PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth has no Confederate monuments or memorials to tear down, but it does have a street sign bearing a Confederate officer that will soon be replaced.
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By Jim McGaw
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12/8/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Now that a longstanding state advisory recommending the restriction of recreational activities at Melville’s upper and lower ponds has been lifted, the freshwater …
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12/8/23
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PORTSMOUTH — A member of the Town Council is seeking to cancel the body’s Nov. 30 vote regarding the R.I. Department of Transportation’s (RIDOT) plan to build a roundabout at …
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By Jim McGaw
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12/7/23
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PORTSMOUTH — A 29-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 6, on charges of trafficking fentanyl in the local area.
After an ongoing investigation, at about 11 a.m. on Wednesday …
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12/7/23
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We only have seven years left. The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources set a goal to depend on 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. The global climate has already warmed above one degree …
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12/7/23
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In September, the Sogkonate Garden Club of Little Compton collected over 87 pounds of trash from our beaches in one day and over the past year, Friends of the Saugatucket in Wakefield collected over …
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12/6/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Although yet another discussion on the future of the town’s waste disposal program had to be tabled until January because the Town Council ran out of time last Thursday, the …
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By Jim McGaw
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12/6/23
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The Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame will host a first-ever High School All-Star Showcase at Schneider Arena, on the campus of Providence College, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m.
The aim of the …
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12/5/23
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“First Ladies” By Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
A highly skilled writer of historical fiction, Marie Benedict usually chooses as her subjects women of substance who …
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By Donna Bruno
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12/5/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Several hundred residents crowded the Portsmouth High School auditorium Thursday night, the great majority of them with a resounding message for the Town Council: They …
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By Jim McGaw
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12/5/23
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It’s almost crass to write about the Israeli-Hamas war in the abstract. Whether it is a father searching for his children under rubble that had been his home in Gaza or a parent and child bound …
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By Arlene Violet
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12/5/23
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Hats off to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and his staff for putting together the Energy, Environment and Oceans Leaders Day, Friday, Dec. 1, at the Rhode Island Convention Center. This is the 14th year the …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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12/5/23
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To the editor:
It’s difficult to observe the reaction to our government attempts to provide support for basic requirements, such as dealing with trash and roads.
First, the ideas that …
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12/4/23
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The special Town Council meeting on Nov. 30 was held at the Portsmouth High School and was well attended because the agenda items were the transfer station and the proposed …
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12/3/23
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To the editor:
I feel obliged to answer Mr. Hewett’s letter (“Voters in Rhode Island do not seem able to get it,” Portsmouth Times, Nov. 30) about the integrity, or perhaps …
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12/3/23
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Once again, the Town Council has had to delay discussion on a controversial issue due to overcrowding at a meeting.
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By Jim McGaw
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11/29/23
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PORTSMOUTH — It looks like the town won’t be buying Teddi’s Beach and the Stone Bridge abutment from the state after all.
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By Jim McGaw
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11/28/23
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I have made a lot of friends fishing but have made just as many at coffee shops. Sorry to say my coffee friend Marc passed away Saturday after fighting pancreatic cancer for over a year. Fishing …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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11/28/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The United States is continuing to lose local newspapers at a rate of more than two per week.
That sobering statistic came from a report released last year by the Medill …
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By Jim McGaw
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11/27/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Ryan Kilpatrick is moving on from his post as finance director for the Town of Portsmouth, but not before being honored by a prominent professional association.
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By Jim McGaw
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11/25/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Patriots played hard, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a strong Middletown squad during the annual Thanksgiving Day football game
The …
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11/24/23
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While it may seem like just another part of the daily routine to most, to some, showers are a luxury. When No Wrong Door, a division of Strategic Prevention Partnerships and Newport County Prevention …
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By Julia Stearly
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11/23/23
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I read “Killers of the Flower Moon” before all the movie hoopla started. The film doesn’t sound as accurate as the book by David Grann, which I highly recommend. For something …
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By Lynda Rego
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11/21/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: “At least I’m not boring” – as Attorney General Peter Neronha quipped this week on X, formerly known as Twitter – could be the theme of a 2026 run for …
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By Ian Donnis
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11/21/23
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PORTSMOUTH — Officer William Silvia of the Portsmouth Police Department had just received word of a bank robbery in progress, and hopped into his cruiser to head to the scene.
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By Jim McGaw
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11/21/23
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