Flexing some muscle for veterans’ hall in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — Some strong-armed men and women turned out to the VFW Post 5390 hall in Common Fence Point recently.   Read More
Boat ends up high and dry on Metacom
A Barrington boater's season got off to a rough start when an Albin fishing boat fell from its trailer following an accident near the … Read More
Man charged with possessing child porn, circulating indecent material
PORTSMOUTH — A 36-year-old Cranston man was arrested last week following an investigation by the Portsmouth Police Detective … Read More
A night to vent about the Trump administration
PORTSMOUTH — The sound reverberating through the Portsmouth Middle School auditorium on Monday night was a powerful and resounding … Read More
Dying with dignity in Little Compton
The hardest part for Jennifer Hopkins McDowell isn’t the isolation that will consume her — not the physical decline, not the … Read More
Portsmouth gets ‘ball rolling’ on sports fields at ‘3S’ property
PORTSMOUTH — The property was first purchased by the town in 2004 and was pitched as an ideal spot for two sports fields when voters … Read More
Things To Do ...

Hilarious play at Four Corners Gallery

A play by the Women’s Work Theatre Collaborative, “What Not to Cook,” is a laugh-out-loud original play inspired by Peg Bracken’s early feminist bestseller, “The I Hate …

Newport String Project concludes concert series

The Newport String Project presents the final weekend of its 2024-25 Newport County Concert Series with the Newport String Quartet performing works by W.A. Mozart, Franz Schubert and Philip Glass. …

Wickenden Street Makers Market is Saturday

The Wickenden Street Makers Market is set to take over the streets on Saturday, April 26, from 11a.m. to 6 p.m. They will feature more   50 local artists and small businesses showcasing their …
East Bay Social
Obituaries
Roch LaVault Fair Winds and Following Seas|Captain Roch "Rocky" LaVault, born June 2nd, 1942, recently of Medway, MA, but formerly of Cumberland, RI for nearly 50 years, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 2
Susan Cleary Susan Gail Cleary (nee Fortier) of Portsmouth Rhode Island, Cambridge Massachusetts, St. John United States Virgin Islands and Arlington Massachusetts, died on April 11th, 2025.|Daughter of the late A
Michael Trindade Bristol|Michael Anthony Trindade, 59, of Bristol, RI, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 18, 2025, at Rhode Island Hospital. Born in Fall River, MA, he was the son of the late Joseph M. an
Sports
DEM sets April 12 as opening of the 2025 trout season The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has stocked more than 100 freshwater locations, including children’s-only ponds, with 60,000 fish — brook, brown, rainbow, and …
Portsmouth High boys’ volleyball team off to a strong start PORTSMOUTH — Last year the Portsmouth High School boys’ varsity volleyball team, in only its second season of competitive play, got all the way to the Division III semifinals.
East Bay student-athletes earn prestigious awards Two Eagles earned prestigious Hobey Baker High School Character Awards recently.   Cody Wood, a member of the Barrington High School boys ice hockey team, and Margaux Boneu, a member of the …
A call to arms in Portsmouth Rick North says his competitive arm-wrestling days pretty much ended six or seven years ago, but he still gets a thrill out of helping members of the younger generation get into the sport.
Opinion
Letter: On the paper's letters policy, and national politics

This paper’s decision, based on some opaque policy, to print letters to the editor on local issues only is their rightful business. This decision may rest on the belief that national …

Letter: Remember the ladies

To the editor: I am writing regarding the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act which just passed the US House and is headed for the US Senate. I urge you to contact all senators to demand …

Letter: Federal actions will impact us locally in many ways

I am writing again to express my concern about the damage that DOGE is doing to Social Security. They are now changing policies on what actions can be handled online, which will force thousands of …

Lette: Citizens for Peace continues to speak out for peace and justice

Twenty-two years ago, on March 2, 2003, East Bay Citizens for Peace was born out of a sense of great urgency to stop the U.S. government from invading Iraq, and to defend our civil liberties …

Letter: Many agencies make access to public records difficult

I have been a licensed private investigator in the state of Rhode Island since moving here in 1996. In my professional career, I have constantly been induced into battle with the majority …

Your community. Your stories. Your inbox.

2025 by East Bay Media Group

Barrington · Bristol · East Providence · Little Compton · Portsmouth · Tiverton · Warren · Westport
Meet our staff
Jim McGaw

A lifelong Portsmouth resident, Jim graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1982 and earned a journalism degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1986. He's worked two different stints at East Bay Newspapers, for a total of 18 years with the company so far. When not running all over town bringing you the news from Portsmouth, Jim listens to lots and lots and lots of music, watches obscure silent films from the '20s and usually has three books going at once. He also loves to cook crazy New Orleans dishes for his wife of 25 years, Michelle, and their two sons, Jake and Max.