Bolanos, 18, of Providence, was promoted to chief petty officer, the highest rank a member of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps can achieve.

Little Compton will raise its tax levy by 12% to cover for years of using the town's general fund surplus to balance the budget.

Most walls are unremarkable structures serving as boundaries. In Westerly one stonemason is building one as an ode to his family, crew and the craft.

McKee's latest poll numbers put him in the same territory of Gov. Lincoln Chafee, but experts say don't count him out yet.