Nearly 900 runners set off on a 13.1 mile challenge under cool, overcast skies at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 28. The race ...

PORTSMOUTH — A pressure campaign by a disgruntled citizen has led to the resignation of the town prosecutor over his failure to pull building permits for past construction projects on his property.

To the editor: I am writing this letter on behalf of a recently organized group, Islanders for Democracy. We are area citizens who are alarmed at the actions being taken at the federal level. Among ...

The City of East Providence is continuing to monitor forecasts indicating extreme heat throughout the early part of the week of June 23, 2025. Considering this, the city has opened three cooling ...

The City of East Providence is launching a second round of grant funding for those businesses that did not have the opportunity to apply the first time around. A press release on the new funding ...

This so-called Colony House in Newport is the oldest (1739-1741) of Rhode Island’s five surviving historic state house and court house buildings. It was the site of the May, 1790 convention that ...

The East Providence Fire Department will be the first in the United States to be fully outfitted in turnout gear wholly free from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also know as PFAS, or “forever ...

Last month, I had the chance to advocate for full funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, DC. I was with Gretchen Spiers, vice president of the Cape Cod Salties; ...

To the editor: The verdict is in on what Israeli apartheid is doing to the Palestinians – ethnic cleansing since the 1948 Nakba and permanent occupation in Gaza and the West Bank since 1967. It’s the ...

Spring moving into summer is often rainy, sunny, humid, and sometimes cold. Because of this imbalance in weather, the sky ends up having arguments in the form of thunderstorms, which often, luckily, ...

PROVIDENCE — By an 8-6 vote Wednesday, June 18, the Judiciary Committee of the State Senate passed an amended bill, 2025-S359, which, coupled with a version passed by the House of Representative, ...

With the many future opportunities for the senior center in mind, we encourage all members of the Portsmouth Senior Center to cast their votes in person this Monday, June 23, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.