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Portsmouth Times - Thursday, October 12, 2023
The majority of zoning board members said the sand volleyball complex proposed for the old town dump site off Park Avenue would pose a nuisance to its neighbors.
Portsmouth zoners block plans for sand volleyball complex
PORTSMOUTH — Art Palmer’s dream of building a sand volleyball complex atop the old town dump in Island Park has been put on hold for now. more
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Offshore wind is the subject of intense debate in Rhode Island.
Anti-wind farm group sues CRMC over Revolution Wind OK
Green Oceans, a Little Compton-based citizens group that fiercely opposes offshore wind farms, is in the midst of a civil lawsuit it has filed against the state Coastal Resources Management Council … more
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Joe Rochira of Warwick, with one of the three striped bass he caught this weekend trolling tube & worm on the east side of the shipping channel in front of Barrington Beach.
Fall fishing just keeps getting better
Fall is a great time to fish, and it is getting better every day. Last week the tuna bite for school tuna was outstanding. Reports had as many as 40 school tuna being caught and released by one … more
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Letter: The logic for closing the transfer station is flawed
To the editor: According to official DPW figures, transfer station (TS) usage is not declining, and revenue is increasing. For the last four years, roughly 3,150 stickers were sold each year. … more
Rhode Islanders are still getting to know Gerry Leonard
STORY OF THE WEEK: It’s an old political axiom: don’t help your opponent get a leg up in a campaign. That helps explain why CD1 Democrat Gabe Amo — who would have gone to the … more
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Letter: Illegal shooting of hawks went on for too long
To the editor: Horrified doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt after reading the front-page article in The Portsmouth Times (Oct. 5, 2023) entitled “Portsmouth man charged with … more
Ellary Kinnane, 15, of Portsmouth, lives with Nemaline Myopathy, a rare neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness of varying severity throughout her body. An Oktoberfest event at Sunset Cove on Sunday, Oct. 8, will raise funds toward finding treatments for the disorder.
Portsmouth Oktoberfest event Sunday will raise funds to battle rare disorder
PORTSMOUTH — Fifteen-year-old Ellary Kinnane of Portsmouth, who lives with Nemaline Myopathy (NM), cannot eat, breathe or walk on her own. She is wheelchair-bound, and uses a ventilator day and … more
Portsmouth High’s Mollyana McGuire collides with a West Warwick defender while taking a shot on goal during the Patriots’ shutout win over the Wizards at home on Thursday, Oct. 5.
Portsmouth High girls shut out West Warwick, 5-0
PORTSMOUTH — The Patriots girls’ soccer team won its third-straight game on Thursday, Oct. 5, by blanking visiting West Warwick in a conference matchup, 5-0. more
Letter: Save the Portsmouth transfer station
To the editor, For unknown reasons, the Portsmouth Town Council is trying to close the transfer station. This closure will deny residents the ability to remove trash from their homes in a … more
Seventh-grade Middletown student Ella Robson encounters local wildlife at Sisson Pond, adjacent to the Portsmouth AgInnovation Farm.
Portsmouth AgInnovation Farm receives $20K grant
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth AgInnovation Farm has received a $20,000 grant from Rhode Island Energy and the PPL Foundation’s Empowering Communities Grant program to support programming at … more
Letter: School district employee was libeled on Facebook page
To the editor: Defamation is defined as the act of making false statements about another in order to harm their reputation. When those statements are put into writing, they are known as libel. … more
Portsmouth Times - Thursday, October 5, 2023
Home Improvement | Fall 2023
Home Improvement | Fall 2023 more
Portsmouth Patriot Allie Kaull (center), who finished 15th out of more than 700 athletes at a recent meet in Maine, competes in a race last season.
Portsmouth Patriots boys make state championships
The Portsmouth Patriots cross-country team is having one of its best seasons in years, following a strong showing at an event in Maine in late September and a close win over Moses Brown at the Glen Monday. more
Commentary: Are you age 70 or older and not yet receiving benefits?
Retirement is not one-size-fits-all.   It can mean different things to different people. Perhaps you have not applied for Social Security retirement benefits because you're still … more
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The ‘father of the atomic bomb’ was a complex and tragic figure
‘American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer’ By Kai Bird Given the popularity of this summer’s blockbuster film, this biography of J. Robert … more
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Our impotent Congress is a disgrace
By now you know whether the Republican House got its act together and continued the funding to run the government. To think that these do-nothings continue to receive a whopping salary while our … more
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Angler Dave Hanuschak caught multiple striped bass to 29” that were feeding Sunday on the surface in Greenwich Bay.
Rhode Island waterways are stocked with trout
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is conducting fall trout stocking, in advance of the Columbus Day holiday weekend, in selected areas in Rhode Island from Thursday, … more
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Portsmouth man charged with shooting hawks
A Portsmouth man has been charged with shooting several hawks in and around his property, in violation of the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Robert J. Ferreira, 64, allegedly shot at, … more
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Letter: Biased and defamatory reporting on wind issues
Biased and defamatory. These two words describe EcoRI writer Mary Lhowes’ portrayal of Green Oceans President Lisa Quattrocki Knight’s September 19th presentation on wind industry … more
The Feds take a swipe at discriminatory lending, including here in R.I.
STORY OF THE WEEK: Redlining is widely thought of as the practice that prevailed in a lot of American cities in the mid-20 th century, imposing racial segregation and depriving worthy borrowers of … more
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DEM stocks 25 state waterways with Brook, Rainbow trout
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is conducting its fall trout stocking at area locations in advance of the Columbus Day holiday weekend. The effort … more
Portsmouth Times - Thursday, September 28, 2023
Offshore wind is the subject of intense debate in Rhode Island.
Two sides to the wind farm debate
A Rhode Island citizen activist made a powerful pitch about the dangers of offshore wind projects to a mostly supportive audience in Westport, Mass., on Tuesday, Sept. 19, and a small group of … more
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