Portsmouth volunteer firefighters donate last ambulance
PORTSMOUTH — For decades it’s worked to keep the town supplied with rescue vehicles and state-of-the-art medical equipment, but now the Portsmouth Volunteer Fire Department (PVFD) is turning that task over to Joe Taxpayer. Last week the Fire Department welcomed the few remaining members of PVFD to reminisce over old times and thank them for [...]
Read More →Portsmouth students ‘eggsperiment’ with physics
Thirty-eight students at Pennfield School crossed their fingers today in hopes their eggs wouldn’t get scrambled. From about ninety feet in the air, their custom-designed packages holding precious cargo were dropped to the ground. “This is our annual science expo,” said Matthew Bottone, Upper School science teacher. “Every couple of years we do a physics [...]
Read More →Stranded worker in cherry-picker rescued in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — Firefighters are used to saving cats stuck in trees. But an electrical worker trapped in a cherry-picker? That was indeed the scenario late Thursday morning. An employee of Henderson Electrical was in the process of changing light bulbs in the parking lot at Clements’ Marketplace when the vehicle he was using experienced a hydraulic [...]
Read More →UPDATE: Barrington man dead, several injured in car crash on Mt. Hope bridge
One man died and several other people were transported to Newport Hospital following a head-on crash on the Mt. Hope Bridge at approximately 7 p.m. on Saturday. According to Rhode Island State Police, Barrington resident Paul L. Matthews, 63, of Heritage Road was pronounced dead at the scene after the van he was driving crashed head-on into [...]
Read More →Plans expand for Elmhurst School project in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — For almost an hour Monday night the Portsmouth Town Council criticized some of the proposed work in an engineering and architectural study of Elmhurst School. Several plans must be developed before the town can seek proposals and bids to demolish the school on Frank Coelho Drive. The school lies on a very steep slope, [...]
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