The answer is a lot if you ask Eiriana Fairbairn Summers, a Life Scout with Scouts BSA Troop 77 Buttonwoods, who exhibited her dedication to community service by planning, organizing, and leading an … more

It resembles a giant hairbrush, only the pink bristles are a good eight inches long and supple. Additionally, the square patch of bristles is mounted alongside a field of shorter wooden dowels and a … more

Indeed there’s reason to celebrate when a single scout achieves the top rank in scouting –that of Eagle. Five Scouts from Troop 4 Gaspee Plateau received their Eagle badges on Saturday at … more

Jordan Kent didn’t know what to expect when he mounted a pet supply drive for the benefit of the Providence Animal Rescue League as his Eagle Scout community service project. Held Saturday at … more

Jordan Kent of  Boy Scout Troop 7 Buttonwoods, who is working on his Eagle badge, will hold  a pet supply drive for the benefit of the Providence Animal Rescue League April 16  at … more

When Sean Dunn, a member of the Save Sand Pond Association, started cutting the grass and cleaning up the litter collecting in the historical cemetery next to the pond, he voiced his annoyance at the … more

Eagle and his mentors Michael Pizzarelli Jr. was awarded his Eagle badge at an Eagle Court of Honor held Oct. 29 at Woodbury Union Church. The graduate of Pilgrim Michael coordinated a cleanup of Sand Pond as his Eagle service project. The son of more

New Eagle On June 27, 2021, with the help of scouts from Troops 7 and 77 Buttonwoods, Maxwell Gleadow completed his Eagle Scout project. He led the restoration and revitalization the flower beds at Greenwood Elementary School. Max chose Greenwood more

Leading Lady On Monday, Aug. 16, new Eagle Scout Morgan Nathan led the City Council meeting in the Pledge of Allegiance. Nathan, of Troop 77 Buttonwoods, is among only a handful of young women nationwide who make up the Inaugural Class of female Eagle more

Battle in the sky David Chartier has trained his Canon lens on hundreds of birds, capturing eagles and Osprey as they catch fish, Snowy Owls on their winter visits from the Arctic and even a blue heron as it snatched a chipmunk. With hopes of catching more

By ARDEN BASTIA Morgan Nathan, of Troop 77 Buttonwoods, has made history as a member of the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America's first female Eagle Scout Class. She is among only a handful of young women nationwide who will make up the more

By ARDEN BASTIA Twin brothers Michael and Ray Davis, seniors at Pilgrim High School, are both working towards their Eagle Scout badges. An accomplishment that few Scouts achieve, only 4 percent in fact, both brothers are making an impact on their more

A mighty oak When the oak tree in front of his house on Haswill Street looked like it would have to come down, Joe Vizzacco believed it could be transformed into something else. He had seen the work of Damon Giustini and contacted the Smithfield more