Portsmouth News

The booze was flowing and, all around him in Times Square, people were whooping it up in a spontaneous celebration of the war's end.

Backers of the successful drive to legalize the sale of marijuana for medicinal purposes have now won Senate support for a study of what, if anything, is being accomplished by criminalizing use of the plant for any other purpose? During the General Assembly's aborted rush to adjournment Friday, the Senate approved a resolution - introduced earlier ...

Declining enrollment and escalating costs mean that Aquidneck Island's three school districts cannot afford to remain independent and maintain the same quality of education, according to a study by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council.

The Portsmouth Economic Development Committee is looking for a high school student to become a full member of the committee for the next year, according to an e-mail from the chair, Rich Talipsky.

Sue McNally's painting Hanging Rock Sunset is part of an exhibit of her work at the Newport Art Museum.

The country's smallest state has the longest official name: "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." Now, a push to drop "Providence Plantations" from that name has advanced farther than ever before.

Two drivers are in serious condition Tuesday at Rhode Island Hospital after a collision that closed the Claiborne Pell Bridge for about an hour around 10 p.m. Monday, the Rhode Island State Police say.

Teenagers are often unfairly accused of having no sense of direction. But that can't be said about James Mos.

The Narragansett Indian Tribe's bid to acquire all of the surplus Navy land on Aquidneck Island at no charge has run into trouble already.

The future of Portsmouth HS math teacher Kim Cunningham, who received her certification just after undergoing a termination hearing , is back on the School Committee agenda this coming Tuesday, where members are described as "sympathetic," according to widely distributed e-mails attributed to the committee.

The Rhode Island legislature on Wednesday is set to release a proposed state budget for the coming year that seeks to close the largest deficit in recent memory.

Democratic Party fundraiser Mark S. Weiner and his wife, L. Susan Weiner, of East Greenwich, have sued Carnegie Tower Development Co.

The Narragansett Indian Tribe has formally asked to acquire -- for free -- close to 400 acres of surplus Navy land on Aquidneck Island that local communities have spent years planning to redevelop.

Ellen Carroll of Portsmouth, R.I., the No. 1 student in the Bishop Stang High School class of 2009, delivered the valedictory address at the May 31, 2009 graduation.

A is for ANTE MERIDIEM as in 5:30 "A.M.," when volunteers and vendors descend on square - while you lay snug in your bed still catchin' ZZZs.

A Portsmouth woman escaped serious injury Monday evening when her car collided with a tractor trailer on eastbound Route 195 then rolled over across three lanes -- and landed upright on the median guardrail.

The Ocean State has stumbled into the national spotlight once again, this time for its status as the only New England state that prohibits gay marriage.

I did review a lot posts on this board, but was suprised to see very little discussion on oysters .... maybe you all are lucky enough to take fresh shellfish for granted ? Here in Chicago there is always a healthy discussion on where to get a variety of good oysters .... We're attending a wedding in Portsmouth in a few weeks and I'm looking for ...

Gator is found in Portsmouth, RI

After spending the night behind bars at the Portsmouth police station for allegedly walking down a town street after midnight, a young alligator has been paroled to the safer surroundings of an area pet store.