STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode … more

Few musical artists possess the soul required to illuminate the entire history of a genre with their harmonies. Samara Joy, the 23-year-old jazz vocalist carrying nearly a century’s worth of … more

BankNewport officially opened its 18th branch in Rhode Island, and first in Warwick, at 27 Strawberry Field Road with a ribbon cutting Tuesday morning. A community celebration from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 4th will feature the more

Open for business Wildes Corner third bank - Bank Newport - held a soft opening Monday. A formal ribbon cutting and celebration is planned from 9 a.m. to noon on December 4. This is the bank's 20th location and its first Warwick branch. The office, more

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) has announced that the open-road tolling lanes at the center of the Pell Bridge toll plaza will be expanded to two lanes in each direction starting today and the extreme outside lanes will then be more

There will be more lights, more trees and more festive outdoor decorations as Holidays at the Newport Mansions returns to The Breakers, Marble House and The Elms, starting Nov. 20. For the second year in a row, "Sparkling Lights at The Breakers: An more

The Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival returns for its 16th year on the weekend of Sept. 17-19, and tickets are going fast. Seats remain available for many of the festival seminars representing world-class wines and spirits from regions around the more

The Preservation Society of Newport County will open Marble House and the gardens and grounds of The Elms, beginning Friday, May 28, just in time for the start of Memorial Day weekend. The Breakers and Green Animals Topiary Garden are both already open more

Holidays at the Newport Mansions will be more spectacular than ever this year, with a new outdoor experience, "e;Sparkling Lights at The Breakers: An Outdoor Magical Wonderland,"e; illuminating the mansion and its historic grounds with thousands of lights more

The Preservation Society of Newport County continues its online Fall Lecture Series with talks on Gilded Age jewelry and 19th-century railroad battles, along with a virtual visit to a Swedish art museum. Registration is required for each lecture by more