the building of Beavertail Lighthouse dates back to 1712, when documents from a Newport Town Meeting record the first official request for a permanent navigational aid for merchants traveling to ...

On May 24, the Newport Historical Society is teaming up with the U.S. Coast Guard and other groups to honor Ida Lewis, a ...

Andrea E. McHugh Newport's Rose Island Lighthouse, in the middle of Narragansett Bay's West Passage between Newport and Jamestown, has served as a beacon for vessels since 1870. Today, visitors ...

The Greene County Sheriff's Office is investigating damage to the Hudson Athens Lighthouse after an apparent hit-and-run ...