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Challengers get T-shirt

Not only are the Portsmouth Challenger baseball players taking the field in the Little League World Series this summer, they’ve now got their own T-shirt.

Sakonnet police reports

Arrests, incidents from the past week ...

TIVERTON — Voters in Tiverton for four days, culminating Tuesday, May 15, participated in the town’s first-ever Financial Town Referendum, with the following — unofficial — results announced late Tuesday night at 9:12 p.m.:

More work extends Escape Bridge timeline

PORTSMOUTH — The completion date of the Cove “Escape” Bridge has again been pushed back — this time until August — because of newly discovered issues that need repair.

Hot dogs for hot days

PORTSMOUTH — Sandy Point Beach goers will be able to get some hot eats in between dips this summer.

Pennfield-Beijing exchange broadens students’ horizons

PORTSMOUTH — Seven Pennfield students went on the trip of a lifetime through a new exchange program with a Shanghai school.

Two turbines have trouble this week

PORTSMOUTH — The Hodges Badge Company turbine on East Main, plagued by issues from the start, finally spun all day for the first time May 4. But it hasn’t spun since.

Little Compton teacher duct-taped to wall in fund-raiser

Seventh graders raise $961 in novel event

By Heather Fitzgerald LITTLE COMPTON — When a group of seventh grade students at Wilbur McMahon School was looking for unique ways to raise money for the American Cancer Society, the students asked their physical education teacher Jason Ford if he’d help them out. Their idea? Duct tape their teacher to the wall!

Route 24 lane closures Tuesday — Portsmouth, Tiverton

Highway lane closures alert ...

Abbey presents ‘Around the World in 80 Days’

PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Abbey School presents an adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic comedy adventure, “Around the World in 80 Days” on Saturday evening.