Find out what you need to know to prepare for storms and stay safe no matter what Mother Nature throws at Rhode Island.
Save the Bay says this year's high number of closures is due to lots of factors, like cesspools, animal waste, and polluted runoff, controlled at the local level.
Thursday marks the official beginning of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island.
The gap between men and women’s life expectancy is shrinking, but it may not be good news for everyone. See how Newport County stacks up.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee recently vetoed a bill that would have created a new registration plate.
RI Treasurer stops by a Brown University lacrosse clinic to spend time with Portsmouth youths.
The Portsmouth Town Council will discuss the fate of the Prudence Island Ferry at its 2 p.m. meeting at the Prudence Island Improvement Association Building on Prudence Island.
A man is looking to sue the town of Portsmouth after he was hospitalized follwoing an injury he allegedly sustained at Portsmouth High School.
The Aquidneck Island Planning Commission is hosting the formal launch of a planned 18-mi. bike trail off Burma Road in Middletown.
David Darlington, chairman of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, says the state will lose 13.5 million over nine months as a direct result of the toll delay.
New surcharges for licenses and registrations went into effect on July 1.
The town of Portsmouth posted an advertisement Wednesday for a new police chief for the Portsmouth Police Department.
Drivers cited for the primary offense will be charged $40 instead of the prior $85.
Rear Adm. Walter E. “Ted” Carter Jr., of Burrillville, has been named President of the U.S. Naval War College.
The state Senate approved a plan that will block a toll on the Sakonnet River Bridge until at least February.
Tolls will begin on July 10 on the new Sakonnet River Bridge, announced the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority Wednesday.
The Rhode Island House voted to include the repayment of so-called "moral obligation bonds" in its fiscal 2014 budget proposal.
By a 5-4 vote, justices on June 26 ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.
House Democrats will vote an an article to the state budget sometime in the next week that could defer toll collection pending the results of a six-month study on alternative options to raising infrastructure supporting revenue.
The House Finance Committee sent its 2013-14 budget recommendations without alternatives to bridge tolls.
The Middletown Town Council voted to not support the proposed Newport County STEAM Charter School
The town of Portsmouth will hold its annual tax sale Tuesday at Town Hall.
A small fraction of eligible voters turned out for Wednesday's Portsmouth Water and Fire District election.
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The Portsmouth Town Council met Monday night at Town Hall.