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Theresa Luzzi, president of Local 5075 at the Westerly Hospital, announced the recipients of the union’s 2022 scholarship winners recently, saying; "It is always the best union meeting, when we award our scholarships."
The Washington Trust Company employees have performed more than 222 acts of kindness in 22 days in celebration of the company’s 222nd anniversary.
In August, the Westerly Volleyball Association League champions took on Town of Groton Parks and Recreation Volleyball Beach League winners for the annual Airport Cup Volleyball Tournament. The event is a collaboration with Groton Parks and Recreation and Westerly Recreation and held annuall…
University of Rhode Island nursing students Becca Allder, left, and Katie Fitzmaurice graduated from a summer of clinical training and practice, becoming the inaugural fellows of the Susan Flynn Palliative Care Nursing Fellowship. The fellowship is a new partnership between HopeHealth, the U…
Greetings dear friends, and loyal readers and welcome back for our first visit of autumn 2022 here on the Front Porch where the sun rose at 6:39 a.m., will set at 6:37 p.m., and where we're preparing to bid September adieu and welcome in October — the month of pumpkins and candy corn, apples…
Graduates of the the Westerly High School Class of 1952 held a reunion at the Westerly Yacht Club in July.
The following local Rhode Island residents graduated from the University of Rhode Island: Ashaway residents Nathaniel Brown, Bachelor of Arts, English; Runcheng Li, Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering; Brittany W Mello, Bachelor of Science, textile fashion merch and design; Christo…
NAME: Evie Cofone.
Congregational Church, United, UCC
WESTERLY — A panel of popular thriller writers will join Ocean House owner and author Deborah Goodrich Royce on Sunday for a conversation about books and the thriller-writing process.
Thank heavens for the bits of humor in Rajiv Joseph's extraordinary play, "Describe the Night," and for the brilliant acting, amazing sets and costumes and stunning direction, otherwise, we might be frightened to pieces ... or lost, or hiding in the forest counting ducks, slurping leech soup…
WESTERLY — Naomi Novik, the New York Times-bestselling author and founder of the Organization for Transformative Works and the Archive of Our Own — a nonprofit open-source repository for fan fiction and other fan works — will be at the United Theatre next week to discuss her new book, "The G…
WESTERLY — Marion Markham — actor, director, singer and cabaret performer par excellence — will share her considerable talents with faithful fans next week in the Seaside Ballroom at Ocean House.
PROVIDENCE — Wilbury Theatre Group will kick off its new season next week with the world premiere of "Silhouette of a Silhouette," an original play by the acclaimed and award-winning Rhode Island actress, Rose Weaver.
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A group of St. Michael School alumni gathered recently during their 50th Stonington High School class reunion.
Jean Aiello's family celebrated her with a belated 90th birthday party at her home in Bradford with family and friends from near and far including New Hampshire, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas and Japan. The pandemic caused a delay in celebrating her 90th last year. She will turn 91 on Nov. 17…
The Westerly Democratic Town Committee recently hosted a Candidates Meet & Greet at the Westerly Yacht Club. The event was very well attended and served as the official 2022 election campaign kickoff. From left, Kevin Lowther, Joy Cordio, Leslie Dunn, Mike Ober, Mary Scialabba, Gov. Dan …
The Mystic Congregational Church donated $4,000 to the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center.
The Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association's Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council recently teamed up with R.I. Department of Environmental Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and Trout Unlimited's 225 chapter to remove the remains of a wall in the Arcadia Management Area in Exeter/West G…
Greetings dear friends, and loyal readers and welcome back for our final visit of the summer of 2022 here on the Front Porch, where the sun rose at 6:32 a.m., will set at 6:50 p.m., and where we are so enjoying these glorious end-of-summer days. The cool nights have been so delightful!
The Frank Olean Center held a festive fundraiser at the United Theatre earlier this summer.
Christopher Duhamel of Westerly was named president of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying at its annual meeting held in Carlsbad, Calif.
NAME: Sarah Shaw.
