Live music around New England has been making a slow and steady comeback in a variety of ways since the beginning of July. Down at Wuskenau Town Beach on 316 Atlantic Ave. in Westerly, the Misquamicut Drive-In has been having reputable acts perform in front of people who are cooped up in their cars. On Aug. 10, Philadelphia hip hop blues musician G. Love will be doing his thing there to start the week off right. He’ll be joined by Weymouth, Mass. native Daniel “Dela” Delacruz on sax and the Boston reggae funk band Organically Good Trio.
Bowing to objections from residents and local officials, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has dropped plans to allow hunting with firearms in some areas of the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge.
However the plan does provide for hunting and fishing opportunities at the 563-acre refuge, which straddles South Kingstown and Narragansett and portions of the Narrow River.
In a series of votes last month, the South Kingstown School Committee took several steps to address and rectify what several students said is “systemic racism” within the town’s school system.
The votes came after hours of testimony to the committee from those who said they’d either experienced or witnessed instances of discrimination or racism in the schools.
A move to help local restaurants freely use available town venues for events, along with approval of a longtime project for a popular restaurant to serve beer and wine, have been approved by the Town Council in Narragansett.
Those who’ve been in and around the Town Wharf in the past week may have noticed a new addition to the waterfront, as an interpretive sign detailing facts of the local fishing industry and the history of Wickford’s commercial fishing heritage.
Some residents of Green Hill want the town to formalize the use of what’s been a 20-year practice of driving golf carts on their neighborhood roads, but it’s an uphill battle, officials said.
Kevin Maloney is back on the North Kingstown Town Council after being sworn in during a special session Monday night in the Municipal Courtroom to fulfill the remainder of former councilor Stacey Elliott’s term.
Lou Schwechheimer, a man who was a front office fixture with the Pawtucket Red Sox for over three decades, passed away Wednesday afternoon from complications related to COVID-19. He was 62.
Ryan Kenny of Boston and Annmarie Tuxbury of New Hartford, Connecticut, claimed top honors in the 2020 virtual edition of the Blessing of the Fleet Road Race.
Live music around New England has been making a slow and steady comeback in a variety of ways since the beginning of July. Down at Wuskenau Town Beach on 316 Atlantic Ave. in Westerly, the Misquamicut Drive-In has been having reputable acts perform in front of people who are cooped up in their cars. On Aug. 10, Philadelphia hip hop blues musician G. Love will be doing his thing there to start the week off right. He’ll be joined by Weymouth, Mass. native Daniel “Dela” Delacruz on sax and the Boston reggae funk band Organically Good Trio.
It’s said art can be found all around, and that will be even more prevalent Saturday all across Conanicut Island as the Jamestown Arts Center has teamed up with the Jamestown Alliance for Artist Sustainability (JAAS) and the Conanicut Island Art Association (CIAA) to host a one day exhibition called Outdoor Open Studios and Drive-By-Art Offerings.
Situated on Main Street in the heart of downtown Wakefield, Phil’s Main Street Grille has been an institution since the 1940s, serving up breakfast, lunch and dinner both inside and outside with their rooftop deck, and since on site dining was able to resume, their backyard tent.
It may be a little later than usual, and look a little different than usual, but the South County Art Association’s Earthworks Open Juried Clay Exhibit is back for its 47th year.
It’s kind of crazy to say, but live music has been making a slow and steady comeback in Rhode Island. One place that has been bringing the tunes to an outdoor stage on their front lawn is Pump House Music Works over on 1464 Kingstown Road in Wakefield. Since the start of July they’ve been having a lot of jazz and folk music resonate through the air, but tomorrow night, there’s going to be something a bit different.
South Kingstown Cinema 8 has opened for business — at least on Fridays and Saturdays — as the coronavirus effects cripple the movie industry, shuttered indoor theaters and has even prompted Walmart to open temporary drive-in theaters.
The Rhode Island Interscholastic League has a blueprint of possibilities and a start date for sports in the 2020-21 academic year, but no final decisions have been made about what the upcoming fall season will look like on fields and courts around the Ocean State. The league shared its thinking on Wednesday in a virtual press conference and in a presentation titled “The Safe Return of Education-Based Athletics” that was sent to member schools. The Principals’ Committee on Athletics – the league’s governing body – has voted to delay the start of fall sports practices from Aug. 17 to Sept. 14. While the league unveiled a model for fall sports and beyond that could be implemented under current state guidelines, no decision will be made until after Aug. 17. With that in mind, do you believe the RIIL should vote to cancel the fall sports season given the current state of the coronavirus pandemic in Rhode Island?
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