A local cat café and rescue owner has started a GoFundMe to pursue her dream of launching a full rescue behind the café on 137 Main Road Bajah’s Rescue currently has 19 cats, 15 of which are …

PORTSMOUTH — Several roads will be temporarily closed Saturday, Oct. 3, for the Portsmouth High School Homecoming Parade.

Supporters of a ballot initiative that would approve $55 million in state borrowing to various environmental, climate resiliency, and open space initiatives gathered at the Looff Carousel in Riverside on Monday.

The United States Department of Agriculture has pledged $1 million in grants to help Tiverton deal with what one USDA official on Monday called “the biggest [PFAS] problem in the history of the …

PORTSMOUTH — A Little Compton aquaculturist is seeking state approval for a 3-acre shellfish farm in the Sakonnet River off Portsmouth, where he proposes raising Eastern oysters and bay scallops …

A Little Compton man charged this summer with cutting trees and other vegetation from a center median at Main and Crandall roads in Adamsville pleaded no contest to the charge against him Friday. …

PROVIDENCE — State agencies and utility crews are preparing for a nor’easter expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to Rhode Island, with officials warning residents to be ready for …

Avid Adamsville surfer Reed Rowan, 22, navigated the heavy in-coming surf at South Shore Beach as the tide entered with the power of the strengthening nor'easter that is making it's way up the …

James Harrington, 24, has lived in Little Compton his entire life. He would like to stay there. Harrington, who joined the Little Compton Affordable Housing Trust last year, is among the …

PORTSMOUTH — Walk into parts of Portsmouth Middle School and there is no mistaking the decade in which it was built. The school opened around 1970, and some of it still looks very much the part.

Spotted lanternflies are now established to some degree in all five Rhode Island counties, and state officials are seeing both growing populations in the hardest-hit areas and signs that the invasive …

Seasons Corner Market developers were back before the Tiverton Planning board last Tuesday seeking preliminary plan approval for the controversial convenience store that would be built at Souza and …

The Portsmouth girls’ tennis team beat Tiverton, 6-1, during a Division 2 home match Friday afternoon. The Patriots improved to 6-1, while the Tigers fell to 4-4. Portsmouth, which moved down …

Old Stone Orchard owner Warren Wetzel, who has run the orchard just up from Adamsville center for 34 years, has known Pete Dellasanta practically since the day he was born. As Wetzel is approaching …

The Newport County chapter of the League of Women Voters has rescheduled a public forum for Little Compton Town Council candidates until Monday, Oct. 19. The forum was originally scheduled for …

From living rooms in Little Compton to the Peck Center in Barrington and a brewery in Warren, decoratively engraved tiles are being shuffled, racked and swapped as mahjong is having its moment all …

  As a singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, and recording artist, young Rhode Islander Jesse Liam, who fronts The Jesse Liam Band, walks an artist’s tight wire act, blending the spirit of the …

As Tiverton officials continue to deal with the contamination of private wells with “forever chemicals”, commonly known as PFAS, federal officials are working with the town to see what assistance …

Candidates for Little Compton Town Council will talk issues in the first of four local public forums scheduled to run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. this coming Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the Little Compton …

PORTSMOUTH — From members of championship football and soccer teams to a future NFL player, Portsmouth High School’s newest Athletic Hall of Fame class covers plenty of ground. Seven former …

PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School’s boys’ soccer team came up just short against Barrington on Saturday, falling 3-2 in a matchup of two of the state’s top teams. The loss was the …

Warren Town Council President Joseph DePasquale has authored a resolution put forth at the body's September 14 meeting, later moved by his peers, seeking what is akin to a maintenance of effort …

As developers from Tiverton Investments continue to propose an updated plan that would see 104 manufactured homes built on Stafford Road on the Tiverton/Fall River border, abutters on both sides are continuing to voice concerns about the property’s impact on their homes and environment.

She’s still relatively new in town, but Rev. K Casenhiser, who started at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Tiverton last year, feels at home. Originally from California, she …

Tiverton painter Jennifer Jones Rashleigh started painting pillows in 2001 after her husband Brendan's experiences near Ground Zero on Sept. 11, 2001, prompted a revaluation of everything she was …