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By Jack BrammerKentucky LanternAfter decades of intense debate that led to about half of their churches in Kentucky leaving the denomination, United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly Wedn

After decades of intense debate that led to about half of their churches in Kentucky leaving the denomination, United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to no longer forbid gay clergy and same-sex marriage. The vote by the delegates at the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., was 692-51. The conference was the church’s first […] The post United Methodist delegates vote to end bans on gay clergy, same-sex marriage appeared first on Kentucky Lantern...

PORTSMOUTH — Although the R.I. Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has already recommended against lane reductions for a major stretch of East Main Road due to high traffic counts, the …

PORTSMOUTH — Richard Rainer, Jr. will soon be the highest-paid municipal employee in Portsmouth, thanks to a nearly 30-percent salary raise the Town Council bestowed upon him Monday night. …

PORTSMOUTH — After more than three hours of listening to both opponents and supporters of wind energy Tuesday night, the Town Council voted 5-1 to enter into a host community agreement …

PORTSMOUTH — After several years of nagging questions over the town’s supposedly closed pension plan, the matter came to head Monday night during a Town Council discussion of the R.I. …

To the editor: I would explore Tom Grieb’s suggestion that the demarcation be untethered from the difficult to agree upon and constantly rising “six feet landward of the recognizable …