Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Family and platoon mates of the late Staff Sgt. Christopher Potts, a Tiverton resident and Rhode Island National Guardsman killed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sakonnet River Bridge is a step closer to a new name. A similar bill sponsored by Sen. Walter Felag was passed by the Senate ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Gov. Dan McKee signed a bill Wednesday afternoon to rename the Sakonnet River Bridge after a fallen solider from Tiverton. “I believe it’s our responsibility as state leaders ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – An East Bay lawmaker is accusing the R.I. Department of Transportation of dragging its feet on the demolition of the old Sakonnet River Bridge. State Rep. Jay Edwards, ...

The steel skeleton of the defunct Sakonnet River Bridge toll was dismantled Sunday night to the joy of East Bay residents and lawmakers who fought to have the toll killed two years ago. "For me, it ...

Family and platoon mates of the late Staff Sgt. Christopher Potts, a Tiverton resident and Rhode Island National Guardsman killed in action in Iraq in 2004, are seen at a Feb. 6, 2025, hearing on a ...