The steel frame for the new Unity Elementary School should start going up next week, school architect Scott Vaughn said after last night’s Unity School Board meeting. More...
NEW YORK — Gasoline prices likely won’t set any records this summer, thanks to a recent drop in the price of oil. The government yesterday slashed its forecast for average gas prices to $3.79 per gallon for the summer driving season. More...
SAN DIEGO — With border crossings at a 40-year low, the U.S. Border Patrol announced a new strategy yesterday that targets repeat crossers and tries to find out why they keep coming. More...
Networking event NEWPORT — “Coffee with Bacon,” a free business networking event, will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, at Bacon Graphics, 232 North Main St., in Newport. Clothing swap More...
MONTPELIER — The state of Vermont plans to tell a federal appeals court today that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission acted improperly last year when it granted a 20-year license extension to the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant because the plant di More...
DEAR ABBY: I have heard that your dessert recipes are fabulous and I’d like to have them. Would you print your personal favorite dessert recipe and let me know how to get your cookbooklets? More...
Newport voters were not in a giving mood at yesterday’s Town Meeting Election Day. Almost every article requesting tax support was defeated, including the operating budget of $8.81 million. More...
It seems as though we are always struggling for balance in our lives. Work or play? Spend or save? Eat that doughnut or save those calories? The same is true for our fitness regimens. More...
T here have been many supplements claiming fat loss, and most of the time the more they cost the better they work — or so they’d have you think. More...
I ’m just back from the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, where billionaire Warren Buffett and 25,000 of his closest personal friends gather each year to talk money. More...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Plans to bring a $1 billion resort-style casino to the New England Patriots’ hometown have been suspended, Las Vegas casino developer Steve Wynn and the team’s owner said yesterday. More...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Billy Butler hit a mammoth three-run homer in the eighth inning last night, giving the Kansas City Royals a 6-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. More...
ATLANTA — Al Horford scored 19 points in his first start since January, and the Atlanta Hawks held on for an 87-86 victory over the Boston Celtics in a thrilling Game 5 of the Eastern Conference playoffs last night. More...