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Portsmouth's Ava Hackley (left) and teammates Olivia Durant, Maeve Tullson and Emily Maiato fight for a rebound with Barrington's Lindsey Lamay (left) and Isys Dunphy.
Cold start ends Barrington's postseason; Patriots advance in state tournament
A slow start spelled big trouble for the Barrington High School girls basketball team on Wednesday night, March 1.  The Eagles scored just 12 first-half points — seven in the first … more
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Portsmouth High School senior Will Sullivan (right) struggles to avoid a crash while driving a special go-cart switched to “impaired driving” mode as he navigates a course inside the Portsmouth High School field house. His passenger is fellow senior Neal Tullson. The Portsmouth Prevention Coalition teamed up with the Portsmouth Police Department to offer an instructional program on impaired driving in students’ health classes.
What it feels like to be intoxicated behind the wheel
PORTSMOUTH — Logan Quinn was doing just fine. With fellow Portsmouth High senior Will Sullivan riding shotgun, he was deftly navigating a course marked by traffic cones inside the … more
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Across all grade levels, in nearly every Rhode Island school district, student “chronic absenteeism” (referring to students who miss 18 days or more per year), rose to unprecedented levels last school year. Across the state, 1 in 3 students was chronically absent in 2021-22.
Empty seats hit an all-time high
Imagine society as a can of soda. The pandemic flipped that can down a flight of stairs and then popped the top. Society has been fizzing, spitting and bubbling ever since. The economy is … more
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The Portsmouth Town Council approved a purchase-and-sales agreement Monday with the R.I. Department of Transportation to buy the Stone Bridge abutment and adjacent Teddi’s Beach. The town has been hoping to make improvements to the area, similar to what Tiverton has done to its abatement and beach seen in the background.
Portsmouth council OKs purchase of Teddi’s Beach, bridge abutment
PORTSMOUTH — The town is the proud owner of another beach, as the Town Council Monday night unanimously approved a purchase-and-sales agreement with the state for Teddi’s Beach in … more
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Free virtual workshop available on postpartum depression
Hosted by the Warren HEZ, ‘Mothers and Babies’ will teach methods on how to reduce and manage postpartum depression. It is available each Wednesday between March 1 and April 15. more
Snow’s coming — and schools are closed Tuesday
Local school districts didn’t wait until Tuesday morning to cancel classes due to forecasted snow. They made the call on Monday. Here’s what each district has planned for Tuesday as … more
Patrick (left) and John Bowen of Little Compton first applied for an aquaculture lease at Tiverton's Seapowet Avenue three years ago.
Little Compton council opposes Sakonnet River aquaculture bill
Members of the Little Compton Town Council last Thursday voted to oppose a bill that would restrict aquaculture farms along the Sakonnet River to 1,000 feet offshore or more. In doing so, they gave … more
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Vocalist Tish Adams leads a group of children in yelling “Wilma!” during a jazzed-up version of “Meet the Flintstones” during the annual Jazz for Kids program at Greenvale Vineyards on Thursday. The event was part of the Newport Winter Festival.
Kids get all jazzed up at Greenvale Vineyards, Portsmouth (photos)
PORTSMOUTH — Jazz singer Tish Adams asked the dozen or so young children before her if they had ever found a quarter while playing outside. “Sometimes when you get money that you … more
The Town of Portsmouth is expected to enter a purchase-and-sales agreement with the R.I. Department of Transportation to buy the Stone Bridge abutment and adjacent Teddi’s Beach. The town has been hoping to make improvements to the area, similar to what Tiverton has done to its abatement and beach seen in the background.
Portsmouth to vote on purchase of Teddi’s Beach, bridge abutment
PORTSMOUTH — The town will be the proud owner of another beach if the Town Council approves a purchase-and-sales agreement with the state for Teddi’s Beach in Island Park at Monday … more
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This is an aerial view of Cashman’s Park in Island Park, as it appeared in 1927. Notice how much of it was located on the beach (Park Avenue is to the immediate right of the roller-coaster), most of which has since been washed away.
Island Park was a hopping place before 1938 Hurricane
Editor’s note: Town Historian Jim Garman lectured on the history of North Portsmouth on Jan. 25 at the CFP Arts, Wellness, and Community Center in Common Fence Point. We’ve previously … more
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Christine de Silva takes photos of a hammerhead shark as it is released during an expedition in Biscayne Bay while a student at the University of Miami. (Photo courtesy of Christine de Silva)
She’s a student, a tech CEO and a shark researcher
1 Christine de Silva takes photos of a hammerhead shark as it is released during an expedition in Biscayne Bay while a student at the University of Miami. (Photo courtesy of Christine de … more
The photography of Corey Wheeler Forrest of Portsmouth, who fishes out of Sakonnet Point, is the subject of a new exhibit that runs through the summer at Mystic Seaport Museum.
