds!
EAST PROVIDENCE — The unofficial end of summer, Labor Day weekend/week, also brought about an end to among the driest summers in recent memory as one of the most significant, non-extreme … more
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Police: Barrington residents targeted for scams
This week's Barrington Police report details multiple incidents where residents, some of them elderly, were targeted for scams: Tuesday, Aug. 30: A Knapton Street resident called police to … more
Barrington women report indecent exposure incidents
Barrington Police investigated two alleged indecent exposure incidents in town last week. The first incident occurred on Aug. 29 and the second was on Aug. 30. Both victims were Barrington women … more
Hole around stadium light post ‘sinks’ first EPHS home football game of 2022
EAST PROVIDENCE — A sink hole around the light post in the northwest corner of the East Providence High School athletics stadium formed initially due to heavy rains a couple of weeks ago and … more
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Randy Matsch’s display of 250,000 cigarette butts greets drivers and pedestrians on Park Avenue in Portsmouth Saturday.
Portsmouth: No butts about it — many smokers still litterbugs
PORTSMOUTH — If Randy Matsch was trying to start a conversation about littering on Saturday, he succeeded. Four plastic bags stuffed with thousands of cigarette butts — 250,000 to be … more
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Austin Hall poses with his “Rusty Pirate” figurine, which he made for a sick friend as a 15-year-old amateur welder. Hall recently got to showcase his metallic creations at The Collaborative in Warren last week.
Barrington teen welder gets public debut at The Collaborative
At 15, Austin Hall got set up at The Steel Yard in Providence, a nonprofit industrial arts center, taking a course that granted him access to welding equipment and a space to organize and fabricate his creations. more
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Ryan Garrity, the lone teacher for the construction and architecture CTE program at the moment, photographed earlier this year with a group of construction students after they completed building a handicap-accessible picnic table at the Pete Sepe Pavilion in Warren.
New Mt. Hope construction program seeks contractor partners
This marks the first year that they will have a fully accredited career and technical education (CTE) program for construction and architecture. more
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A bald eagle
It's Raptor Weekend at the Audubon
Raptor Weekend returns to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s Nature Center this weekend. Wildlife rehabilitators and experts from across the Northeast will bring a wide variety of these … more
East Providence High School senior captain Jaelyn Dasilva serves during a recent ladder match with teammate Lena Shanty. Dasilva and Shanty, for the second fall in a row actually, began the 2022 season this week as the Townies' Nos. 1 and 2 singles players, respectively.
Townies continue to make steady strides in girls’ tennis as 2022 begins
EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School girls’ tennis team’s rebuild into relevance under the coaching duo of Cory Duquette and Slade Sharma continued last year as a … more
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Barbara Passmore rings the dinner bell at the last Little Compton Community Dinner, held in 2019.
Community — and dinner — returns to Little Compton Sunday
The COVID-19 pandemic canceled the affair the past two years, but it didn't kill Little Compton's community spirit. The town will once again break bread this Sunday. So far, more than 400 people … more
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The East Bay Bike Path bridges have been closed since October 2019, but the state recently secured funding from the federal government to rebuild or repair the bridges.
Key funding directed to bike path bridges
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation received some good news last week, and so too did bike path enthusiasts. On Wednesday, Aug. 31, U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced that Rhode Island … more
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Luke Fluet looks upfield while running the ball for Barrington.
Barrington Pop Warner Eagles clipped by Warriors
The Barrington Pop Warner football teams dropped league games against the East Bay Warriors on Saturday, Sept. 3. The 10U Eagles scored when quarterback Vincent Baccari connected with Mack DiOrio, … more
Portsmouth High’s Tyler Hurd (left) and Evan Tullson sandwich a Vikings ball-carrier while battling Rogers during an Injury Fund game Thursday in Tiverton. The Patriots won, 6-0.
Portsmouth, are you ready for some football?
PORTSMOUTH — The wait is over.  The Portsmouth High School varsity football team’s regular season starts Friday, with a non-league game against North Kingstown at home. … more
Recreation officials are hoping the Haines Park athletic field improvements will receive ARPA funding.
Barrington's ARPA money continues to evaporate
First there was $4.7 million. Then there was $2.8 million.  And soon, the town’s allotment of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding will be completely consumed by various projects … more
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Huskies running back Ben Colouro celebrates after scoring a 7-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Mt. Hope went on to defeat Tiverton 17-7 in the injury fund game at Tiverton on Thursday.
Huskies dominate Tigers 17-7, in injury fund game
Mt. Hope long time head football coach Thomas DelSanto Jr. told the team he was encouraged by what he saw as they gathered around him after dominating Tiverton 17-7 during an abbreviated injury fund … more
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Tom Schmitt places the hot dog on top of the newly re-raised iconic silver fork at the corner of River and Old Bedford roads early Saturday morning, about six weeks after vandals stole the enormous utensil. Schmitt, the builder and owner, called in a few friends to help, and they were greeted by a steady stream of cheers by nearly all who passed during the hour-long job.
'The fork lives!'
Westport's Fork in the Road flies again. Reinforced with extra steel, bolts and West System epoxy, the iconic silver fork was re-raised at the fork of River and Old Harbor roads early Saturday … more
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Fifth grade teachers Jodi Ferreira (left) and Elizabeth Teixeira check out their break out room and work on Ms. Teixeira's desk while prepping for the first day of school. 
Many new programs await Westport students
Students arrived back at Westport Schools Tuesday, and were greeted by a long list of new programs, as well as a return of a favored old one, including the middle school sports program. Middle … more
Barrington's Will DiGiacomo returns a punt to midfield in the first quarter of the Injury Fund game on Thursday night.
Barrington defeats Pilgrim in Injury Fund game, 16-0
The Barrington High School football team used its rushing attack to power past Pilgrim 16-0 in an Injury Fund game on Thursday night, Sept. 1 at West Warwick High School.  Barrington … more
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Through labs and hands-on activities, the Girls Get Math program aims to show high school women that the study of mathematics can be exciting and fun. Lucy O'Brien of Bristol (l) helps fire different sized balls using a cannon to record and model each trajectory. At right is Adriana Salazar Coariti, a Brown Ph.D. student studying biomedical engineering.
Brown University program makes math fun, and lucrative
“The program really emphasized how fun, collaborative, and creative math is — it’s so much more than what you learn in the classroom," said one Mt. Hope student. more
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