PRUDENCE ISLAND − After a few speeches, words of thanks and some gulped shots of bubbling wine, Raymond Jenness wrenched open the door to Prudence Island Light, the oldest lighthouse in Rhode Island, ...

PROVIDENCE — The oldest lighthouse in Rhode Island is being made available for free to public agencies, nonprofits or other qualifying organizations interested in taking over ownership. Pursuant to ...

Along Rhode Island's 400 miles of coastline, there are 21 lighthouses to explore. Granted, some of them are now private residences that can only be explored by gazing at them from the water, but many ...

Prudence Island has the only operational one-room schoolhouse in Rhode Island, but no students are enrolled this year. A single senior graduated from the Prudence Island School last year, and the ...

Three historic Rhode Island lighthouses are changing hands. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed's office announced the federal government is going to officially transfer the properties to the state Department of ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The National Park Service is recommending transferring ownership of three historic Rhode Island lighthouses from the federal government to the state government. U.S. Sen ...