Babcock Presbyterian Church
WARWICK — The Gamm Theatre will kick off its new season with Rajiv Joseph’s "Describe the Night," which opens Sept. 15 and runs through Oct. 9.
WESTERLY — A trio of heavyweights from the music industry will head to the United Theatre Friday for a conversation about musicians, the music industry and a brand new book.
STONINGTON — The fourth annual Art Walk, sponsored by the Stonington Borough Merchants Association, returns Saturday and will be held rain or shine.
NEW LONDON — Lucas Neil, the progressive, introspective folk-pop singer and songwriter known for songs that "move, evoke, and inspire a range of emotions and passions rarely accessed in every day life," is making a big splash locally.
The Granite Theatre's current production of Oscar Wilde's wonderfully witty play, "The Importance of Being Earnest," is so well cast it seems many of Wilde's hilarious characters were made with the actual Granite actors in mind.
WESTERLY — Three days of nonstop fun for all ages is how the annual Misquamicut FallFest — which opens Friday night and includes live entertainment, a midway full of vendors, amusement park rides and games of chance — has been described.
WESTERLY — William J. Miller Jr. will join Ocean House owner and author Deborah Goodrich Royce next Wednesday for a conversation about his recently published novel, "Steel City: A Story of Pittsburgh."
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Valentina Lamperelli, of Westerly, will appear in the bright lights of Broadway this Saturday, as part of the annual National Down Syndrome Society Times Square Video presentation. The one-hour video of roughly 500 photographs includes children, teens, and adults with Down syndrome from all …
It was an opportunity of a lifetime for the Fiore fellows earlier this summer when father and sons went to Citifield for a Mets game and met a special someone.
Longtime Westerly friends Joseph Sciro and Chris Anderson enjoyed an exciting night of baseball as the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees in extra innings at Fenway Park earlier this summer.
Members of the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society presented a check for $5,000 to the Stonington Veteran Monument Project, bringing the amount raised toward the project to $110,000.
Students in Kathy Monroe's summer music program — the Westminster Summer Strings Academy — had an amazing summer.
Members of Kingston Congregational Church spent time after service recently wishing Antonio “Tony” Faella a happy 100th birthday. Tony, a Kingston resident and U.S. Navy veteran, made five combat tours on the submarine USS Spearfish during the World War II. Photos courtesy Michelle Girasole.
Greetings dear friends and kind readers and welcome back for our first September visit of 2022 here on to the Front Porch, where the sun rose at 6:25 a.m., will set at 7:02 this evening and where we are suddenly in mid-September with pumpkins and mums appearing on doorsteps, the scent of gra…
It was a full house at the opening reception for Jill DeGroff's "Hey Bartender" exhibit at the United Theatre earlier this summer.
The following students from Westerly graduated from the University of Rhode Island: Westerly residents Rosa C. Adimari, Bachelor of landscape architecture, summa cum laude; Jayna Renae Baldini, Bachelor of Science in plant sciences, summa cum laude; Sebastian Peter Bellone, Bachelor of Scien…
NAME: Silvana Terranova.
Central Baptist Church
KINGSTON — Members of the University of Rhode Island Theater Department promise that the upcoming season "will transport audiences from the darkest edges of the city where 'dreamers, dealers and desperadoes' roam, to a 17th-century London flat and the meetings of lovers and spies, to the tri…
WESTERLY — The Knickerbocker Music Center — or "The Knick" as most locals fondly call the popular music venue on Railroad Avenue — will be hopping this weekend.
WESTERLY — The Chorus of Westerly will feature two major symphonic concerts this season, one in the fall and the second in the spring, according to a statement released by the organization.
PAWTUCKET — The Rhode Island-based Aurea Ensemble — a performance ensemble engaged in a joyous pursuit to investigate and invigorate the harmony of music and the spoken word — will present its first concert of the season Monday at an immersive performance of music and poetry at the Pawtucket…
WESTERLY — Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," the next play on stage at The Granite Theatre, opens Friday for a nine show run.