The last of a line
PORTSMOUTH — Long before the Wheelers came along, hundreds of fish traps lined these shores, branching west down the coast to Block Island and east to Little Compton, Westport and beyond. … more
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Longplex owner Jim Long (right) and Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee go over original blueprints from the complex's construction, which began four years ago.
Governor visits Tiverton's Longplex
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee has coached basketball, ran his own health and racquetball club in Woonsocket, and has been involved in sports since he was a kid. Though he's seen a lot of sports … more
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Wildflowers in bloom at the Eight Rod Farm Management Area in Tiverton.
DEM seeks lessee for Eight Rod Farm in Tiverton
The state Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is seeking proposals for the agricultural use of 57 acres of land at the Eight Rod Farm Management Area in Tiverton. The state's RFP went … more
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The Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice building at 1184 East Main Road is situated on one and a half acres within a larger industrial park. It was originally built for an electronics company and the property includes two parking lots and a large lawn with East Main Road frontage.
Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice selling Portsmouth building
PORTSMOUTH — Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice (VNH&H), a nonprofit home health agency with over 70 years serving Aquidneck Island, has placed its 21,858-square-foot Portsmouth … more
Gabby Randazzo, Madison Both, and Kayla Oliveira wrap Caitlyn Wordell with a hug after her floor performance during the R.I. Gymnastics State Championship at Rhode Island College on Saturday.
Portsmouth takes 2nd in D-2 gymnastics championship
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School gymnastics team came in second in the Division II state gymnastics championship on Saturday, narrowly losing the top spot by just one point. The … more
Portsmouth High’s Morgan Casey clears the bar en route to winning the girls’ high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 4 inches at the R.I. Indoor Track State Championship held at Providence Career & Technical Academy on Saturday.
Portsmouth’s Morgan Casey wins state title in high jump
Portsmouth High senior Morgan Casey was crowned state champion in the girls’ high jump at Saturday’s R.I. Indoor Track State Championship. more
The property is located within the St. Mary’s Pond and Sisson Pond drinking water supply watershed and has 100-percent prime farmland soils.
Aquidneck Land Trust conserves farmland in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — The Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT) has announced the conservation of 11.48 acres of farmland across two parcels on Moitoza Lane in Portsmouth.   The property is located … more
Portsmouth High’s Maeve Tullson knocks a rebound away from a pair of Cranston West opponents during Thursday’s Division I preliminary playoff game at home. She led all scorers with 14 points.
Portsmouth girls come from behind to win preliminary game
Maeve Tullson scored 14 points to lead the Portsmouth High girls’ varsity basketball team to a 58-46 victory over Cranston West in the preliminary round of the Division I playoffs. more
Clockwise from top left: Rep. Michelle McGaw (D-Dist. 71), Rep. Susan Donovan (D-Dist. 69), Sen. Linda Ujifusa (D-Dist. 11), and Rep. Terri Cortvriend (D-Dist. 72).
Here's what Portsmouth's legislators have been up to
PORTSMOUTH — Here's a rundown on what state legislators representing Portsmouth have been up to lately at the State house: more
O'Brien's bill would arm all public college campus police
PROVIDENCE — Whether it was prescience or presumption of another sinister act about to take place, a state legislator recently submitted a bill to arm police on two college campuses. In … more
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Little Compton: Move offshore power cables to Westport
Move the cables to Westport. That was the word from the Little Compton Town Council last Thursday, which unanimously passed a resolution calling for the "exploration" of a plan to move offshore … more
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Sen. Valarie Lawson (left), a Democrat who represents District 14 in East Providence, and Rep. Rebecca Kislak, a fellow Dem from District 4 on the capital city’s East Side, used a “chocolate election” on Valentine’s Day Tuesday, Feb. 14, as the premise for a demonstration on ranked-choice voting, about which each submitted formative legislation to their respective chambers earlier in the week.
Local lawmakers Lawson, Kislak submit ranked-choice legislation
PROVIDENCE — Two local legislators, one from East Providence and the other from just across the Seekonk River in Providence, recently surveyed the “sweet tooth” of respondents while … more
Members of the Portsmouth Middle School girls' basketball team pose for a team photo. They went 15-0 and captured the state title.
Perfection for Portsmouth Middle School basketball teams
PORTSMOUTH — If there’s ever been another instance of two basketball teams from the same middle school going undefeated on their way to winning state titles, Tara McCarthy … more
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AG: Portsmouth Town Council violated Open Meetings Act
The Town Council violated the Open Meetings Act (OMA) when it discussed the town’s pension plan in executive session in September 2020 without proper notification to the public, the R.I. … more
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