The Westerly Sun - August 09, 2025

Isabella Spiers to attend Country Music Hall of Fame

Westerly couple earns ‘Rhody Award for Historic Preservation’

Charlestown Town Council Vice President Richard ‘Rippy’ Serra passes away

Gov. Dan McKee sends a letter to RIPTA Board of Directors

Community Information and Resources

COMMENCEMENT

Mass. sheriff arrested for pressuring cannabis company over stock purchase

Police Logs

Thursday’s Lotteries

Deportations and rising grocery costs

OMG, Grandma’s got a ‘boyfriend!’

God’s love exposed

Spiers

Riley M. Eldridge

Award

Sexual assault convict sentenced to 50 years

Joseph Richard Rose, Jr.

RIPTA

Local deaths

Israel plans to take Gaza city

Texas Democrats head to California

Trump’s deadline for Russia arrives

Epstein case seeks records of Trump admin. communications

Flash floods kill 10 and leave 33 missing in China

Germany halts military exports to Israel for use in Gaza

THINGS TO DO

Today in History

31ST ANNUAL BOTTONE MILE

Bears made big splash at Class M meet

Musselman, Linicus highlighted small roster

Hawkins leads way at 31st Bottone Mile race

Sparks stay hot in win over Sun

Dart set to see QB time for Giants in their preseason opener against Bills

Patriots will unveil statue of Brady prior to exhibition opener at Gillette

Dream run completed by Canadian teen Mboko

Mazzulla signs multi-year deal with Celtics

Bears

Sun

Shelton rallies in three sets

Joint practices provide better way to evaluate players

Mboko

Paul Falvey

OpenAI launches GPT-5, testing if AI hype holds up

True detective stories …sort of T

Piercing the smokescreen: The Naturalist attempts to lift the wildfire haze

Crossword

Publishers Weekly Bestsellers

Top 10 Audiobooks on Audible.com

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

The Last Word in Astrology

Does the 4% rule still make sense for your retirement?

Reader forgets BFF’s birthday

Closeted man tells gay friend to tone it down for relatives

Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson team up and ‘King of the Hill’ and ‘Wednesday’ return

New series to stream

New music to stream

Saturday highlights

Brandon Blackstock dies at 48

Dean Cain, former TV Superman, will be sworn in as honorary ICE officer

Area Movie Theaters

New video games to play

Senior Docket

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