Barrington Schools will re-open Wednesday
After back-to-back days of cancellation, Barrington Public School will re-convene classes on Wednesday. A notice was posted on the district’s website stating school will be open on Oct. 31. Barrington, like many districts around Rhode Island, was forced to close because of weather earlier this week.
Read More →Trees down around Barrington in Sandy’s aftermath
At the intersection of Nayatt Road and Bay Road a mammoth red oak leaned heavily across a web of power lines on Tuesday morning, a clear sign that Hurricane Sandy had been there. Two men – one in an automated lift bucket and the other on the ground – worked to clear the lines from [...]
Read More →Sandy floods Island Park, leaves Portsmouth powerless
PORTSMOUTH — Hurricane Sandy flooded Island Park three times, knocked out power to well over 2,000 homes and left Anthony House seniors stranded for awhile Monday evening. Atop the wind turbine at the high school, the wind speed indicator measured a peak gust of 77 mph at around 2:15 pm with a ten-minute average of [...]
Read More →Flooding is Portsmouth’s biggest headache
PORTSMOUTH — Although the town escaped the full brunt of Sandy’s fury, the storm did make some roads difficult or impossible for motorists to navigate. A large section of Park Avenue was closed by police before high tide Monday night, as the water surged well over the top of the beach wall. About two miles north, [...]
Read More →‘Drink and Dabble’ in Bristol
Rhode Island’s favorite funny man is at it again. Charlie Hall goes back to his art school roots with a new traveling art party, Drink and Dabble, which is at Redlefsen’s Rotisserie & Grill Tuesday nights through November. “It’s a new trendy night out where groups, dates, housewives and team-building companies gather at some hip [...]
Read More →Open mic in Tiverton
Chris Farias hosts open mics at Sandywoods Center for the Arts in Tiverton on Tuesday nights. Admission is free, but donations for the musicians are appreciated. WHERE: Sandywoods Center for the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton WHEN: 7-10 p.m. Tuesdays (no open mic on Nov. 6) COST: Free MORE INFO: 401/241-7349; www.sandywoodsmusic.com
Read More →Photos and Video: Wharf Tavern heavily damaged by storm surge
It’s been a tough year for Greg Esmay. In June, his restaurant, the Old Grist Mill in Seekonk, burned to the ground after a trucker struck the landmark off Route 44. Now, Mother Nature has claimed another victim — his Wharf Tavern restaurant on Water Street. A storm surge of four to six feet flooded [...]
Read More →High tide comes and goes during Hurricane Sandy in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE — Though not feeling the same severe effects of Hurricane Sandy as other coastal areas around the area and state, East Providence did deal with some significant water-level increases as the nightly high tide rolled in just after 8 o’clock Monday evening, Oct. 29. East Providence Police blocked off the lowest lying area [...]
Read More →Next threat with Sandy: Rising water
With Monday’s astronomical high tide set to crest at 8:30 p.m. across the East Bay, waters are rising and police are closing off a growing number of roads. The Warren Town Beach was almost entirely underwater at 5:30 p.m., and the water lapped almost up to the deck at the Wharf Tavern restaurant further up [...]
Read More →East Providence cancels school Tuesday
EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence schools will be closed Tuesday, Oct. 30, the system becoming the latest in the area to shut down due to the continued effects of Hurricane Sandy. St. Mary Academy-Bay View in city and Seekonk High were among the first of those local schools that canceled classes for Tuesday, doing so [...]
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