PORTSMOUTH — The St. John’s Lodge Food Bank in Portsmouth has received a $20,000 donation from OceanPointe Christian Church in Middletown as part of the church’s Christmas …
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2/10/23
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The State of Rhode Island is poised to spend more money than ever before to educate fewer students than anytime in the 21st century. Gov. Dan McKee’s proposed state budget, still to be …
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By Scott Pickering
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2/10/23
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PORTSMOUTH — In the wake of a Snapchat video showing three members of the Portsmouth High boys’ hockey team drinking alcohol in the locker room following a Feb. 3 win in West …
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2/9/23
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PORTSMOUTH — For more than a decade, school and town officials have lamented how the Portsmouth school district is getting the short end of the stick when it comes to its share of annual …
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By Jim McGaw
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2/9/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Two people were arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 8, in connection with the distribution of illegal narcotics in Portsmouth, according to police.
An investigation in …
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2/9/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School indoor boys’ track squad took third place as a team in Class B during Saturday’s Class Championships at Providence Career & …
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2/7/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT) has announced the conservation of a 4.91-acre wetlands property on Portsmouth’s northwest shore.
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2/7/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Prudence Island is one of four areas in Rhode Island where the R.I Department of Environmental Management (DEM) intends to prescribe more controlled burns starting this spring …
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By Jim McGaw
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2/3/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The “gold lamé stage” may be long gone, but live music has finally returned to Common Fence Point.
Before it rebranded itself as Newport Live last year, …
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By Jim McGaw
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2/2/23
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Since joining the House of Representatives, she has served on the House Health and Human Services Committee, which was known as the Health, Education and Welfare Committee until 2021. Most recently, she served as the committee’s second vice chairwoman.
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By Christy Nadalin
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2/2/23
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BRISTOL — Prudence Island residents may soon find themselves lugging their stuff from the Bristol ferry landing up a hill for 12 minutes to their cars — perhaps even hopping on a bus …
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By Jim McGaw
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2/2/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School gymnastics team continued its impressive season by winning a four-team meet at Strive Gymnastics in Somerset on Saturday.
The Patriots came out on top …
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1/31/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth AgInnovation Farm Program has been awarded $78,889 in grant funding from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation (vBCF), the Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District …
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1/31/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Landon Roderigues won two events as Portsmouth High’s boys’ indoor track team took second place in the Southern division during Saturday’s Division …
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1/31/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Sue Young still remembers the date when her life was thrown upside down: Nov. 23, 2012. At the time, she was a healthy and busy 57-year-old.
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By Jim McGaw
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1/30/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The CFP Arts Wellness Community Hall, 933 Anthony Road, is the site for two upcoming information forums on the topic of offshore wind.
“Offshore Wind and the …
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1/30/23
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Before Common Fence Point was transformed into an attractive summer colony in the 1920s, it stunk up the area so badly that people clear across the Sakonnet River into Tiverton would complain.
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By Jim McGaw
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1/27/23
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PORTSMOUTH — More state funding for schools, supporting an alternative LNG supply to Aquidneck Island, and improved internet service were among the top priorities local legislators need to …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/25/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Common Fence Point Preparedness Committee (CFPPC) is hosting “Offshore Wind and the Sakonnet River: A Dialogue for Coastal Communities II” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on …
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1/24/23
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PORTSMOUTH — With wins over Prout and Chariho Friday night, the Portsmouth High School boys’ indoor track team made school history by posting its first undefeated regular season in …
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1/22/23
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Rep. Michelle E. McGaw (Democrat, District 71 Tiverton, Little Compton, Portsmouth) has re-introduced legislation that would bar high-heat waste processing facilities in Rhode Island, after it …
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1/20/23
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Eva Touhey thinks about trash a lot. At times, she finds joy in it. Touhey doesn’t necessarily want to pick through your trash, but she enjoys telling you where to put it — …
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By Scott Pickering
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1/19/23
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PORTSMOUTH — After being informed it may expect a downgrade, the Town of Portsmouth learned last week that Moody’s Investors Service has maintained the municipality’s Aa2 bond …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/18/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth High senior Emily Maiato scored 17 points in leading the Patriots to a 49-46 victory over Barrington in a Division I contest at home Monday night.
The win improved …
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1/17/23
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PORTSMOUTH — A huge residential and marina village development proposed for Weaver Cove, a project that’s been kicking around in various forms for at least two decades, has returned for …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/17/23
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