Gaspee Days: Each May and June, the community celebrates the infamous burning of the Gaspee with a series of special events, ...

Westerly is nurturing a growing arts scene with support from Taylor Swift's father, Scott Swift, called "Nashville North." ...

According to The Westerly Sun, Holiday House was first constructed by an unnamed architect in 1929-1930 for Pearl Pinkerton ...

OCHO RIOS, Jamaica (WPRI) — A Rhode Island couple honeymooning in northeastern Jamaica is now stranded at their resort, preparing to ride out Hurricane Melissa as it approaches the island. After tying ...

Hurricane Humberto is expected to cause high surf and dangerous rip currents at Rhode Island beaches. The National Weather Service predicts gusty coastal winds will develop around midweek. Seas could ...

A rapidly developing tropical system is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Imelda this weekend as it approaches the southeastern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said Saturday. Potential ...

More than 2 million New Englanders were without power. Howling winds were gusting 115 miles per hour. Hurricane Gloria was dubbed the “storm of the century” when it barreled into Long Island and New ...

Prepared for the next ‘Big One’? Today is the anniversary of the hurricane that swept across Long Island and then New England on Sept. 21, 1938. When I was growing up, it was referred to as our region ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Hurricane Erin battered the East Coast beaches this week but stayed offshore and never made landfall. Connecticut got very lucky again! Erin grew into a Category 5 hurricane ...

A video shared on social media shows the popular Block Island Ferry bobbing up and down as it battles vicious waves from Hurricane Erin on Wednesday night. Newsweek reached out to Block Island Ferry ...

As Hurricane Erin churns hundreds of miles offshore, coastal towns across the Northeast are feeling the storm’s effects, even without a direct hit. At Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly, Rhode Island ...