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First Night Newport '09 is officially on for New Year's Eve. "It's definitely a go," producer Charles Roberts said of the downtown arts and cultural festival.

There were two guys named Steve. One became Portsmouth Steve, the other Wampanoag Steve.

Last spring, a red tail hawk was hit and killed by Rhode Island's one functioning wind turbine at Portsmouth Abbey School.

24, 2008 Contact: Ted Fitzgerald Phone: 617-565-2074 Raytheon's Seapower Capability Center in Portsmouth, R.I., enters Voluntary Protection Programs of U.S. Labor Department's OSHA Worksite is Ocean State's 6th ...

The town of Middletown is hoping to rekindle a tradition. On Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., a bonfire will be lighted at Sachuest Beach to offer people across the community an opportunity to get together and enjoy ...

Election Day ushered in an unprecedented political alignment in the City by the Sea, one that stretches all the way to the State House and takes some effort to describe.

National Grid has filed a Superior Court lawsuit claiming Newport, Portsmouth and 10 other communities have overassessed the values of the company's gas lines and equipment so the company has paid too much in ...

Author Larry Stanford holds a copy of his book, 'Wicked Newport,' while standing in front of the White Horse Tavern in Newport.

Local social service agencies find themselves with stacks of Thanksgiving basket applications - and too much room in the cupboards.

Capping off a week in which she won a hard-fought re-election bid, Sen. Teresa Paiva Weed, D-Newport, on Monday became the first woman to be elected to lead a legislative chamber in Rhode Island.

Air Force veteran Peter Cassese of Newport, center, Navy veteran Joe McDonnell of Newport, left, and Robert Berriault, Army special forces veteran, of Portsmouth, stand at attention during a Veterans Day ...

Voters review their ballots while waiting in line Tuesday at Knights of Columbus Hall in Newport.

K+C to . . . -- The all-female hierarchy running the Good 5 Cent Cigar , URI's student newspaper, the first time this has happened since the paper was established in 1971.

Brenna McCabe of Portsmouth is editor of the University of Rhode Island student newspaper, The Good 5 Cent Cigar.

The owner of a Middletown heating and air conditioning business has purchased three acres of Tiverton's industrial park and is moving his business to the new site as soon as he can construct a building there.

The badge, uniforms and firearm taken from a Little Compton police officer Monday evening have been found.

A new film that seeks to offer hope and inspiration to couples in troubled marriages has begun to make some waves at the box office.

It wasn't the standard political answer to a political question. When asked where the state could look to save money in its budget, Peter F. Martin, the Democratic candidate for House District 75, was blunt.

Four Portsmouth teen-agers have been charged with stealing a Little Compton officer's gun and uniforms from his unlocked truck in Portsmouth.

Portsmouth police have recovered a loaded service weapon and other police equipment stolen from an off-duty Little Compton officera s truck last week.