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Portsmouth High’s Tristan Thomas competes in the high jump during Monday’s meet in East Providence. He won the pole vault event with a best effort of 10 feet.
Portsmouth's Landon Rodrigues wins 4 events at track meet
EAST PROVIDENCE — Landon Rodrigues won four events as the Portsmouth High boys’ outdoor track team swept a meet in East Providence Monday. The final team scores were Portsmouth 92.5, … more
Portsmouth High shortstop Megan Malone takes a throw from first baseman Kaelyn Mahoney on a grounder to first to force out a Barrington baserunner last Thursday, April 20.
Portsmouth shuts out Barrington in softball, 11-0
BARRINGTON — The Portsmouth Patriots varsity softball team notched its first win of the season in impressive fashion last week, routing Barrington on the road, 11-0. Portsmouth scored three … more
A row of wrapped boats still await their spring awakening at Striper Marina near the Barrington Yacht Club. Striper is one of the numerous local marinas where boaters can take part in a fee-based recycling program for the shrinkwrap waste.
From wrap to recycle
Everyone living along the New England coastline is familiar with the sight of marinas in the winter. They transform into seas of plastic white, with thousands of boats shrink-wrapped for their … more
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Peter Jenkins, chairman of the board of the American Saltwater Guides Association and owner of the Saltwater Edge, Middletown, says striped bass in trouble and asks anglers to take action.
Striped bass are overfished and still in trouble
The striped bass fishery on the East Coast is overfished and overfishing is occurring. The fishery experienced a significant increase in harvest in 2022, as the eighth-most abundant year-class on … more
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The AG is getting vocal about issues today and in the future
STORY OF THE WEEK: In recent weeks, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha has used Twitter to amplify the fight for continued access to mifepristone, cite the need for those with power to … more
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East Providence High School's Dylan Slavick competes in the high jump for the Townies in their Eastern Division outdoor track and field meet Monday, April 24.
Gallery: East Providence, Portsmouth, Bay View outdoor track
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence High School hosted its third dual meet of the 2023 Eastern Division outdoor track and field regular season Monday afternoon, April 24, at Townies Stadium, … more
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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) announced on Sunday that the release of 10 million gallons of partially-treated stormwater and wastewater prompted the closing of two shellfishing zones, which includes waters in Warren and Bristol.
Fall River treatment plant sends 10 million gallons of wastewater into Mt. Hope Bay
A power failure that occurred early Sunday morning at a wastewater treatment facility in Fall River, Mass. was responsible for about 10 million gallons of partially treated wastewater and stormwater being released into Mt. Hope Bay. more
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Portsmouth’s Victoria Croston was recently named to the National Collegiate Equestrian Association’s Ariat All-America Equestrian First Team.
Portsmouth woman named All-American in collegiate equestrian
PORTSMOUTH — Victoria Croston of Portsmouth, a junior at Delaware State, has been named to the National Collegiate Equestrian Association’s Ariat All-America Equestrian First … more
Portsmouth High’s Kylie Delemos is pressured by a Barrington opponent while clearing the ball away from the Barrington goal Thursday night. The Eagles edged the Patriots, 13-12.
Portsmouth edged by Barrington in LAX thriller, 13-12
PORTSMOUTH — It was a battle of champions. In this corner, visiting Barrington — last year’s Rhode Island Division I girls’ lacrosse champions.  And in this … more
Jeffrey Heath has been named the new principal at Portsmouth High School.
Portsmouth taps Middletown principal to lead PHS
PORTSMOUTH — Effective July 1, Jeffrey Heath will be the new principal at Portsmouth High School. The School Committee Tuesday night voted unanimously to ratify Superintendent Thomas … more
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Ava Monroe looks up from working on a design project within the Graphic Communications room at East Providence High School. Graphics is one of 10 different Career and Technical Education tracks offered at the school, where about half the students are enrolled in some form of CTE programming.
Career and Technical — a new era in education
Since school choice began to proliferate a few years ago, hundreds of students have chosen to leave their hometown districts and enroll elsewhere. They often enroll close to home, choosing a neighboring district or a district a short drive away. But not always. more
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Editorial: In defense of legal notices
An array of bills before the Rhode Island General Assembly would chip away at both newspapers and transparency in government. They seek to alter numerous state laws that require governments, both … more
Paul Amadio will be the next head of school at The Pennfield School beginning July 1.
