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Now in its sixth year, Aquidneck Island Earth Week is a unified effort by local non-profits, town committees, businesses and residents.
A coyote that's well-known to residents on Aquidneck Island is slated to be euthanized because it's too comfortable around humans.The coyote, which is known as Cliff,” is a frequent visitor ...
The 40th Annual Aquidneck Island Police Parade will take place this Sunday, May 4. The parade will honor three New England Police Officers who were killed in the line of duty in 2024.
NEWPORT – From "Barbie" theme viewings to a film played on its national release day, The Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center is filling a silver screen void on Aquidneck Island. The JPT ...
Aquidneck Island is the largest island making up the smallest state, Rhode Island. It is made up of Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport.In Portsmouth, you can ride the rails with Rail Explorers.
Work on Aquidneck Avenue was one of the first projects RIDOT undertook utilizing funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as part of a five-year, $500 million investment in pavement ...
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Coyotes have been spotted once again on Aquidneck Island. Coyote Expert Numi Mitchell says it feels like deja vu, since Cliff the coyote was spotted last year wandering ...
The Aquidneck Island community is coming together in a show of support for Aaron Delgado, the local teen who suffered life-altering injuries ...
According to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Samuel Eliot Morison, Rhode Island's official name — the longest in the nation — is the result of a great blunder. A lapse so significant that, in ...
All of this comes as more people flock to Newport. Peak travel season for Aquidneck Island is May through October, drawing about 2 million people to the area.