Potter League CEO Brad Shear resigns after nine years; two former leaders step in as interim directors
M. Christie Smith and Amy Chamard, who together spent 63 years at the Middletown shelter, will run it while the board searches for a permanent leader
Voter handbook for the November election is out and heading to every Rhode Island household
It covers the three ways to vote and the five statewide bond questions; sample ballots with local races are online
People’s Credit Union promotes Rachel Semiao to head of Portsmouth member operations
She moves from the Middletown branch, where she started as a member service representative after 15 years in healthcare
Messiah at Rosecliff returns in December, part of six Newport Classical holiday concerts
Cantus, a chamber Messiah and the orchestra Frisson fill two December weekends; tickets go on sale Oct. 6
Public panel on kratom set for Oct. 27 in Portsmouth
Rhode Island legalized sales this spring; Massachusetts classified the plant as a Schedule I drug in August. The free event includes dinner and childcare.
Chamber study warns Newport County lacks the space to hold the jobs coming its way
The report projects 1,700 new jobs by 2035 requiring 1.47 million square feet, with industrial vacancy already at 2.74%
Jayson Tatum ready to lead new-look Celtics in aftermath of Jaylen Brown trade to 76ers
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said the style of the team won’t necessarily change without Brown.
Newport Restaurant Group marks 30 years of employee ownership, with $33 million paid out since 1996
The company says its turnover runs 12 to 14 percent against an industry average near 110 percent; long-tenured employee accounts average about $606,000
Drake Maye’s struggles hovering over Patriots’ slow start with division opener next
After beginning the season with two games of uneven play, Maye’s struggles found a new floor in the Patriots’ 35-6 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
Tenth Concert of Remembrance brings a 20-piece orchestra and choirs from two states to St. George’s Chapel
The Oct. 25 candlelight concert closes with Peter Berton’s “A Poet’s Requiem”; admission is by donation, with all proceeds going to international humanitarian aid
Middletown library adds books in nine languages and its first video game collection
A $7,500 state grant paid for 425 world language titles and 58 games, all available now with a library card
Rhode Island Energy says power restored to all 50,000 customers hit by weekend nor’easter
Crews handled more than 270 tree-related outages, 150 wires-down calls and replaced 20 poles; Scituate, South Kingstown, Cumberland and Coventry were hardest hit
“Lore” creator Aaron Mahnke to speak at Rosecliff on Rhode Island’s vampire panic
The Oct. 15 lecture covers the 1892 exhumation of Mercy Brown in Exeter; costumes welcome, prop weapons are not
Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor’easter
A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend’s powerful nor’easter, possibly the remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck buried beneath the island’s southern shore.
New exhibit at the Vernon House explores the life of Cato Vernon, a Black Revolutionary War soldier who lived there
“The Cato Vernon Freedom Library” opens Oct. 3 and runs seven weeks, free, with talks, sewing circles and performances throughout
Rookie Payton Tolle will start the AL Wild Card Series opener for the Red Sox
Tolle was 9-6 with a 3.03 ERA in 26 starts, striking out 171 in 148 2/3 innings.
What Sold: A look at 18 homes that changed hands last week in Newport County (Sept. 21 – 25)
The Newport County market is still moving, but the pace and predictability is changing.
Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge work moves to daytime for a week starting Oct. 5
One lane will be open eastbound from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 9; night work resumes Oct. 13
Broadway Street Fair returns Oct. 10
Six blocks from Equality Park to Washington Square, noon to 6 p.m., free; vendor registration is already full
Rhode Island seeing elevated rabies activity this year, mostly in raccoons and bats
The state health department says its round-the-clock exposure assessment program spares 1,800 to 2,300 people a year from unnecessary treatment that runs $11,000 to $14,000 a course
Gerry Goldstein: Travels to an empire, with a duck
Netflix is casting a $2 million Monopoly game show. One contestant comes to mind.