PORTSMOUTH — Originally from the Bay of Bengal region of India and trained as a software engineer, he discerned a call to religious life with the intention of returning to India as a missionary …
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5/20/25
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The Barrington High School girls track team powered to victory at the Eastern Division Championship held at Victory Field on Sunday, May 18.
The Eagles scored 273.5 points, more than …
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5/20/25
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Portsmouth High School students will be allowed to use their cell phones during passing time or lunch under a new policy unanimously approved by the School Committee last week.
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By Jim McGaw
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5/20/25
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Town council members were expected Tuesday to discuss and possibly vote on removing two controversial questions on the future of the Odd Fellows Hall and Fire Barn from Little Compton's upcoming Town …
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By Christian Silvia
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5/20/25
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For the past eight years, Katie Solitro has taken students to give gifts to residents at Waterview Villa on South Broadway. Last week, the Villa residents gave a gift back.
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By Ethan Hartley
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5/20/25
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Please don't call the Tiverton Zoning Board of Review a “zoning board"! The members apparently don't understand what zoning means. They don't seem to know the zoning definitions. They don't …
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5/20/25
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I would like to have corrected several items made in last week's front page article on the Tiverton Zoning Board of Appeals. First, my last name is "Driggs,” not "Griggs,” as …
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5/20/25
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It probably won’t see much use as a first-line lifesaver. But the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s new lifeboat, unveiled Sunday at the lifesaving station opposite the Gooseberry Island causeway, …
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By Ted Hayes
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5/20/25
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The following is a synopsis of the Warren Police Log from Monday, May 12-Sunday, May 18:
Monday, May 12 The new work week began with an officer stopping a vehicle what was traveling in the wrong …
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5/20/25
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The Warren Planning Board agenda for its May 19 meeting, like those of the six months prior, included an expected public hearing on the major sub-division, "Settlers Green" housing development at the …
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By Mike Rego
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5/20/25
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The Hampden Meadows School Tough Tiger saw one of its biggest crowds ever this year.
Nearly 1,300 people registered for the annual adventure race, which was held Sunday, May 18. Even more people …
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5/20/25
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The Barrington High School boys track team dominated the competition and won the Eastern Division Championship at Victory Field on Sunday, May 18.
The Eagles finished with 345 points, …
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5/20/25
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Entering the final few days of the regular season, the Mt. Hope High School boys' lacrosse team appeared to have just about locked up first place in the Division III standings and the top seed in the …
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By Mike Rego
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5/20/25
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For those that are following, a two-hour hearing on April 15 in Providence County Superior Court marked the latest chapter in Rhode Island’s long-running …
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5/20/25
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Join the Bristol Land Conservation Trust for springtime birdwatching with Lauren Parmelee, Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s senior director of education programs. Dress for the weather and …
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5/20/25
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PORTSMOUTH — Aquidneck Island Land Trust has awarded six grants totaling $10,148 to local community and neighborhood groups through its annual grant program, the Merritt Neighborhood Fund. …
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5/19/25
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It was the wrong box.
The roots for Michael Vorenberg’s newest book, “Lincoln’s Peace, The struggle to end the American Civil War,” can be traced to a mis-step …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/19/25
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The final few weeks of spring are supposed to be one of anticipation and exaltation for track and field athletes, but the mood turned a bit glum for the Mt. Hope High School team as the locals began …
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By Mike Rego
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5/19/25
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School boys’ and girls’ track team notched four, first-place finishes at the Eastern Division Championships held Sunday at Barrington High.
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5/19/25
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To the editor:
Kudos to Sen. Linda Ujifusa for cosponsoring the Trade in Farmed Animal Fur Products Act (S.25), which would prohibit the sale of new products made with fur sourced from fur farms …
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5/19/25
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Wildcats basketball star Owen Boudria was named the Division 5 Player of the Year by the Massachusetts Basketball Coaches Association at the Red Auerbach Senior Awards Breakfast on Sunday.
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5/19/25
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PORTSMOUTH — Here are some recent arrests made by the Portsmouth Police Department:
Tuesday, May 13
Yonathan Osvaldo Alvarez Cortez, 21, of 424 Park Ave., was charged with …
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5/19/25
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1. STORY OF THE WEEK: Three primary factors seemingly fueled Donald Trump’s win for the White House last year -- Democrats’ slow response to voters’ concerns about inflation and …
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By Ian Donnis
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5/19/25
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When Stop & Shop opened on Metacom Ave. in 1994, it had a unique feature that no other supermarket could claim: a house in the middle of the parking lot, fronting Metacom Ave. In an article in …
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5/19/25
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Last week, the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council’s Rhode to Bicycle Safety (R2BS) bike education program came to work with a group of Rockwell School students. The four session program …
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5/19/25
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