Middletown News

As the toll booth construction on the new Sakonnet River Bridge continues, there is a court fight trying to stop it.

Middletown residents and council members praised the proposed 2013-14 budget during a hearing on Wednesday night - the budget represents the lowest increase in the town in more than 10 years.

A 42-year-old Middletown man was transported to Newport Hospital after he was assaulted in his Smythe Street home during a breaking and entering last week.

In an attempt to control the coyote population, Newport has joined Middletown and Portsmouth to prohibit feeding wild animals.

You should be able to quench your thirst with an Awful Awful by this weekend. The complete remodeling of the Newport Creamery on County Road in Barrington is expected to be done by the end of this week.

Firefighters from three area communities extinguished a fire at a seven-unit condominium complex in Portsmouth Wednesday night.

A motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon left Middletown resident Luke Walker, 54, with life threatening injuries.

Senate Democrats gathered for an unannounced closed-door dinner at Camille's on Federal Hill last Thursday, following a relatively quiet legislative week.

Middletown Man Faces Multiple Domestic Charges Alfonso A. Toppa, 40, of 2 Wilson Road, Middletown, was arrested on Saturday, May 11 at 12:14 a.m. and charged with domestic simple assault, domestic vandalism and domestic refusal to relinquish a telephone.

The Portsmouth Town Council took up a number of issues on May 13, 2013. Featured here is a live account of the meeting.

The rain cleared shortly before the scheduled start of the Newport Public Educaiton Foundation's ninth 5K Run For Education.

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A 26-year-old Connecticut man has been sentenced to life in prison for the March 2011 kidnapping and murder of a female co-worker in Rhode Island.

Have you found a spot to take your Mom out for a meal on Sunday on her day? Patch readers voted last year for the best places to take Mom for a traditional Mother's Day brunch.

Twenty five residents of J.H. Dwyer Drive are petitioning the town of Middletown to make repairs on the roadway that they say is an unacceptable condition.

Bridge tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge are not expected to begin until this summer, but area residents are already changing their daily routes to avoid these extra fees.

Potter League Hosts Annual Critter Glitter Sale Sequin Sample Jewelry Sale Raises Important Funds for the Animals The Potter League for Animals is holding a Critter Glitter fashion jewelry sale Saturday, May 4 through Sunday, May 12 at the Potter League at 87 Oliphant Lane in Middletown.

The Newport Water Division, which provides water to customers in Newport and Middletown and wholesale to Portsmouth and Naval Station Newport, announced that its drinking water has exceeded the permitted level of trihalomethanes.

Rhode Island will receive nearly $4.5 million in federal relief funds to help historic sites and wildlife refuges recover from Superstorm Sandy.

The Potter League for Animals is holding their 24th annual Heart & Sole Walk for the Animals on Sunday, June 2, at Glen Park in Portsmouth.