Sakonnet Bridge Main Road on-ramp to open May 29
TIVERTON — The on-ramp from Main Road westbound onto the Sakonnet River Bridge is expected to open Wednesday morning, May 29, after striping of the roadway the night before is completed, Rose Amoros, spokeswoman for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) spokesman said Thursday afternoon. Bad weather has delayed the project for nearly a [...]
Read More →Mt. Hope students mingle in an artist Anthony Quinn’s world
By Eric Dickervitz edickervitz@eastbaynewspapers.com Katherine Quinn gives students a rare perspective on creativity Mt. Hope High School art student Nicole Cloutier stopped on a stairway during a recent field trip to admire an interesting stone formation. Noticing the change in texture of the stone’s surface, from smooth where years of rushing water rounded its edges, to [...]
Read More →Despite disease, Portsmouth boy is unbreakable
PORTSMOUTH — Dan McCarty has fractured more than 350 bones in his 10 years. But his zest for life — and empathy for others — will never be shattered. 1. When people first meet 10-year-old Dan McCarty, they’re often startled by his appearance. Some look away, but others — usually younger kids — will go right up to him and [...]
Read More →Bridge toll equipment going up: Tolls to start around July 4
Drivers crossing the Sakonnet River Bridge tomorrow (Friday) will pass beneath the new toll “gantry,” the support towers for which are being built today. “They will install the gantry overnight,” said David Darlington, chairman of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority. But drivers “should not be alarmed — they won’t be charged a toll [...]
Read More →Portsmouth students approached by suspicious man
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth School Department is asking parents to talk to their children about strangers after a man approached some students at an Island Park bus stop this morning. According to a message the school district sent out today, several middle school students waiting for the school bus at the corner of Park and Mason [...]
Read More →Portsmouth kitchen fire forces occupants out
PORTSMOUTH — A “cooking mishap” was the cause of a structure fire Wednesday night that forced several occupants of a Lawton Brook Lane condo unit to seek overnight shelter with relatives. According to Deputy Fire Chief Michael P. O’Brien, the Fire Department received a 911 call at 8:49 p.m. Wednesday from a resident of 27 Lawton [...]
Read More →Portsmouth students study solar power
PORTSMOUTH — Perhaps the town should have looked to the sun instead of the wind for a source of energy, a representative from a new renewable energy company told high school students Friday. Speaking to students inside a solar-powered truck parked just a short walk away from the town’s broken wind turbine, Jeffrey Flath said [...]
Read More →Grant to study Portsmouth man’s digital novel
PORTSMOUTH — A 20-year-old digital novel by Portsmouth science fiction writer John G. McDaid is among the works to be studied under a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant awarded to the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO), the group announced recently. According to ELO, the NEH awarded a $52,000 digital humanities grant to explore and preserve [...]
Read More →State budget talks may decide tolls’ fate
Matching bills aiming to eliminate tolls from the Sakonnet River Bridge are part of the discussion as the state House and Senate grapple with the coming year’s budget. “Since there are fiscal implications to getting rid of tolls, they (tolls) are part of the negotiations between the House and Senate finance chairs and leadership,” Senator [...]
Read More →Portsmouth Abbey sailors capture New Englands
PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Abbey’s sailing team won the New England Schools Sailing Association’s (NESSA) Team Racing Championships over the weekend, bringing home the Fritz Mark Trophy for the first time in the 39-year history of the event. The competition was held at the Hyannis Yacht Club in Massachusetts. The Ravens faced off against teams from seven [...]
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