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Kenny Wayne Shepherd curates inaugural Backroads Blues Festival Tour
08/04/2022

Kenny Wayne Shepherd curates inaugural Backroads Blues Festival Tour

Guitar great will perform with Buddy Guy & Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. Blues rock great and five-time GRAMMY nominee Kenny Wayne Shepherd has announced the talent line up and dates of the inaugural run of his Backroads Blues Festival Tour for which he serves as both curator and featured perform...

Rhode Island Blood Center needs platelet donors to replenish low supplies
08/04/2022

Rhode Island Blood Center needs platelet donors to replenish low supplies

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – The Rhode Island Blood Center is asking donors to step up with a very specific request. Kara LeBlanc is the Marketing and Communications Manager for the Rhode Island Blood Center. LeBlanc says, “We are suffering from a significant shortage of platelets.”. Platelets he...

Four new MBTA Commuter Rail trains make their way to Massachusetts
07/04/2022

Four new MBTA Commuter Rail trains make their way to Massachusetts

BOSTON — Four new train cars for the MBTA Commuter Rail are on their way to Massachusetts from the other side...

Beautiful Exotic Birds Available for Adoption in Warwick
07/04/2022

Beautiful Exotic Birds Available for Adoption in Warwick

Warwick, Rhode Island, is home to the only exotic bird rescue in Rhode Island dedicated to finding new homes for the birds in their care. If you think a parrot or cockatoo could be the perfect pet for you, there are more than you may think who are looking for their...

Celebrate National Beer Day Thursday with these 15 MetroWest and Greater Milford breweries
07/04/2022

Celebrate National Beer Day Thursday with these 15 MetroWest and Greater Milford breweries

Happy National Beer Day! We're marking the day by making a list of all the breweries we know about in MetroWest and Greater Milford. "I think this would be a good time for a beer," President Franklin D. Roosevelt is famously quoted as saying in celebration when, in 1933, he signed an amendment that....

Authentic Abstraction art 'saves' former Pawtucket firefighters
07/04/2022

Authentic Abstraction art 'saves' former Pawtucket firefighters

WOONSOCKET – Authentic Abstraction is the work of two former firefighters whose creative explorations together have helped in treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder stemming from their time on the force. The artistic partners, Edmund “Eddy” Dalo, 31, and Brendon McCarthy, 32, have more than 1...

Weather Alert: Mainly Dry Today, Stormy Tonight
07/04/2022

Weather Alert: Mainly Dry Today, Stormy Tonight

We’re in-between weather systems today, with mainly cloudy and dry skies for most of the day. The “Weather Alert” is for what’s on the way tonight, as we track another round of rain with embedded downpours, isolated thunderstorms, and gusty east-southeast winds. That said, outdoor activities...

Pichette: Thank you to all supporters of Yellow Bag Day
07/04/2022

Pichette: Thank you to all supporters of Yellow Bag Day

I’d like to personally thank ALL the dedicated volunteers who came out in support of Yellow Bag Day Manville/Lincoln. This has to be the most attended and most areas covered to date!. Troop 1 Manville, under the leadership of Scoutmaster George Defond once again stepped up and started...

Picks of the Week: April 7
07/04/2022

Picks of the Week: April 7

6 p.m.; Westerly Library, 44 Broad St., Westerly. The Dante Society will host a talk and discussion by Bill Mitchell on the genealogy of Acri Family Trees, Connecting Your Italian Roots. For more information, visit westerlylibrary.org or dantesocietywesterly.org. Milk Carton Kids. 8 p.m.; United The...

Shred-It at select Washington Trust branches
07/04/2022

Shred-It at select Washington Trust branches

In partnership with Shred-It, Washington Trust offers Community Shred Days at their various branch locations. Customers and non-customers are invited to come to the Shred Days to safely dispose of sensitive documentation. There is a maximum of two boxes per person – see FAQs, below for more detail...

Prepare for Takeoff: Fuzek interviews Jorma Kaukonen of The Jefferson Airplane
07/04/2022

Prepare for Takeoff: Fuzek interviews Jorma Kaukonen of The Jefferson Airplane

Okee dokee folks… The Jefferson Airplane was one of the best bands to come from the Summer Of Love/Woodstock era. Though they are down to three surviving members, you still have the chance to see two of them in concert. Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady formed Hot Tuna in 1969 as...

WINSLOW FARM SANCTUARY NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS
07/04/2022

WINSLOW FARM SANCTUARY NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Sheepish Grin offers one-hour, an hour and a half, and two-hour photo tours, as well as four-week workshops. We will trek throughout Winslow Farm Animal...

