Westport — Bluebird box training hike offered
WESTPORT — Staff from Mass Audubon’s Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary will lead a bluebird nesting box information and training session on Sunday, Feb. 25, from 1 to 3:00 p.m.
Newport County ‘small grants’ available
NEWPORT COUNTY — Nonprofit organizations serving one or more of the towns of Newport County may apply for a “small grant” ...
Aquidneck Land Trust offers neighborhood grants
PORTSMOUTH — Grant applications are now available for Aquidneck Island organizations and neighborhood groups working to preserve special little open space parcels, improve neighborhood parks or create community gardens.
First glimpse — Moonrise Kingdom
Local scenes abound in trailer for star-studded new movie
SAKONNET AREA — The all-star cast filmed out on Prudence, set out by fishing boat from Standish Boatyard in Tiverton, and spent time at Glen Manor House dock, off Gould Island (the Sakonnet River one) and a host of other places.
Volunteers sought for Literacy Volunteers
New tutor training to begin Thursday, Jan. 12
Volunteers invited to help adults learn to read
For Tiverton seniors, a truly special gift
To the editor: On December 14 the Senior Citizens of 99 Hancock St., 345 Hancock St., and Alicia Circle on Stafford Road were given a special Christmas gift by Mr. Dick Danner and his wife Debi.
Lobster raffle to benefit vandalized Westport memorial
Latessa Square, a memorial on Tickle Road in Westport, is in memory of Andre Latessa, a Westport resident killed in Vietnam
What's SUP? A cleanup
Stand Up Paddlers to gather Saturday
Area Stand Up Paddle Boarders will host their 4th SUP beach cleanup and paddle this Saturday, Dec. 31, at the end of Taylor’s Lane in Little Compton at 10 a.m.
PHS photographers participate in Gingerbread Express
On Thursday, Dec. 15, Portsmouth High School photography students Kailiana Dunlap, Jackie Sunderland and Sara Cooney and their teacher, Janet Kasparian, participated as volunteers and photographers ...
Tiverton penguins to plunge
TIVERTON — At noon on Sunday, Jan. 1, at Grinnell’s Beach in Tiverton the Tiverton Yacht Club is sponsoring the town’s first New Year Day’s Penguin Plunge in recent memory