They came in every shape and size imaginable, old and young, and in between. They played instruments, sang, danced, and told jokes and stories. More...
At an emergency meeting held Tuesday night, the North Kingstown School Committee voted 4-2 to start high school at 7:20 a.m., 15 minutes later than last year's starting time. More...
"The time has come, the Walrus said, to seek out sailing things, like floating tubs and bedframe rafts, with masts held up by strings." Whether or not the Walrus said that is of little consequence. More...
Eli and Robin Lis had a great week slaying the stripers, trolling tube-and-worm rigs in Dutch Harbor. In all, Eli tallied seven stripers, with the largest, pictured here, weighing in at 22.5 pounds. More...
Our little planet has the distinction of its inhabitants attempting to communicate with one another using approximately 6,800 different languages. More...
Conducted by Rhode Island for Community & Justice (RICJ), the Project RESPECT Leadership Institute will be held at Camp Aldersgate in North Scituate from Sunday, Aug. 27, through Friday, Sept. 1. More...
The Prout School will hold a golf tournament Saturday, Sept. 16, at Laurel Lane Country Club to benefit the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the school's tuition assistance program. More...
Jamestown sailor Carol Cronin and her Yngling team, have been invited to participate in the Good Luck Beijing 2006 Qingdao International Regatta, to be held from Aug. 18 to 31. More...
Georgena Wetherill Stanger, 91, of 64 Bayview Drive, died Sunday, Aug.13, at home, after a short illness. She was the wife of the late John Hallowell Stanger. More...
In his oral report to the Town Council Tuesday night, Town Administrator Bruce Keiser announced that three eligible construction companies had submitted bids to build the new town hall on Narragansett Avenue. More...
After some discussion and a few questions, the Town Council Tuesday night voted unanimously to accept the budget for fiscal year 2006-07 as prepared by Finance Director Christina Collins. More...
This unusual blue lobster washed up on Head's Beach last week and was taken home by Cailyn and Tyler Laflamme. Tyler, 14, said he called URI and was told that it must be a deep sea variety of lobster, which is rarely seen by human eyes. More...
Twenty-nine summers ago the first intrepid sailors dipped their toes into the waters of Narragansett Bay to venture forth for what was to become known as the Fools' Rules Regatta. More...
If you haven't been to the circus lately, you might want to try a meeting of the utterly dysfunctional North Kingstown School Committee, which this week took up two long meetings deciding to essentially adopt the recommendations of the school superin More...
To the Editor The Press article on 10 August concerning Beavertail Lighthouse and its future was mostly well written. However, the comments regarding affordable housing do not tell an accurate story. More...
Beginning this Saturday, Aug.19, local and regional artists will generate hundreds of new works for a live and silent auction during the Newport Art Museum's annual Wet Paint Weekend. More...
When the last act exits the stage tonight at the Jamestown Community Chorus' 17th annual talent show, Janet Kirk will close out her first tenure as producer of a stage production. More...