New book on Newport peeks into the mansions of the rich and glamorous, excesses and all

New book chronicles Newport’s rich and glamorous

Indian Affairs bureau abandons bid for excess Navy property on Aquidneck Island

Indian Affairs agency abandons RI Navy land bid

Subject of large Maine manhunt is captured and charged in father’s shooting death

Maine fugitive captured, charged in father’s death

55-plus police officers on hunt for Maine man whose father was killed, mother severely beaten

55-plus officers seeking Maine shooting suspect

Historic RI theater that hosted Wilde, Welles and Rogers undergoes $4.6 million restoration

NEWPORT, R.I. — A theater in Newport that hosted the likes of Orson Welles and Oscar Wilde is being reopened.

Fall garden tours offered in Newport, RI, and Charleston, SC

NEWPORT, R.I. — Fall tours of private gardens and homes are being offered in Newport, R.I., and Charleston, S.C.

RI’s Touro Synagogue, oldest existing Jewish house of worship in US, opens new visitors center

NEWPORT, R.I. — The Touro Synagogue was barely 25 years old when George Washington offered a vision of religious tolerance in a letter he sent its congregants.

Federal grant aims to retrieve some of the thousands of fishermens’ lost crab pots

NEWPORT, Ore. — During his 35 years as a commercial fisherman, Jeff Feldner lost his share of crab pots when storms blew them out of position, a passing boat propeller sheared off the buoy, or a bank of kelp overwhelmed everything and dragged it away.

Federal project to help Ore. fishermen retrieve lost crab pots, but thousands more will remain

NEWPORT, Ore. — During his 35 years as a commercial fisherman, Jeff Feldner lost his share of crab pots when storms blew them out of position, a passing boat propeller sheared off the buoy, or a bank of kelp overwhelmed everything and dragged it away.

‘Survivor’ winner Richard Hatch wants out of home confinement for anniversary show in Samoa

NEWPORT, R.I. — “Survivor” winner Richard Hatch, who’s serving home confinement for tax evasion, wants a leave to star in a 10th anniversary edition of the show in Samoa.

These streets were made for parking? Maybe not in Newport, which mulls trolley system

NEWPORT, R.I. — Scott Greenberg reached the breaking point of frustration when he was slapped with a $25 ticket for unwittingly leaving his Honda Accord in a spot reserved for Newport residents.

Judge tells Ore. woman who fed bears she has to stay away from her home for 3 years

NEWPORT, Ore. — Karen Noyes often fed the black bears that came to her home near the Oregon coast. Then things got out of hand. One hungry bear stormed a neighbor’s barn and killed 60 turkeys. Another got stuck in a doggie door. Noyes asked wildlife officers to help remove the bears, but it was too late.

From fishing and baseball to war and civil rights, new exhibit traces Norman Rockwell’s career

NEWPORT, R.I. — Norman Rockwell’s first cover for The Saturday Evening Post was of a sour-faced adolescent strolling his infant sibling in a baby carriage as two boys in baseball uniforms make mocking gestures.