The South Coast Harvest Festival runs Friday through Sunday at the Westport Fairgrounds, after organizers cancelled it as the nor’easter approached last week. “We can’t wait to …

Westport Wildcats Striker Lily Veracka scored the 100th goal of her career during an 8-0 shellacking of Atlantis Charter School in Fall River last Tuesday, putting her within sight of the all-time …

Town officials are waiting and watching to see how the rising cost of fuel will impact their bottom line. Gasoline prices are approaching $4.60 per gallon and diesel has already topped $6 per …

The Westport soccer team tied Old Rochester Regional 2-2 in a non-league home game on Thursday afternoon. CJ LeBlanc and Noah Vieira each scored a goal for the Wildcats, who clobbered Holbrook 5-0 in …

What kind of storm was it? Consider these anecdotes from the nor’easter that blew through starting Friday and finally pulled away Monday: • At about noon Saturday, members of the …

Avid Adamsville surfer Reed Rowan, 22, navigated the heavy in-coming surf at South Shore Beach as the tide entered with the power of the strengthening nor'easter that is making it's way up the …

Gardeners and farmers surely know rain, but it’s usually a friendlier, mutually beneficial relationship. Shelly Peay and husband Brian had plenty of it the first year they staged their popular …

With a nor’easter coming Friday and expected to linger through the weekend, residents and emergency responders in Westport were taking no chances and Thursday was a busy day down by the water. …

Spotted lanternflies are now established to some degree in all five Rhode Island counties, and state officials are seeing both growing populations in the hardest-hit areas and signs that the invasive …

Affordable housing appears to be off the table, but architects have come up with a plan to turn the old high school into municipal offices, much-needed space for the Council on Aging, and recreation …

They have lived everywhere and done just about everything. But Betty Slade and David Cole, who will leave Westport next month for their new home in Austin, Texas, never really knew they’d found a …

Lobsterman Kevin Mello was out fishing all day Monday and tied up back at his slip at Westport Point around 6 p.m. Five hours later, his boat Ocean Hunter was afire. Firefighters and police were …

From living rooms in Little Compton to the Peck Center in Barrington and a brewery in Warren, decoratively engraved tiles are being shuffled, racked and swapped as mahjong is having its moment all …

  As a singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, and recording artist, young Rhode Islander Jesse Liam, who fronts The Jesse Liam Band, walks an artist’s tight wire act, blending the spirit of the …

A home attached to the United States Post Office’s Westport Point branch at 1974 Main Road caught fire late Wednesday morning, drawing firefighters from Westport, Tiverton, Little Compton and …

The Westport girls field hockey team is off to a terrific start after dominating Wareham 4-0, during a home game on Tuesday afternoon. The Wildcats are currently 3-0 after crushing Dighton-Rehoboth …

Westport Planning Board and former select board member Manuel Soares Jr. has missed nearly three out of every four meetings he was entitled to attend since a long series of incarcerations began last …

A Westport fisherman whose family has worked out of the Point for 70 years is on the thinnest of ice with the town after a series of ugly incidents, alleged threats of violence and bad blood with a …

Westport residents Linda Richter and Bette Low weren’t much the worse for wear after the two friends capsized their kayaks just north of the Head of Westport Monday afternoon. But it was a lesson, …

A Westport attorney who customizes firearms as a side hobby has received one of two town approvals needed to open an appointment only firearms customization service at 519 American Legion Highway. …

Sophomore forward Lily Veracka scored a goal and assisted on three more as the Westport Wildcats beat Durfee 4-3 in their first game of the season at home Tuesday afternoon. The win was the first for …

Retired Council on Aging director Beverly Bisch was legendary for her ability to sniff out and secure grants, and one of the last she secured will pay off in smooth reliable rides for the town’s …

September has been a busy month for Lauren Monticello, who took over for retired Council on Aging director Beverly Bisch last month. Monticello, an Acushnet native who most recently served as …

Final town approvals in hand, the Nature Conservancy and several town and private agencies are all but ready to start a project they say is much-needed — re-introducing oysters to the East Branch, …

A sound not heard in more than three years echoed through the Town Hall Annex Wednesday after members of the historical commission unanimously approved a long-contested home improvement project at …