19+ hour, 32+ min ago  (324+ words) Newport Creamery, the chain of diners famous for their "Awful Awful" milkshakes, has been sold to Cape Cod-based real estate developer Mark Bogosian. According to documents filed with the Rhode Island Secretary of State's office, "Newport Creamery Restaurants LLC" was…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (225+ words) NEWPORT " It's tax season, and while volunteers at Edward King House Senior Center in Newport were downstairs guiding seniors through their filings, upstairs Gov. Dan McKee promoted plans to eliminate ... McKee pitches end of tax on Social Security. What he…...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago  (414+ words) NEWPORT " The state prosecutor who berated police while being arrested outside Newport's Clarke Cooke House has pleaded no contest to trespassing. Devon Flanagan, a special assistant attorney general with Attorney General Peter Neronha's office, was given a six month filing…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (348+ words) After Karen Read was acquitted of manslaughter and second-degree murder charges on June 18, the Norfolk District Attorney and Massachusetts police have made limited public statements about the outcome. "The jury has spoken," Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey said to WBZ-TV…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (381+ words) PORTSMOUTH " Police released some information about the victims of a partial building collapse at the Portsmouth Portuguese American Citizens Club on June 7 that claimed the life of a Portsmouth High School student. Though still not releasing names to protect those…...