Charlestown News

On the eve of a presidential gathering with tribes from around the country, the Obama administration has detailed its support for congressional action to reverse a Supreme Court ruling that denied the Narragansett Indians a special status for land they own in Charlestown.

Oyster farmers transfer truckloads of oysters to Quonochontaug Pond from West Beach Road in Charlestown Friday.

Pat Abate of Rivers End Tackle reports: "The Rhode Island beaches from Watch Hill to Charlestown have schoolies just out of range feeding on small bait throughout the day with some occaisionally raiding into the surf.

It was a tremendous pleasure to be able to sit and chat with Ed Poullard and Preston Frank, two Zydeco icons, at the Rhythm and Roots Festival in Charlestown, RI.

State geologist Jon Boothroyd warned that houses are raised on pilings along the South County beaches to avoid storm waves, but state and local officials use standards so old they do not account for 1 foot of sea level rise.

Alan LeVeillee, a senior archaeologist at the Public Archaeological Lab, discovered the Narragansett cemetery during a survey on Sept.

Washington County Superior charges Henry Lamb, of Charlestown, with counts related to an accident July 12 on Beaver River Road, Richmond, that killed Kimberly Barbera.

A 21-year-old Charlestown man was indicted Friday in a motorcycle fatality in Richmond, Atty.

If you've hopefully - finally - digested the all-you-can-hype Woodstock 40th Anniversary buffet, let's turn our attention to something more contemporarily filling.

The 12th annual Rhythm & Roots Festival closes out the summer in style with a three-day lineup of music, dancing and food at Ninigret Park, 4890A Old Post Road, Route 1, Charlestown, R.I. Musical guests include Hot Tuna , Asleep at the Wheel, Great Big Sea, Tab Benoit and Eilen Jewell.

" Money from a bond referendum approved in 2006 created 215 affordable dwelling units and stimulated millions of dollars in economic impact last year, a report released yesterday says.

Aug. 28: A Connecticut teenager is rescued after being trapped in a beach sand hole.

This is how summer camp should look and sound. C.C. Tomar is up in the trees in Charlestown, pulled higher and higher on a swing that is going to teach her some things.

The teen who survived sand caving in on him Tuesday is not only up and walking, but he's doing well enough to be out talking about it Friday.

Great Big Sea will play Sunday, Sept. 6, at the Rhythm & Roots Festival in Charlestown.

Police officers, firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians from several towns were in the fourth point of a volleyball game at the sand courts behind the Charlestown ambulance building Tuesday evening on Old Post Road when the call came in.

A 17-year-old boy was rescued Tuesday night from East Beach in Charlestown, Rhode Island after a hole he spent hours digging collapsed and buried him up to his neck.

Share + Aug 25, 2009 8:58 pm US/Eastern CHARLESTOWN, R.I. A beach in Rhode Island became the scene of a dramatic rescue attempt Tuesday evening.

The Narragansett Indians will use federal stimulus money to revive an 18-year-old dream: to provide housing for the tribe's poor and elderly.

The police are asking for the public's help as they continue to investigate a bank robbery Saturday morning at Sovereign Bank of New England, at 1146 Hope St.