Stoner’s Day Out: A “comprehensive” guide of where to go when you’re high on marijuana
06/04/2022

Stoner’s Day Out: A “comprehensive” guide of where to go when you’re high on marijuana

If you’re a cannabis user, you’ve probably found yourself in this scenario: You’ve got your freshly packed bowl, or joint, or whatever, and the living room couch just isn’t hitting the same way it normally does. You’re a little stoned but you’re craving a little more substance than bingi...

Pizza place, convenience store coming to Main Street
06/04/2022

Pizza place, convenience store coming to Main Street

PAWTUCKET – Main Street has lost its popular empanada spot, EP Kitchen, but that restaurant will soon be replaced by a pizza place, says Still on Main owner Leslie Moore. Moore said the pizza spot will be located in the same front window space as EP Kitchen, offering both sit-down and...

Stonehill Sports Jump To Division 1 Starting In Fall
06/04/2022

Stonehill Sports Jump To Division 1 Starting In Fall

EASTON, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Stonehill College, a private college in Easton, is making the jump to Division 1, entering the Northeast Athletic Conference (NEC) in all varsity men's and women's sports, except for equestrian and men's and women's ice hockey. On Tuesday, the school announced that ...

Somerset tennis coach Doug Chapman's winning ways have taken him to a major milestone
06/04/2022

Somerset tennis coach Doug Chapman's winning ways have taken him to a major milestone

SWANSEA — It’s been a milestone week for Doug Chapman. One day after he got his 600th career win as Somerset High School/Somerset Berkley Regional boys’ tennis coach, the Somerset resident reached 700 high school/college coaching wins on Tuesday when his Raiders battled past host Case 3-2 in t...

Boston, Worcester, Fall River, Somerset, among schools to receive Baker-Polito grant money
06/04/2022

Boston, Worcester, Fall River, Somerset, among schools to receive Baker-Polito grant money

BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration awarded more than $600,000 to 22 school districts to help support Innovation Pathway programs, which provide high school students with opportunities to learn and gain experience in a particular industry through career exploration, technical courses and inte...

45 Years Since Tony Orlando’s Massachusetts Meltdown
06/04/2022

45 Years Since Tony Orlando’s Massachusetts Meltdown

One of the most famous people in the world during the 1970s celebrated his 78th birthday on April 3. Forty-five years ago this summer, Tony Orlando suffered a breakdown on a Massachusetts stage in front of some 3,000 fans, and it all came crashing down around him – or so he...

Here's how the cast of 'The Girl from Plainville' compares to the real-life people they're portraying
06/04/2022

Here's how the cast of 'The Girl from Plainville' compares to the real-life people they're portraying

Elle Fanning looks uncanny playing teenager Michelle Carter, who encouraged her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, to kill himself over text messages.

In-person ADOCH to return for class of 2026
06/04/2022

In-person ADOCH to return for class of 2026

The University will host three days of the annual A Day on College Hill event in person for the class of 2026 on April 8, 13 and 22, Dean of Admission Logan Powell wrote in an email to The Herald. This year’s ADOCH marks the first time the event has featured...

DEM stocking over 60,000 fish in 100 freshwater areas for opening day of Trout Fishing Season
06/04/2022

DEM stocking over 60,000 fish in 100 freshwater areas for opening day of Trout Fishing Season

The Department of Environmental Management announced Tuesday that Opening Day of trout season is back to its regular, pre-COVID schedule, with over 100 freshwater locations stocked, including the children’s ponds, on Saturday, April 9, 2022. DEM’s Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has stocked ...

Abandoned puppy finds forever family
06/04/2022

Abandoned puppy finds forever family

Axel is unofficially a new staff member of the police department and will be the community mascot.

Average price of gasoline in Rhode Island down 7 cents from last week
05/04/2022

Average price of gasoline in Rhode Island down 7 cents from last week

The average price for a gallon of gasoline continues to decline, according to the latest report from AAA. The average price of gas in Rhode Island is down 7 cents at $4.13, 5 cents cheaper than the national average. Rhode Island drivers said they're seeing a wide range of...

I Start to Love Boxing - Dr. Ed Iannuccilli
05/04/2022

I Start to Love Boxing - Dr. Ed Iannuccilli

Though it might be a school night, Dad took me to the boxing matches at the Rhode Island Arena on Monday evenings. He instilled a love of boxing when we watched the Friday night fights on television. Monday night at The Arena was the live extension of those Fridays....

Westport Artist Offers Free Portraits of Deceased Loved Ones
05/04/2022

Westport Artist Offers Free Portraits of Deceased Loved Ones

When Westport's Leonard Karp retired in 2009, he took up painting. At first, Karp dabbled in watercolor painting for about six years. He didn't paint at all for four years and then three years ago, he began painting with oil paint. Karp retired at 66 years old after spending...

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