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Historic Rhode Island hotel damaged in blaze will be torn down; cause under investigation
Local News The Harborside Inn on Block Island was severely damaged in a blaze that started late last Friday night and lasted well into Saturday morning. Alexa Gagosz / Globe Staff By Associated Press updated on August 24, 2023 | 2:38 PM Block Island welcomed back vacationers Sunday, a day after a fire tore through […]
Feds approve offshore wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard and Rhode Island
Politics FILE – Three wind turbines from Deepwater Wind stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation’s first offshore wind farm, Aug. 15, 2016. Another planned offshore wind farm, by Revolution Wind, moved a step closer to construction on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, with the Department of the Interior announcing it has approved […]
Block Island welcomed back vacationers Sunday, a day after a fire tore through a historic hotel
Local News Aftermath of fire at the Harborside Inn on Block Island, Rhode Island. Block Island Times By Associated Press August 20, 2023 NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP) — Block Island welcomed back vacationers Sunday, a day after a fire tore through a historic hotel early Saturday, prompting officials on the summer tourist spot off the […]
Fire tears through historic Block Island hotel off coast of R.I.
Local News The 36-room Harborside Inn has been welcoming visitors to Block Island for over a century “with its Victorian seaport charm.” Aftermath of fire at the Harborside Inn on Block Island, Rhode Island from Block Island Times. By Associated Press August 20, 2023 | 9:53 AM NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP) — A fire tore […]
Police: Rhode Island father arrested, charged after accidentally shooting 4-year-old son
Local News The boy is in critical condition after undergoing emergency surgery. A Cranston man was arrested Tuesday after police say he accidentally shot his 4-year-old son in the head. Cranston police said Michael Jones, 33, has been charged with felony assault, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and firing in a compact […]
In Rhode Island, a hunt is on for the reason for dropping numbers of the signature quahog clam
Environment The clam itself is a staple of clam chowders and in 1987, the Rhode Island Legislature designated the quahog the official “Rhode Island State Shell.” A pile of young quahogs is seen, Oct. 23, 2019, at an aquaculture site in Georgetown, Maine. AP Photo/Patrick Whittle, File By STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press October 25, 2023 […]
Donovan Wadley totals 3 TDs in Merrimack’s 39-0 win over Long Island University
College Sports Wadley scored twice through the air and once on a kick return. By Associated Press October 21, 2023 | 7:45 PM BC football runs away from Georgia Tech for third straight victory BROOKVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Donovan Wadley returned the second-half kickoff 90 yards for a score and had two touchdown catches as […]
Rhode Island man killed in fiery crash on I-495 in Plainville
Local News Police troopers pulled the 23-year-old driver from the car, which had crashed down an embankment. Police are investigating a fiery early morning crash on I-495 in Plainville that left a 23-year-old Rhode Island man dead. Troopers responded around 3:45 a.m. to reports of a vehicle and brush fire along the roadway. At the […]
Rare manatee that visited Rhode Island found dead offshore
Local News The manatee had been seen in coastal areas, such as Quonochontaug Pond, a saltwater pond in the southern part of Rhode Island. Staff from Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program conduct a visual exam on a manatee at Point Judith Marina, Narragansett, RI., on Sept. 12, 2023. (Sarah Callan/Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program via […]
A Rhode Island man is charged with possessing 26 pounds of cocaine in a kayak on a Vermont lake
Crime The U.S. attorney’s office said agents encountered Freddy Rodriguez, 38, of West Warwick, Rhode Island, behind a rented camp in Highgate on the night of Sept. 18 and into September 19. By Associated Press updated on September 27, 2023 | 10:10 AM BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been charged in […]