Maxwell Magilton, a student at Guiteras Elementary School, was selected as the 5th grade winner of the 2023-2024 Grand Lodge Americanism Essay Contest for the Town of Bristol.
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4/11/24
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On April 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Coggeshall Farm will be offering a fun and educational outdoor experience for all ages.
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4/11/24
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It is also the fifth consecutive year South Kingstown has been named second safest. Cumberland and North Kingstown took the third and fourth slots, while East Providence climbed four spots to take the fifth spot and round out the top five safest cities in Rhode Island.
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By Christy Nadalin
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4/10/24
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A rite of spring as much as any other, Opening Day of the 2024 trout season is set for Saturday, April 13, and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has stocked more than 100 …
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4/10/24
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A collaborative project between the school's CTE and arts programs, the house was designed in the style of Disney's "Encanto", and was delivered to a girl battling cancer.
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4/9/24
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will shift the location of the crossover from the westbound side of Interstate 195 to the eastbound side and eventually over the Washington Bridge as …
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By Mike Rego
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4/8/24
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Police arrested three individuals on March 27 and made a variety of stops for reports of fraud and other concerns by residents between March 25 and April 1, 2024.
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4/5/24
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Dan Barnes bought a house on Thames Street in 2022 and wondered how old it really was. Turns out, he had purchased a property almost as old as the Town of Bristol itself.
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By Christy Nadalin
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4/5/24
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The Rogers Free Library is about to get a healthy infusion of cash in the form of a $1.75 million grant of federal funds that will be coming through the State
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By Christy Nadalin
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4/4/24
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At a time when rigid airships still flew over Block Island, one prominent Bristol family went to Westerly to experience an event you're lucky to see more than once in a lifetime. Now you can read their own handwritten account of that day in 1925.
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/4/24
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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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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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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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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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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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