The invasive Emerald Ash Borer claimed another victim this week, this time in a private yard on Woodlawn Avenue.
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/3/24
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PORTSMOUTH — Ava McDermott said a simple act of kindness was all it took for her to realize how special Owen Cameron was.
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By Jim McGaw
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4/3/24
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Many readers will remember Ken Block as a two-time candidate for Rhode Island Governor and technology entrepreneur who helped the State of Texas save more than a billion dollars in food stamp fraud …
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By Arlene Violet, Esq.
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4/3/24
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The assignment was near and dear to professor Bob Rulli, who you may remember had a keen interest in trying to redesign the same parcel of land.
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/2/24
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School varsity baseball team started its season in fine fashion Monday, winning a home opener against Mt. Hope by a score of 8-3.
The Patriots …
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4/2/24
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‘Enchantress of Numbers’ By Jennifer Chiaverini
Anyone who has taken a course in British literature will be familiar with the most lionized of Romantic poets, Geroge Gordon, Lord …
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By Donna Bruno
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4/2/24
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The spring migration run of striped bass will soon be underway. The water temperatures off Narragansett at press time was 41 degrees. Traditionally 55 degrees is the temperature when the fish are …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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4/2/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Add Ken Block to the lengthy list of people who’ve told Donald Trump or his campaign that his fake narrative about a stolen election in 2020 is a lot of baloney. In …
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4/2/24
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Mt. Hope coach Tom Fullen smiled while talking about this season’s unified basketball team.
“It’s the most fun that’d I have had coaching,” he said. “How can …
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Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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4/2/24
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All high school students, as well as 8th graders looking forward to attending high school in the Fall, should give serious consideration to applying for a mini-grant.
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3/29/24
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Providence Country Day School has named the students who have earned recognition on the 2023-2024 second trimester honor roll.
For Middle School (Classes of 2027-2030), High Honors is all grades …
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3/29/24
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Residents of Franklin Court Assisted Living enjoyed an official Welcome Home Celebration on Wednesday, March 20, three months to the day after a fire and corresponding deluge of water from sprinklers damaged the facility.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/29/24
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A woman generated a noise complaint after playing with her dog apparently too loudly and a man said an elderly neighbor damaged his car with his walker. All that and more in this week's police logs.
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3/29/24
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A majority of the increase comes from the 2.7% increase from the Town's contribution to the Bristol Warren Regional School District. The town's financial stability remains solid.
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/28/24
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When we take care of trees, trees take care of people and entire ecosystems.
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3/28/24
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No single political-party always works in the best interest of all people.
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3/28/24
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Dredging in the Sakonnet should be prevented and the attendant difficulties in bringing ashore the power cables returned to Massachusetts where they belong.
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3/28/24
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Mizrahi said he was busy from day one. “Even on cold and windy days like today, I’m still paying my bills.”
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By Christy Nadalin
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3/28/24
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI): These ideas are anathema to white Christian nationalists who fear losing their “rightful place” and their power and authority in America. DEI …
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3/28/24
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MIDDLETOWN — The body of Portsmouth teen Owen B. Cameron, who was last seen Saturday night after leaving his Middletown job, was discovered late this morning in that town.
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3/27/24
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Although the total number of officers in the department isn't changing, proposed changes to its organization promise to save money on overtime and increase retention within the department.
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/27/24
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Here’s a scenario one could imagine quite easily here in this little corner of the world … The owner of a small boat invites friends for a day out on the water, fishing, eating and laughing. At some point during the day, the captain slumps over in some sort of distress, possibly a heart attack.
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By Scott Pickering
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3/27/24
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A cell phone tower on Peter Road in Bristol recently collapsed, but caused no injuries.
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/26/24
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In an incredibly rare event, the New England Aquarium aerial survey team sighted a gray whale off the New England coast earlier this month. This is a species that has been extinct in the Atlantic for …
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3/26/24
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