With cases continuing to surge and hospitals now reaching 97 percent capacity of their available COVID-19 beds, Gov. Gina Raimondo said she had no choice but to place Rhode Island on a two-week …
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By Kristen Ray
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11/19/20
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Mother’s Day is the day when we celebrate our moms and the other women in our lives who have given us love, guidance, inspiration, and support.What we don’t often do on Mother’s …
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By Diane LeValley
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4/29/22
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A Providence man was killed in an industrial accident in Tiverton Friday morning,
Police and fire crews were called to Tiverton Materials at 810 Fish Road around 8:35 a.m. Saturday for a report …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/8/22
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Photos with Santa - Winter 2017
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12/24/17
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The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries is alerting all mariners in Cape Cod Bay about the risk of vessel collision with a large aggregation of North Atlantic right whales recently observed in …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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1/25/23
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Westport police are trying to determine whether a Fall River man charged with breaking into a car early Sunday morning has any connection to more than a dozen similar breaks recently reported in the …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/12/23
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It started with T-shirts. Then came coffee, beer, personal protective equipment - even barbecue sauce. Now the wildly popular “Knock It Off” design created by a Warren-owned Providence …
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By Ted Hayes
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6/4/20
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To the editor:
I read with interest, the article in Westport Shorelines entitled, “ What price green grass ?” and am very much in agreement with the general thrust of the …
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4/29/22
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“Beautiful Country” is the English translation of the Chinese word for America, “Mai Guo,” and it is what Qian’s family believed when they first immigrated to the U.S. Her professor father, “BaBa,” arrived first after losing his teaching position during the 1996 Cultural Revolution for saying something about the government.
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By Donna Bruno
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1/25/23
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The Tiverton Police Department is about to welcome a new recruit to its ranks. Blue, an English Labrador retriever, will report for duty as a comfort dog the first week of September, when he turns …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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8/30/23
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5/23/18
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation late last week announced its latest attempt to alleviate the traffic jam on Interstate 195 created by its shuttering of the westbound side of the …
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By Mike Rego
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2/2/24
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It was so overgrown, many of the neighbors didn’t even know there was a cemetery back there — time had erased many outward signs and as it was, the small family plot was only about 1,200 …
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By Ted Hayes
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2/28/24
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Claiming credibility issues involving the Westport Police Department’s lead detective in the investigation, the state has dismissed charges against 25 defendants accused in …
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By Bruce Burdett
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9/24/20
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Westport's old high school, which apart from housing the Westport Community School's offices has lain vacant for several years, is worth $11 million on the open market, an appraiser recently reported …
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By Ted Hayes
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9/1/22
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For an individual who declares, “I took no music in grade or high school and wasn’t particularly drawn to it,” singer, songwriter, guitarist, recording artist and music teacher …
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By Michael Khouri
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1/25/23
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Editor’s note: This is the third in “ Keep the Farm in Farm Coast ,” a series of articles on the changing face of agriculture in the Southcoast and Sakonnet areas. For more, see …
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By Paige Shapiro
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8/10/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: “We’re leaving no stone unturned as far as accountability,” Gov. Dan McKee said last Friday, as he unveiled Max Wistow and Jonathan Savage as the lawyers who will …
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By Ian Donnis
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4/8/24
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Gov. Gina Raimondo’s daily press briefing included the announcement of a new executive order, to take effect this Saturday, April 18. It will require all “customer-facing” …
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By Christy Nadalin
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4/14/20
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