Portsmouth News

Firefighters were able to save a Portsmouth house Friday afternoon but not two pet iguanas that lived there.

Most Rhode Island banks have refused to participate in the federal stimulus package's only new loan program for small businesses, denying interest-free cash to struggling businesses that make up the bulk of the Ocean State's economy.

William McGlinn, general manager and chief engineer for the Portsmouth Water and Fire District, talks about the new water-mixing system.

Q. On Aug. 31, I began to receive calls from a collection firm for a Verizon bill.

A Rhode Island woman is suing Citibank, claiming the financial giant is trying to squeeze money out of its credit-card customers in advance of changes in federal law due to take place in February 2010.

A new computer program is making it easier and faster for police officers to give you a ticket.

The State Police have once again fully staffed the Portsmouth barracks with uniformed patrol troopers.

A On Oct. 26, 12-year-old Victoria Sousa, a Bristol resident who attended St. Philomena School in Portsmouth, died suddenly after she had started experiencing flu-like symptoms the week before.

Denise Betz was back on stage this weekend, performing in the Portsmouth Community Theater's production of "The Ugly Duckling." She needed a ride to the theater, performed the role of Aunt Malkin from her wheelchair, and couldn't rise during the curtain call, but this was a milestone all the same.

From teenage pregnancy to her battles with mental illness and the music industry, Kristin Hersh's life story is every bit as captivating as her music, discovers Peter Ross ON A dark, wet afternoon in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Kristin Hersh is discussing her alliterative preoccupations - " madness, motherhood and the music business - " by way of ...

Rhode Island Health Director David R. Gifford, left, and Governor Carcieri answer questions at a State House news conference Wednesday on the swine-flu death of Victoria Sousa.

Share + Oct 28, 2009 5:15 pm US/Eastern PROVIDENCE, RI A Rhode Island girl who died earlier this week tested positive for H1N1, also known as the swine flu.

A Rhode Island school says medical officials are trying to pinpoint the precise cause of death for a 12-year-old student who died after coming down with flu-like symptoms.

Boy Scouts at work on Bristol Ferry Common. Photo courtesy Alex Cournoyer, Sr. Received this letter from Doug Smith of the Bristol Ferry Town Common Committee To the Editor, On behalf of Portsmouth's Bristol Ferry Town Common Committee, I'd like to thank Boy Scout Alex Cournoyer and his fellow Troop 1 Portsmouth volunteers for constructing a ...

Back from another battle against leukemia, girl and family greeted by rebuilt 'house of love.' Richard W. Dionne Jr.

A new tracking system for people with autism or Alzheimer's disease is taking hold in Rhode Island.

PORTSMOUTH a ' Foundersa TM Grove is home to a new park-and-ride facility for RIPTA bus commuters that will open on Wednesday, Oct.

A classic 1950s diner, a preservation specialist who works with the Narragansett Indian tribe, and a modernist church designed by the pioneering architect Pietro Belluschi are among the winners of this year's Rhody Awards, which honor outstanding historic preservation efforts around the state.

The Northeast Rockbusters sign adorns a 1934 McCormick Deering track tractor owned by Dave Burnham of Saunderstown, R.I., president of the group and one of the eventa s chief organizers.

Ocean State Job Lot hopes to hire as many as 50 people and open a new store by Thanksgiving weekend after completing a $3.5 million purchase of the former Circuit City building this week.