Bridges across the Sakonnet have had a history of being difficult to maintain. The old Stone Bridge was destroyed and rebuilt many times before our current Sakonnet River Bridge was built.

When the Mt. Hope Bridge opened in 1929, parades from Bristol and Portsmouth met at the center of the span. Actors portraying John Clarke and Roger Williams met and unfurled flags.

East Bay Energy Consortium Act to be revisited at Bristol Town Council Meeting May 16th.

The courts have decided the issue of religious display but it continues to make people do and say things they would never do otherwise!

U.S. Navy warships present in Bristol Harbor for our Fourth of July celebrations are upholding a tradition begun on the Centennial of American Independence in 1876.