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3 Aquidneck Island Beaches Closed To Swimming | Patch PM

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Three beaches in Newport and Middletown were closed due to high bacteria levels.
Three beaches in Newport and Middletown were closed due to high bacteria levels. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

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3 Aquidneck Island Beaches Closed Due To High Bacteria

Third Beach and Peabody’s Beach in Middletown and Easton’s Beach in Newport are closed to swimming.

North Kingstown Man Gets 21 Months For Threatening Professor

Court documents showed Matthew Haviland sent emails warning a Massachusetts professor he planned to bite his eyeballs and feed him to pigs.

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Providence Man Charged Following SK Road Rage Incident

State troopers and North Kingstown police stopped Tariq Famogun, 21, and said they found a stolen gun.

2020 Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular To Be Drive-Through

The show will go on at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, but the fall standby will look a little different this year.

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