N. Kingstown beach closed to swimmers Kingstown, The state Heal.th Department today recommended closing to swimmers Camp Grosvenor in North Kingstown because of high bacteria counts. For swimming updates at Rhode Island beaches, go to www.health.ri.gov or for recorded information call (401) 222-2751.

Aug 20: Oliver Hazard Perry 1785?1819, American naval officer, born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry. See biography and links to other people born today. Tickets.

Beisel finishes fifth in backstroke final North Kingstown's Elizabeth Beisel finished fifth tonight in the finals of the 200-meter backstroke, ending her first Olympic appearance without a medal. Her final time was 2:08.23. Beisel finished fourth over the weekend in the 400-meter individual medley. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry won the gold medal with a world-record time of 2:05.24. American Margaret Hoelzer, Coventry's former roommate turned chief rival, took silver at 2:06.23, and Reiko Nakamura of Japan earned the bronze with a time . RI.

With reopening of 2 beaches, all RI beaches currently open The state Health Department today recommended re-opening to swimmers the Bristol Town Beach and North Kingstown's Camp Grosvenor, meaning all 128 Rhode Island beaches are open. For swimming updates at the state's beaches, go to www.health.ri.gov or for recorded information call (401) 222-2751. Ticket.

RI Olympians: Andrade in quarterfinals, Beisel in final . Kingstown RI.

Police believe they've found fisherman's body Kingstown tickets, NORTH KINGSTOWN - The police believe they have found the body of a 60-year-old Warwick man who went fishing yesterday at Carr Pond in North Kingstown and didn't return home. Just before 9 a.m. North Kingstown police Chief Charles Brennan drove into a parking lot near the Gilbert Stuart Birthplace museum and told the wife and daughter of Pierre Terry that they had recovered his body. Brennan said authorities believe the recovered body is Terry because of the clothing: a tank top and a bracele.

Search resumes for missing fisherman Authorities are still searching for a 60-year-old disabled Warwick man who did not return from a fishing trip yesterday on Carr Pond in North Kingstown. Family members say Pierre Terry, of Sandy Lane, told them he'd be back by noon. This morning officials from the state Department of Environmental Management are at the pond. Terry's boat, a 14-foot bass fishing boat, was found in the pond behind the Gilbert Stuart Birthplace museum yesterday afternoon. Family members said Terry knows. RI tickets.

Newport Bridge @ Proper Course Newport Bridge Posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago by Proper Course On Sunday I sailed from the largest island in Narragansett Bay, Aquidneck, to the other two large islands in the bay, Prudence and Conanicut. And back. It's always good to come back. This song kept going through my head. I don't know where it comes from. But I think some of the poetry of the original is missing. Got out of town on a Laser Going to Prudence Island. Sailing a reach Before a following sea. She was making. Kingstown ticket broker.

Update: Search on for fisherman at N. Kingstown pond NORTH KINGSTOWN - A search is on for a 60-year-old Warwick man who went out to fish on Carr Pond this morning and did not return. The man, identified by family members as Pierre Terry, of Sandy Lane, had said he would be back by noon. His boat, a 14-foot bass fishing boat, was found in the pond behind the Gilbert Stuart Birthplace museum early this afternoon. Boats are out on the pond now, as rain falls, with two seen searching in grassy areas near the shore. State police, and North Kingst. RI ticket broker.

Storm sprouts waterspouts in Bay area / Video ticket brokers, Photo courtesy of Patrick Hay, operations manager,Smiths Detection This waterspout was spotted over Narraganset Bay this afternoon. For a view of the spout in action, see this video, also provided by Patrick Hay. (Note: QuickTime movie format.) A waterspout was seen - and captured on camera - moving between Prudence Island and North Kingstown's Wickford between 4 and 4:30 this afternoon in Narragansett Bay as a storm moved through the area. Several images of the spout were captur.