The Westerly Sun

The Westerly Sun is a daily newspaper that comes out seven days a week in Westerly, Rhode Island. It serves areas in Washington County, Rhode Island, and New London County, Connecticut. The Sun is released in the afternoons from Monday to Friday and in the mornings on Saturdays and Sundays. Before 1995, it was unique for publishing its Sunday edition in the afternoon.

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'HopArts in the Park' returns to Ashaway June 29

2 days ago | thewesterlysun.com | Nancy Burns-Fusaro

ASHAWAY - HopArts, a Hopkinton-based arts organization known widely for its annual Studio Trail held each fall, will hold its third annual "HopArts Art in the Park" event on Sunday, June 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the historic Crandall House on Main Street in Ashaway.
Sam Waterston to visit Newport for 'The Great Gatsby Revisited'

2 days ago | thewesterlysun.com | Nancy Burns-Fusaro
Dawnlands, a free, experimental music festival, planned for July 5 in Wilcox Park

2 days ago | thewesterlysun.com | Nancy Burns-Fusaro

WESTERLY - Dawnlands Experimental Music Festival, a free afternoon of experimental music, will take place Saturday, July 5, in Wilcox Park, according to Sean W. Spellman of Westerly, an artist with a studio on High Street who is organizing the event.
33rd annual WoodenBoat Show opens Friday at Mystic Seaport

2 days ago | thewesterlysun.com | Nancy Burns-Fusaro

MYSTIC - Mystic Seaport's 33rd annual WoodenBoat Show, hosted in partnership with WoodenBoat Publications, opens Friday, June 27, and will offer something for every wooden boat enthusiast and maritime history buff.
Trump is open to regime change in Iran, after his administration said that wasn't the goal

5 days ago | thewesterlysun.com | Josh Boak |Mike Pesoli

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday called into question the future of Iran's ruling theocracy after a surprise attack on three of the country's nuclear sites, seemingly contradicting his administration's earlier calls to resume negotiations and avoid an escalation in fighting. "It's not politically correct to use the term, 'Regime Change,' but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn't there be a Regime change???" Trump posted on social media.
Things to know about the retrial of Karen Read in the killing of her police officer boyfriend

1 week ago | thewesterlysun.com | Michael Casey |Patrick Whittle

By MICHAEL CASEY and PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - The jury is set to return for its third full day of testimony Wednesday in the second murder trial of Karen Read, who is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Military parade rolls through DC as 'No Kings' protesters across US decry Trump

1 week ago | thewesterlysun.com | Lolita Baldor |Michelle L. Price

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The grand military parade that President Donald Trump had been wanting for years barreled down Constitution Avenue on Saturday with tanks, troops and a 21-gun salute, playing out against a counterpoint of protests around the country by those who decried the U.S. leader as a dictator and would-be king. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
US military is helping intercept missiles that Iran fired in retaliation at Israel, official says

2 weeks ago | thewesterlysun.com | Jon Gambrell |Josef Federman |Julia Frankel |Lolita Baldor
Westerly High grads begin 'a thousand different paths'

2 weeks ago | thewesterlysun.com | Ryan Sun
Westerly High senior to continue in theater at college

2 weeks ago | thewesterlysun.com | Ryan Sun

WESTERLY - A familiar face in Westerly's performing arts community is preparing for a new role. He's been at home on the stage of, literally, every Westerly High School theater production of the past few years, and now Dylan Tallardy is prepared to take to a new stage. Tallardy, a leader of the graduating class of 2025 at Westerly, is ready to join his senior classmates Friday night in a ceremony capping an eventful four years, and an active time for him personally.