House Hunt: Open houses scheduled in East Bay this weekend
Tiverton mosquito tests now negative for EEE
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PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Thursday announced that 110 mosquito samples from 28 traps set on Tuesday, July 5, and 106 mosquito samples from 28 traps set on Monday, July 10 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). The remaining 95 samples from 24 traps set on June 26 have tested negative for WNV and EEE. The results represent a change from the last reporting. It had previously been reported that mosquito samples collected on June 26 in Tiverton, Westerly, and Pawtucket had tested positive for EEE.
What’s causing pollution at Warren Town Beach?
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Warren officials don’t fully know why bacterial pollution is still an issue at the Warren Town Beach, after the town spent more than $2 million over the past several years repairing sewer and other …
Bristol arrests: Weapons violation, domestic assault and more
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The Bristol Police Department made the following arrests last week: Joseph N. Paquette, 46, of 673 Metacom Ave., Apt. 43, Bristol, was charged with domestic vandalism, domestic disorderly conduct …
Warren Town Beach safe for swimming again
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The Warren Town Beach has been re-opened to swimming after state officials ordered it closed Tuesday after testing showed elevated amounts of bacteria there. The Rhode Island Department of Health …
Independence, comfort for RI’s vets
Yesterday at 3:24 PM
Cramped rooms with two, sometimes three people living inside. An aging facility lacking the modern conveniences most take for grated. Structured meal times requiring residents to be ready to eat at …
Quality, consistency become hallmarks of Weaver Library Farmers Market
Off the Market: Homes sold in East Bay
Town set to celebrate Tiverton Days
West Place Animal Sanctuary open for tours Aug. 5
State Police arrest East Providence man on drug charges
Join the Portsmouth Police for National Night Out on Tuesday
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PORTSMOUTH — Members of the Portsmouth Police Department are looking forward to greeting members of the public during National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 1, at Sandy Point Beach. The event …
Portsmouth woman arrested following fireworks display
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PORTSMOUTH — A local woman was charged with disorderly conduct Saturday night, July 22, after arguing with neighbors who had objected to fireworks being discharged from her Island Park …
Woman removes dogs from vehicle, argument ensues
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What would you do if you saw two dogs struggling to stay cool inside a hot car? Last week a Barrington woman decided to remove the dogs from the vehicle and put them inside her air-conditioned car …
Barrington neighbors at odds over security cameras
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A house is being built on the edge of Hundred Acre Cove in Barrington, and police said some neighbors have been mired in an ongoing dispute with the people building the house. Most recently, …
Warren police logs: Woman spots black bear
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Monday, July 17 Santos Quesada Alvarado, 26, of Providence, was arrested on a Sixth Division District Court bench warrant following a traffic stop on Metacom Avenue at 11:37 a.m. A caller told …
PORTSMOUTH — Island Park is in Mike Macfarlane’s blood. His grandparents met at the old dance hall at Cashman’s Amusement Park before the 1938 Hurricane blew it all …
Mrs. Alice M. (Coyne) Cirillo, 92, formerly of Franklin Street, Bristol, died Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at St. Elizabeth’s Manor, 1 Dawn Hill Road, Bristol. She was the wife of the late Jerry M. …
Alice Lillian Marabello, 98, Bristol
John Henry Pinto Jr., 81, Bristol
Pasquale S. Pezzullo, 88 Bristol
Robert L. Thornsbury, 82, Tiverton
RIVERSIDE — Just when all hoped looked lost, the Riverside 9-10 Little League All-Star team scored seven unanswered runs to take the District 2 Ron Silva Tournament championship 9-7 over cross-city …
Barrington All Stars eliminated from district tourney
Bridge run gives racers chance to cross historic Mt. Hope Bridge
South Kingstown sends Riverside home from state All-Star tourney
To the editor:The article in this week’s paper about the gas leak (“No Boom, Some Bust”) contains a possibly erroneous statement that “contractors...struck an area around the …
Letter: Making private budget emails public an abuse of office
Letter: Emails show budget committee manipulation
More than 30 photographers spread out across Warren last month, capturing the town in all its varied glory — from bucolic Touisset to the town beach, to its eclectic merchants and diverse …
Lipizzan Stallions return to Bristol
Driving skills brought to life for area teens
Rare war horses trot into Bristol next weekend