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Portsmouth: 2nd Sakonnet Coastal Bike & Stroll is Saturday

PORTSMOUTH —  Bike Newport and the Island Park Preservation Society invite all to attend the second annual Sakonnet Coastal Bike & Stroll on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. to noon. …
Utility poles to be replaced in Portsmouth, Tiverton
PORTSMOUTH/TIVERTON — It’s out with the old, in with the new for Rhode Island Energy. Read More
‘Toilet guy’ is flushed in Portsmouth Town Council race
PORTSMOUTH — The candidate whose display of broken toilets and anti-local government signs on a vacant East Main Road lot won’t … Read More
Portsmouth’s Gray, Kaull win in opening cross-country meet
PORTSMOUTH — The cross-country season’s just started, but already Portsmouth High’s Sean Gray and Allie Kaull are already … Read More
Portsmouth kicks off football season with Injury Fund shutout
PORTSMOUTH — It may have just been an abbreviated Injury Fund contest, but the Portsmouth High School varsity football team showed … Read More
Drug charges, assaults top Portsmouth Police report
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some recent arrests made by the Portsmouth Police Department: Tuesday, Sept. 3 Michael Roland … Read More
Two Portsmouth runners winners at Injury Fund meet
PORTSMOUTH — If the results of an Injury Fund meet over the weekend are any indication, Portsmouth High’s cross-country teams are … Read More
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Bristol House Tour will open 12 private homes next month

The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society is holding its House Tour 2024 on Saturday, Sept. 21, when 12 private homes, some of which have not been open for more than 25 years, will be …

In Portsmouth: NAACP’s ‘Black Regiment’ ceremony is Sunday

PORTSMOUTH — Jason Roomes has family members listed on the monument bearing the names of soldiers for the 1st Rhode Island Regiment at Patriots Park. On Sunday, Aug. 25, he’ll have the honor of speaking about them.

Ocean State Air in Portsmouth hosts open house on July 25

Ocean State Air Solutions (OSA) will host the next “ Portsmouth Business Association After Hours” event from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, July 25.
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Obituaries
Janice Fiedler Name of Deceased: Janice Fiedler Date: September 10, 2024 Janice (Phillips) Fiedler Newport, RI -Janice (Phillips) Fiedler, 93, of Bonita Springs, Florida, and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, died on Se
Michael McArdle Please join us in sharing fond and funny memories of Michael(aka Mike, Magoo) on Sunday, October 6, 2024, from 12:30-4:00pm, at the Common Pub, Wood Street , Bristol, RI.
Joan Underwood Joan "Gogo" Underwood, age 75, of S. Dartmouth, MA passed away Thursday, August 29, 2024 at her residence. She was born in St. Luke's New Bedford, the daughter of the late William J. and Suzanne (Stoc
Sports
Fall sports underway as Portsmouth plays Tiverton in Injury Fund game PORTSMOUTH — Fall high school sports got a jump on the start of the academic year, as the Portsmouth High girls’ volleyball, boys’ and girls’ soccer, and cross-country …
RIFAC athletes shine in lead up to national championships It was another terrific spring and summer season of competitions for several Rhode Island Fencing Academy & Club athletes of all ages as they took part in various events leading up the the …
Portsmouth girl is a veteran of the triathlon — at 13 PORTSMOUTH — If you tuned in to the Paris Olympics this week to root on Americans Taylor Knibb, Taylor Spivey and Kirsten Kasper in the women’s triathlon, remember one day you may …
New MetLinks officially opens for play on June 27 EAST PROVIDENCE — MetLinks, the nine-hole re-envisioned former front side of the defunct Metacomet Country Club, will officially open to the public on Thursday, June 27. The first tee time …
Opinion
Letter: More doctors won't solve primary care problem

The thought that creating a new medical school that will, in any kind of timely fashion, stamp out legions of home grown primary care doctors that will stay in state is the highest order of magical thinking.

Letter: Rediscover Portsmouth, which has so much to offer

To the editor: Are you looking for good hiking trails? Maybe you would like to bring your family to a place where they can marvel at the sunset. Do you want to learn about Portsmouth’s …

Letter: ’Social Host’ DUI law — an idea worth exploring

I was taught in my teens that driving is a privilege, not a right.  Another week, another driver convicted of DUI that has had numerous prior DUI convictions, many resulting in accidents …

Letter: How you tell can reveal more than what you tell

To the editor: Let me differ with Scott Boyd’s letter defending town candidate Michael DiPaola ’s obscene and tasteless public tantrum displayed in large colorful signs along East …

Letter: Should we trust the gas company after all this?

To the editor: Thirty years ago, the gas company proposed an enlargement of gas pipes to Aquidneck Island. An informational presentation was held at a local high school, perhaps Tiverton High …

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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.