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Portsmouth High band brings sweet dreams — and nightmares
PORTSMOUTH — The theme of the Portsmouth High School Marching Band’s halftime show this year is “When Dreams Become Nightmares,” and the group debuted it last Thursday …
PORTSMOUTH — It may not have been the way they wanted to start the season in Division I football, but the Portsmouth Patriots showed … Read More
PORTSMOUTH — Here are recent arrests made by the Portsmouth Police Department:
Monday, Sept. 9
Marcelo Garcia Arevalo, … Read More
PORTSMOUTH — Bike Newport and the Island Park Preservation Society invite all to attend the second annual Sakonnet Coastal Bike & … Read More
PORTSMOUTH/TIVERTON — It’s out with the old, in with the new for Rhode Island Energy. Read More
PORTSMOUTH — The candidate whose display of broken toilets and anti-local government signs on a vacant East Main Road lot won’t … Read More
PORTSMOUTH — The cross-country season’s just started, but already Portsmouth High’s Sean Gray and Allie Kaull are already … Read More
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Bristol House Tour will open 12 private homes next month
The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society is holding its House Tour 2024 on Saturday, Sept. 21, when 12 private homes, some of which have not been open for more than 25 years, will be …
In Portsmouth: NAACP’s ‘Black Regiment’ ceremony is Sunday
PORTSMOUTH — Jason Roomes has family members listed on the monument bearing the names of soldiers for the 1st Rhode Island Regiment at Patriots Park. On Sunday, Aug. 25, he’ll have the honor of speaking about them.
Ocean State Air in Portsmouth hosts open house on July 25
Ocean State Air Solutions (OSA) will host the next “ Portsmouth Business Association After Hours” event from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, July 25.
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Letter: More doctors won't solve primary care problem
The thought that creating a new medical school that will, in any kind of timely fashion, stamp out legions of home grown primary care doctors that will stay in state is the highest order of magical thinking.
Letter: Rediscover Portsmouth, which has so much to offer
To the editor: Are you looking for good hiking trails? Maybe you would like to bring your family to a place where they can marvel at the sunset. Do you want to learn about Portsmouth’s …
Letter: ’Social Host’ DUI law — an idea worth exploring
I was taught in my teens that driving is a privilege, not a right. Another week, another driver convicted of DUI that has had numerous prior DUI convictions, many resulting in accidents …
Letter: How you tell can reveal more than what you tell
To the editor: Let me differ with Scott Boyd’s letter defending town candidate Michael DiPaola ’s obscene and tasteless public tantrum displayed in large colorful signs along East …
Letter: Should we trust the gas company after all this?
To the editor: Thirty years ago, the gas company proposed an enlargement of gas pipes to Aquidneck Island. An informational presentation was held at a local high school, perhaps Tiverton High …