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One of the proposed residential buildings, which (along with other similar high-rise buildings on the site) will contain 845 of the proposed 890 units of housing. Ten percent of those will be deed restricted as affordable housing.
Metacomet development approved by East Providence Waterfront Commission
Just shy of the one-year anniversary marking their initial application submission, Marshall Properties, Inc. was granted its final local regulatory approval to construct a 138-acre, mixed-use development on the site the former Metacomet Golf Course. more
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Barrington High School’s Caleb Satisfield goes in for a layup after breaking away to the hoop.
Eagles open season with double-digit wins over Raiders and Clippers
Ryan Rigamonti scored 14 of his game-high 20 points in the third quarter and helped lead the Barrington High School boys basketball team to a 66-40 win over Cumberland on Thursday night, Dec. 19. … more
Dec. 28 is deadline to request SouthCoast hearing
If you’ve got something to say about SouthCoast Wind’s wish to alter freshwater wetlands as part of its wind energy project, you don’t have much time left.   more
Short term rentals, like this home on Lighthouse Lane that was the bane of neighbors for months in 2023, have always been and remain illegal in Westport. A new proposal would legalize them across town and would institute a permit system.
Westport goes lean on new short term rental plan
If it passes into law as written, a revamped Short Term Rental (STR) bylaw would make the practice legal across Westport, while keeping local oversight to a minimum, and would codify it as a … more
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Barrington dominates five-star ratings for Rhode Island public schools
Five Barrington schools received five-star ratings in the recent Rhode Island Department of Education School Report Card.   Barrington High School, Barrington Middle School, Hampden Meadows … more
Sarah Griffin, youth services librarian at Rogers Free Library in Bristol, shows off a ghost-hunting kit available for checkout.
Help yourself to the ‘library of things’
“Shush! You’re in a library!” Depending on your age, that familiar shhh, shhh from librarians, accompanied by an index finger pressed to their lips, may evoke memories of what … more
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Two shellfish harvesting areas in Upper Narragansett Bay reopen December 20
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that the emergency closure of Upper Narragansett Bay shellfish ‘Area A’ and ‘Area … more
Jim Leffers attended his final meeting on the Warren Planning Board Monday night, Dec.16, after serving three terms on the body.
Warren Planning Board grants 'Settlers Green' owner another continuance
For the second time in as many months, the legal counsel representing the owners of the proposed "Settlers Green" development requested of and were granted by the Warren Planning Board a continuance … more
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Contest for a cause
This week, members of student clubs at Mt. Hope High School decorated trees raising awareness of impaired driving in a contest organized by STAAND — Students Taking Action Against Negative … more
Smooth sailing, no matter the season
‘Frostbiters’ — sailors who race through the winter season — enjoyed near-perfect weather conditions on Bristol Harbor on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Bristol Yacht Club Frostbite … more
Stony Hedge Farm lights up the north end of Hope Street
For the 5th year in a row, Ryan Sauve and Dani Hill, the owners of Stony Hedge Farm have designed and built a massive Christmas light display. Last year, Hill said that though they did not know what … more
75/77 Bay View Ave.
They decked their doors!
The winners of the annual Deck the Door contest were announced at Sunday night’s Snowflake Raffle. There were three categories: yard, residential door, and commercial door. Winners in each … more
Police investigating social media account selling THC vape pens to students
Is someone selling THC vape pens to students at Barrington High School? Barrington Police received a tip late last week that someone was using a social media account to sell THC vape pens to … more
Suzanna Alvarado was found beaten to death on Oct. 17, 2005.
Arrest made in 2005 cold case Westport murder
Nearly 20 years after her beaten and battered body was found off Route 88 in Westport, a suspect in the 2005 murder of New Bedford resident Suzanna Alvarado, 42, was due to be arraigned on a murder … more
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Hampden Meadows School students Keegan Folan, Ellie Lucas, Nancy Thayer, Jackson Greene and Simone Caspare (from left to right) will help bring “Disney’s Frozen Jr.” to life next month.
Barrington students will perform ‘Frozen, Jr.’ next month
Hampden Meadows School students will bring “Disney’s Frozen, Jr.” to life.   Local students have been working hard in advance of the January performances — the play … more
Clockwise from top left: One of the painted utility boxes commissioned through an allocation of ARPA funds seen in Rumford; One of two new municipal parking lots (this one on Burgess Avenue) were built in the heart of Watchemoket Square to provide additional parking to benefit the public and nearby businesses; Infrastructure projects, like $3.2 million to improve the seawall at Crescent Park, were among the largest allotments from the city’s ARPA funding; and The former Oldham School building has received $529,790 in ARPA funding to date for improvements necessary to transform it into a business incubator.
East Providence got nearly $30 million in Covid money — how did they spend it?
While infrastructure took up a large chunk, the city was able to fund a large number of projects to benefit public safety and the community at large. more
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Sowams School • Student population: 465 • Addition size: 42,090 square feet • Existing size: 32,490 square feet • Total size: 74,580 square feet • RIDE guidance: 74,865 square feet • Project budget: $43 million
Public gets a peek at $250M school project in Barrington
Sensory hallways, flexible spaces that encourage research and collaboration, and state of the art science labs — those are just a few of the features the design team is planning to include in … more
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Deborah Raposa (left) with Jennifer Magnan, assistant director of the Sakonnet Early Learning Center.
Marking 40 years of childhood education in Tiverton
The Sakonnet Early Learning Center recently hit a milestone, when founder Deborah Raposa celebrated 40 years educating pre-K and other young students in the Sakonnet area. The learning center, … more
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Westport Town Hall
Westport department heads stump for funding
Four town department leaders last week made their first pitch for funding this coming fiscal year, as Westport begins to work out how to fund the town’s operations over the 2025-26 fiscal year. … more
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Phase 1 of the study will examine which parts of the city could benefit from having smarter traffic lights, in the hopes that it can ease some congestion issues exacerbated by the closure of the Washington Bridge.
East Providence gets $550K to study, ease traffic congestion
The grant will assist with the first phase, which includes engineering design work and collecting data to find out where improved traffic signal infrastructure should be utilized. A second phase, the actual purchase and installation of the new traffic signals, would come afterwards. more
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Funds sought for Quaker Manor/Estates heating upgrades
PORTSMOUTH — It took an hour, but the Town Council last week voted unanimously to apply for $500,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to replace and/or upgrade the … more
Josh Farrar and Maggie Littlefield with their decorative balls stuffed with Alpaca hair.
Out of darkness, light
Bristol native Rosemary Fletcher Ferrar and her husband Scott happily raised their three sons and a daughter in Rehoboth for many years — until one day in July 2019, when the unthinkable … more
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Packages disappear from outside Barrington homes
In two separate incidents, packages delivered to Barrington homes went missing before the residents were able to retrieve them. According to Barrington Police, a Waterway resident stopped into … more
Paula Ann and Gary Vital founded their Aquidneck Pools and Spas in Portsmouth in 1995.
New Tiverton, Portsmouth scholarship aimed at young entrepreneurs
Two new scholarships that benefit young entrepreneurs in Portsmouth and Tiverton take their inspiration from a local woman who lived the entrepreneurial dream for 30 years. Tiverton resident … more
Barrington High School’s Helena Hyde clears the bar at 5 feet, 4 inches during a recent dual meet and sets a new school record.
Barrington High School high jumper breaks school record
It was a great start to the dual meet season for the Barrington High School girls indoor track team.   The Eagles picked up a pair of wins, defeating Mt. Hope, 70-39, and Pilgrim, 89-20. In … more
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