Charlestown News

My Boston friend ticked off her choices for our beach outing: Brewster, Chatham, Mashpee.

It's open season in Charlestown -- political season, that is. In a strange show of unity in this town marred by political bickering and personality clashes, Democrats, Republicans and independents, clipboard in ...

Still haven't received your Rhode Island income-tax refund? One reason may be that your state income-tax return was set aside for review.

After refusing for more than two years, the Narragansett Indian tribe has collected its $1.54-million share of the slot revenue at Twin River.

A New Bedford-based fishing vessel is back home after going adrift off Block Island Saturday morning when it was disabled by an engine fire.

The final result of the nonbinding referendum was 1,622 votes in favor of withdrawal and 1,617 opposed, according to state Board of Elections figures.

Five years after the infamous smoke shop raid, three members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe will not be getting new trials.

A dispute over beachfront access has gotten ugly, as someone hid nail-studded boards in a road passing through private land to a public area.

Learn more about the current state of the Right Whale at this free talk Wednesday in Charlestown.

The state Senate last week unanimously passed four recycling bills targeted at reducing waste dumped at the Central Landfill, specifically household trash, leaf and yard waste, and electronics laden with ...

Charlestown Famous Pizza owner Steven Duprey poses with his sister-in-law Sarah Duprey, who has worked at the pizzeria for eight years.

The organizers of the Rhythm & Roots Festival are thinking of moving to a new location for 2009 due to possible changes in fees and regulations at Ninigret Park.

The Army Corps of Engineers seeks a sponsor for removing boulders off the Breachway.

Legislation that could allow up to $25 million of construction at the Chariho Regional School District's Switch Road campus won unanimous approval from the state House of Representatives Wednesday.

An education and outreach program offers free, lead-paint testing services and mitigation classes.

By ANDREW MARTIN Charlestown, Hopkinton and Richmond all have similar ordinances outlining the application process for obtaining a peddler's license.

Finance chairman scrutinizes legislation that could grant tax break to movie production studio pegged for Hope Valley.

The second phase of a major shellfish transplant by a new conservation partnership and its volunteers relocated nearly 20,000 pounds of shellfish into the protected "spawner sanctuary" in Quonochontaug Pond on ...

The Memorial Day weekend got a boost last night from the first WaterFire of the season, as seen from Waterplace Park in downtown Providence.

Memorial Day weekend soon begins and the Ocean State's beaches are preparing for the start of the busy season.