Westerly

“I saw it on the beach and thought, ‘Oh, that’s something different,’” Corey Favino, of Rhode Island, said. Favino was enjoying a walk on the Watch Hill beach on Wednesday when an unexpected sighting stopped him in his tracks. “I went over to investigate, get a closer look and realized it was a shark,” Favino said. After calls to...

A pregnant woman was allegedly stabbed by her husband on Friday in Westerly, Rhode Island, while two children were at the home. Police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that the woman was stabbed in the back and arm at a High Street residence. She was flown by medical helicopter to Rhode Island Hospital. There was no immediate update on her…

A manatee was recently spotted in Rhode Island, environmental officials say, a rare occurrence this far north. “The ocean is full of surprises,” the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday. The manatee was spotted in Quonochontaug Pond, a saltwater coastal lagoon in the towns of Charlestown and Westerly….

The body of a 15-year-old boy has been recovered days after he went missing while swimming with his family Thursday night in Westerly, Rhode Island. Westerly’s police chief told NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR that the teen’s body was found in the area of Wawaloam Drive just before 6 p.m. Sunday. The search for Jaimer Ico Gregorio, of New London,...