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East Providence, Barrington school bus drivers reach tentative contract agreement
EAST BAY — A tentative agreement was reached Tuesday night, Jan. 21, between school bus drivers for East Providence and Barrington represented by Teamsters Local 251 and Ocean State Transit, a … more
RIDOT resumes highway mile-marker numbering program
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will start its next highway renumbering project the week of January 27, changing exit numbers on I-195 from the I-95 … more
Warren Housing Court Judge Stephen Sypole has been replaced on the bench, following his two-year tenure overseeing the new court.
Departing judge fires salvo at Warren Town Council
Warren’s first-ever and now former housing court judge is out of a job after the Warren Town Council declined to re-appoint him to a two-year term earlier this month, and suspects politics … more
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Councilor prods East Providence property owners to properly display house numbers
EAST PROVIDENCE — At the January 21 meeting of the body, Ward 4 Councilor Ricardo Mourato took a light-hearted approach to a serious public safety issue encouraging residents to prominently … more
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Max Powers looks on as Domanick Vitorino flies toward the hoop for a layup in the second half.
Wildcats win sixth straight as they run over West Bridgewater, 73-61
Westport beat West Bridgewater 73-61 iun a jam-packed home game Friday night. The Wildcats have won six in a row and sport an overall record of 8-2. The team is now 1-0 in Mayflower League play.  more
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Nina Gibbons advances the ball toward the basket for Barrington during a home game against Cranston West, Saturday.
BHS Sports Roundup: Strong first half leads Eagles to 40-38 win
The Barrington High School girls basketball team build a 23-11 halftime lead against Cranston West on Saturday, Jan. 18, and held on for a 40-38 victory. The win improved the Eagles' record to 2-4 … more
113 pound junior Nick Gomes won all three of his matches at the quad meet, including this match as he held down Cumberland’s Brady Gillis to win a 7-4 decision. Gomes also won by default against East Providence and won a 7-5 decision over Hope’s Jonatan Jimenez.
Mt. Hope wrestlers look sharp as they prep for the state tournament
The Mt. Hope wrestling team beat East Providence, 60-12, but fell to Cumberland, 39-30, and Hope, 34-26, during a quad meet at East Providence on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Huskies’ record dropped to 5-4 in Division I and 16-6 overall.  more
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Juni Rainock, Blake Myatt, Violet Lawrence, Jasper Case and Simon Taylor (from left to right) are ready to bring Shrek the Musical, Jr. to the stage later this month.
Shrek the Musical, Jr. shares an important lesson
Arts Alive! will begin its 11th season with performances of Shrek the Musical, Jr. later this month. Students from Hampden Meadows School will perform the humorous production on Friday, Saturday … more
A recent photo of Jake, an 80-pound Labrador retriever who suffered severe injuries when he was mauled by a coyote Tuesday night on Windstone Drive.
Coyote attacks, severely injures 80-pound dog in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — A Windstone Drive resident, whose 80-pound Labrador retriever was brutally mauled by a coyote Tuesday night, is warning others to take extra precautions to keep their pets … more
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A calf clings to life (it would later die) at the former Medeiros tenant farm in Westport. Michael Cahill, director of animal health, says Massachusetts leans heavily on non-profits to enforce its animal cruelty laws which too often means that the ability to pursue such cases is limited by funding. Westport Police photo.
Cahill: Flawed system pits cost vs animal cruelty
During his Westport visit last week, Michael Cahill, director of the animal health program at the Mass. Department of Agricultural Resources, said he sees serious problems with the way animal cruelty … more
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