To the editor: Now more than ever, it is imperative that we support the businesses here in our community. Usually at this time of year, we all read about a well known “Shop Small” … more

The Tiverton field hockey team lost to South Kingstown, 1-0, in the D-II Semifinals at Curtis Corner Middle School on Tuesday night. The Tigers ended their season with a 3-2-1 record. South Kingstown … more

Barrington police received a call about a fight between two landscapers that occurred on Adams Point Road on Thursday, Nov. 19. Police said one of the landscapers intentionally struck the other … more

Eunice Evelyn (Ritchie) Woodmansee passed away peacefully on Nov. 21, 2020, at St. Elizabeth Manor in Bristol. She was the beloved wife of the late Harold Edward Woodmansee. Eunice was born August … more

Monday, Nov. 16 Police were called out to Metacom Avenue for an injured raccoon. Loose dog calls came in almost simultaneously from Water and Liberty streets. A caller complained about a car … more

JOHNSTON — East Providence High School’s dream of completing an undefeated 2020 Division II girls’ soccer season with a title came to a crushing end as the Townies fell to East … more

TIVERTON — An early afternoon fire destroyed a car and damaged a house at 27 Mount Hope Avenue west of Main Road overlooking Tiverton Basin). Alerted tp the blaze at about 12:15 pm, the … more

Fred “Mr. Fix It” Swarz, 83, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, passed away at home on November 18, 2020. He was the husband of Emily (Salvador) Swarz for 62 years. Fred was a general … more

JOHNSTON — East Greenwich scored the only goal in the 10-minute overtime period en route to defeating East Providence, 3-2, in the Division  II girls' soccer championship game Sunday … more

Suzanne H. (LaRochelle) Palmer was the fourth daughter of Lorne and Priscilla Hooker LaRochelle, born in Portland, Maine and raised in South Portland, Maine, Long Island, Maine, and Tamworth, NH. She … more