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Welcome to Westerly, RI

Westerly RI VacationsWelcome to one of the best kept secrets in New England - Westerly, Rhode Island. Westerly is located in the southwest corner of the state of Rhode Island, right along the border with Connecticut and along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

Westerly is a family fun destination. You will find beautiful sandy beaches, family fun parks, boating, sailing and many other local attractions.

While in Westerly, you may also want to enjoy its more refined side. Visit our restaurants, art galleries, come for the Shakespeare in the Park, listen to the Chorus of Westerly sing, go wine tasting or stay in one of our fine Inns or Bed & Breakfasts. In 2002, the National Trust noted Westerly as being one of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations.


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07/02/2009 08:02 PM
 

Free Fun On The Fourth!

  FRIDAY, JUL Y 3

07/04/2009 12:19 AM
 

Stimulus money to fund dam removal

  HOPE VALLEY — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded $2.48 million in federal stimulus funds for the removal of the Lower Shannock Falls and Kenyon Mill dams, and the construction of a fish ladder at Horseshoe Falls in Shannock village.

07/04/2009 12:19 AM
 

Rep. Courtney gets a closer look at 2nd District’s edge

  STONINGTON — Although it was planned weeks in advance, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney’s ride-along with Police Chief J. Darren Stewart Friday afternoon came at the perfect time. As Stewart showed Courtney around town in his police cruiser, he was able to show the congressman the damage wrought by Wednesday’s storm.

07/03/2009 10:10 AM
 

Sewage overflows, ponds closed

  Westerly Town Manager Steven Hartford said late Thursday afternoon that the Rhode Island Department of Health is closing the Misquamicut Beach Club on Napatree Point in Watch Hill for 24 hours.

07/04/2009 12:19 AM
 

Connecticut: Flood brings dam into focus

  PAWCATUCK — The narrow, pastoral pathway in Linda and Bill Rutan’s backyard doesn’t look like the top of an earthen dam.

07/04/2009 12:19 AM
 

Rhode Island: Westerly deals with aftermath

  WESTERLY — The town has turned to cleaning up after the area was slammed with roughly half a foot of rain on Wednesday.

07/03/2009 10:10 AM
 

Buck murder case goes to trial

  NEW LONDON -- Charles Buck will have to stand trial for the 2002 murder of his wife, Leslie.

07/04/2009 12:19 AM
 

Judge: Buck must stand trial

  NEW LONDON — More than seven years after the suspicious death of his wife, a judge has decided that Charles Buck, 62, will have to stand trial for her murder. After listening to testimony from 17 witnesses, Judge Susan B. Handy of Superior Court decided there is enough evidence to declare Leslie Buck’s 2002 death a murder, and prosecute her husband for the crime.

07/03/2009 10:10 AM
 

Roads closed, cellars flooded

  Lou Pappadia Jr. received a call he wasn’t expecting from his 80-year-old mother-in-law Evelyn Servidio on Wednesday afternoon: their Westerly basement had sprung a leak.

07/03/2009 10:10 AM
 

Deluge breaches dam

  STONINGTON — Water swept through a home on Briarpatch Road Wednesday night, after overflowing from a small dam on remote Sylvia Pond.