Portsmouth Free Public Library received a grant from The Champlin Foundation to replace the carpeting on the main floor of the library resulting in the library closing for all services beginning ...

Johanna 'Joan' W. McKenzie will be remembered for her exquisite paintings of the RI coast, as she said in her artist’s statement, “I feel a responsibility to document these wonderful, vanishing, open ...

Hundreds hit the beach Wednesday but it wasn't for unseasonably warm weather. The annual Polar Plunge at Easton's Beach brought out those looking to brave the 40-degree water and help send a pair of ...

Hugh Daniel Finnegan “Dan”, proud father of 8 children of Newport, RI, died peacefully in Newport, RI on December 30, 2024. Born in Newport in 1933 to Hugh John Finnegan and Bridget Beatrice (Lynch) ...

With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Robert W. Leary of Exeter, Rhode Island, born in Newport, Rhode Island, who passed away on December 29, 2023 at the age of 77. Family and friends are ...

Darlene Mary (Kueny) Galkowski, 94, died on December 29, 2024, on the 100th anniversary of her husband Robert E. Galkowski’s birth. Born in Danbury, Iowa, she was one of 14 children to the late ...

The start of a new year is a time of change. Many people switch jobs or healthcare coverage around now, and they may also be trying to navigate New Year's resolutions they've set to improve their own ...

Local news is the bedrock foundation upon which regional, national and international news is built, and it's hard to beat when it comes to news that impacts its readers the most directly. However, ...

Last spring, O'Donnell oversaw the opening of the state's first "brewstillery" at Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling. The $28-million facility on six acres at 293 JT Connell Highway, Newport, is state ...