Portsmouth boy tries Dustin Pedroia’s ring on for size
PORTSMOUTH — Dan McCarty, the 10-year-old boy with brittle bone disease who was profiled recently by The Portsmouth Times, got the thrill of a lifetime Wednesday night at Fenway Park. Dan not only got great seats to the game against the Texas Rangers, he met with many players and other members of the Boston Red Sox organization [...]
Read More →Portsmouth town clerk retiring June 30
PORTSMOUTH — Town Clerk Kathleen Viera Beaudoin will step down from her position in less than four weeks. Ms. Beaudoin informed the town of her decision in a June 4 letter to David P. Faucher, personnel/finance director. Her retirement is effective June 30, 2013. “I just think it’s time to let someone else steer the ship,” [...]
Read More →Woman proposes dog park in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — The Town Council Monday night will consider a proposal from a local woman to establish an off-leash dog park in town. In a recent letter to the council, Caroline “Bunny” Miller said having a “designated place for dog owners to exercise their pets and form a social network at the same time is [...]
Read More →Portsmouth Middle School softball team advances
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Middle School girls’ softball team is still alive and well in the playoffs, winning its first two games. Portsmouth won a quarterfinal playoff game Tuesday evening, defeating Gallagher Middle School, 9-2. Down 2-0 in the bottom of the third inning, Maddie White hit a double and would go on to score the [...]
Read More →Portsmouth’s Turnpike Avenue playground closed
PORTSMOUTH — The playground on Turnpike Avenue has been closed for the time being due to safety concerns. “There is a rotted-out tree leaning over the play equipment and could come down without warning,” said Deputy Fire Chief Michael P. O’Brien. “The tree has been an issue for some time but is said to be leaning [...]
Read More →Portsmouth chowder is recipe for success
PORTSMOUTH — You’re encouraged to come down to the Melville Grille and taste his award-winning Portuguese Fish Chowder, which once again took top honors in the “best seafood” category at the Great Chowder Cook-Off in Newport over the weekend. Just don’t expect W. Scott Cowell III to reveal his secret recipe. “I do keep it guarded,” [...]
Read More →Portsmouth men charged with underage possession of alcohol
PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from this week’s police log from over the past week. Tuesday, May 28 Police responded to a Norseman Drive home around 11 a.m. after getting reports from The Potter League for Animals and a family member that the house may contain several sick cats. Police said the house was dirty [...]
Read More →Furry friends take over Glen Park, Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — For a while it looked like a sure bet that John Procter would repeat as champion in the “owner lookalike” contest. The Portsmouth resident, whose salt-and-pepper hair and beard mimics the fur on his 9-year-old dog Tessa, won the contest at last year’s Heart & Sole Walk for the Animals, a fund-raiser hosted by [...]
Read More →Portsmouth issues stop-work order on bridge building
PORTSMOUTH — A structure on the Sakonnet River Bridge has run afoul of the town’s building code, according to Portsmouth officials. On Friday, Building Inspector George Medeiros slapped a stop-work order on a structure that may be connected to the new toll gantry that was installed last week. “It’s a stop-work order on some building [...]
Read More →Portsmouth takes the torch for Special Olympics
PORTSMOUTH — Two of the town’s men in blue, joined by a few friendly out-of-towners, joined the East Bay leg of the 29th annual torch run for the R.I. Special Olympics Summer Games this weekend. After runners were driven over the Mt. Hope Bridge, they met up with several runners at the Mount Hope Animal Hospital [...]
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