Pennfield School in Portsmouth selects its next head of school
PORTSMOUTH — Paul Amadio has been named the new head of school at The Pennfield School, effective July 1. He succeeds Rob Kelley, who has served as head of school for nearly two … more
Tony Chatowsky with one of the Gyotak-method prints on display at his new Fish Print Museum on East Main Road. This is a print of a northern sea robin which, like all the others on display, he caught himself.
In Portsmouth: He catches fish — and then prints them
PORTSMOUTH — Tony Chatowsky knows his fish. He’ll tell you all about the tarpon, the famous fighting fish of Florida: “When you hook one, you wait for that explosion and they … more
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More than a dozen candidates lining up for a run at Congress
STORY OF THE WEEK: The Democratic field in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District is starting to gel, with a series of noteworthy developments this week. Former state Rep. Aaron Regunberg, … more
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Letter: Republican Congress shares responsibility for gun deaths
Once again the Second Amendment has its day, this time in the sanctity of an elementary school. Six innocent lives brutally taken, three of them children. Mentally ill persons occur in all … more
Rick Wise of Wakefield with a striped bass he caught this week in Salt Pond using a white soft plastic lure.
Favorite ways to catch striped bass
We still have a lot of larger holdover striped bass in the 20- and 30-plus-inch range in the area. These are the fish that decided not to migrate south and ‘hold over’ here for the winter … more
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Letter: Gun rights are simple, and boil down to Constitution
To the editor: Well it’s that time of the year and they’re trying to infringe our gun rights again. more
Letter: R.I. gun control laws will not make you safer
To the editor: Rhode Island’s General Assembly is about to consider a number of bills that can make you and your family less safe. These bills will restrict your firearms ownership, while … more
Audrey Pham, a senior at Portsmouth High School, is organizing an art show fund-raiser to support the nonprofit Kids & Art Foundation.
In Portsmouth: Celebrating art’s power to heal
PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth High School senior Audrey Pham knows how impactful art has been on her life. Now she wants to spread the word and help a good cause to boot. For her senior project, … more
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Four extension options explored for East Bay Bike Path
For the past several years, the Town of Bristol has been looking into ways to connect the end of the East Bay Bike Path to the Mt. Hope Bridge and RWU. Major progress has been made toward that goal, and some safety improvements are already moving forward. more
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“Chuck, you’re not supposed to talk — quiet,” local resident Sharlene Patton tells Town Council member Charles Levesque after he assured her there was no agreement between the Town of Portsmouth and SouthCoast Wind in place — or even being discussed. Patton was referring to Levesque’s earlier comment that he was recusing himself from any council deliberations regarding the wind energy developer’s proposal because his family owns property off Boyds Lane, through which SouthCoast wants to run transmission cables. Levesque, meanwhile, said Patton and others should not be speaking because the item was not on the agenda.
SouthCoast Wind foes demand answers from Portsmouth council
PORTSMOUTH — For a topic that wasn’t even on the council’s business agenda, it sure drew a lot of discussion. more
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Cindy Morse serves breakfast to Adam Holguin and his daughter Aubrey, 9, on Friday morning, the day before she closed her restaurant, Cindy’s Country Cafe. (Isabella Holquin, 13, is out of frame.)
In Portsmouth: Cindy hangs up her spatula
PORTSMOUTH — Cindy Morse was even busier than usual at her restaurant Saturday morning.  Besides flipping her famous stuffed French toast, greasing up the griddle for homemade … more
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A comparison of the first quarter in 2022 to the first quarter in 2023 shows that actual sales have slowed in all categories of residential housing. The writer believes the market is in a period of transition, but it does not know which way it’s heading yet.
Analyst: The local real estate market is frozen
A review of the cities and towns up and down the East Bay, from Newport and Little Compton to East Providence, comparing the first quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023, shows that unlike our … more
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After years of focus, the state's economy remains a work in progress
STORY OF THE WEEK: Former Gov. Gina Raimondo talked a lot about the need to improve workers’ skills while building a more diversified economy. Her successor, Gov. Dan McKee, has emphasized … more
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