PORTSMOUTH — A banged-up Portsmouth High School varsity football team earned a gritty come-from-behind Homecoming victory when it beat Shea, 14-7, on the turf field Saturday.
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10/10/22
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Research suggests the average person thinks about food 15% of their day. That’s of course their own food, or their family’s food, and those thoughts are typically connected to the rumble …
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By Scott Pickering
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10/6/22
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My parents always taught us to be gracious in victory as well as in defeat. One event that should be a source of gratitude to others and respect for a vanguished opponent is a stunning victory in a …
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10/6/22
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The fight for governor between Republican Ashley Kalus and Democrat Dan McKee has seemingly shifted into a new gear, with both campaigns aggressively going at each other amid an occasional misstep. …
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By Ian Donnis
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10/6/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Members of a local nonprofit who have pledged to restore and maintain Butts Hill Fort, a Revolutionary War earthwork, have their work cut out for them following the release …
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By Jim McGaw
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10/6/22
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To the editor:
On behalf of Mayflower Wind, I write in response to Julie McGeoch’s Sept. 23 letter requesting more information on aspects of the Mayflower Wind SouthCoast project. …
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10/5/22
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Beginning in 2020, confined to their home, painting became an everyday escape for Gary and Suzi Graham.
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By Christy Nadalin
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10/5/22
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To the editor: One has to feel for the citizens of the sunshine state, et.al., who have had their lives ripped apart by hurricane Ian this week.
At the same time you can only feel distain for …
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10/5/22
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The Portsmouth Patriots boys’ soccer squad overwhelmed visiting Mt. Hope in a league game last Wednesday, Sept. 28, shutting out the Huskies by a score of 5-0.
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10/3/22
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The Portsmouth High School Athletic Hall of Fame will hold its annual induction ceremony this Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Green Valley Country Club, 371 Union St.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m. with a cash …
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10/3/22
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PORTSMOUTH — After nearly three decades of being managed by Katie and Don Wilkinson, the reigns of the town-owned Glen Manor House will be turned over to Russell Morin Catering & …
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By Jim McGaw
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10/1/22
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Even as the Mayflower Wind project faces concern here over the routing of its electric cables up the Sakonnet River, a second project that could have a greater visual impact on the coast from …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/30/22
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TIVERTON — Teams from LaSalle Academy were the winners of both the boys’ and girls’ Metropolitan Division cross country meet held Monday, Sept. 26, over the 3.1-mile layout on and …
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Photos by Tyler Maxwell
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9/30/22
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To the editor:I would like to commend the East Providence Post for the high degree of editorial bravery displayed in your call to divert a higher amount of tax dollars from the general fund towards …
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9/29/22
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PORTSMOUTH — A seven-year veteran of the Portsmouth Police Department was arrested after allegedly striking another off-duty cop at Local Kitchen & Cocktails restaurant on Sept. …
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9/29/22
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Ralph Mace of Portsmouth asks the question of me and Phil Bartlett, “How much would you consider wind power a viable choice if the cabling were to pass through Westport not Portsmouth?” I …
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9/28/22
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PORTSMOUTH — At Gull Cove Tuesday morning, Wenley Ferguson, director of habitat restoration for Save The Bay, held up a large photograph that was taken by a volunteer and shared on the …
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By Jim McGaw
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9/28/22
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PORTSMOUTH — Two swimmers from the Portsmouth Fire Department rescued a man who spent about 20 minutes in the water after falling from his boat off Fountain Avenue in Island Park Monday …
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9/26/22
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There’s an unfortunate trend continuing in Rhode Island and across the nation that must be stopped: the bad behavior of coaches, parents and fans at high school athletic …
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By Dr. Karissa Niehoff and Mike Lunney
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9/26/22
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Inflation, combined with a decreased focus on the pandemic and the food insecurity it caused, has led to increased need for the communities served by the East Bay Food Pantry.
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By Ethan Hartley
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9/26/22
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Two weeks after painting over graffiti that targeted a Democrat Town Committee fund-raiser, volunteers from Common Fence Point got out their paint brushes again Sunday to erase more illicit messages …
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By Jim McGaw
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9/26/22
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Please, may we have from the companies involved in laying the prospective Mayflower project power cable from the windmills to the storage power station, diagrams of the process: the barge that holds …
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9/22/22
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In many cases where demand exceeds supply, forces realign and come into balance. Unless something like the Rhode Island General Assembly stands in the way.
Through a little-known program created …
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9/21/22
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Every July, a small group of people gather in a conference room inside the Rhode Island Division of Taxation offices in Providence and watch as index cards are drawn one by one from a raffle bin. …
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By Scott Pickering
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9/21/22
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PORTSMOUTH — The school district has taken another step toward its plans to bring air conditioning to the field house and to make improvements to Memorial Drive at Portsmouth High …
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By Jim McGaw
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9/20/22
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