Welcome to Westerly, RI

Welcome to one of the best kept secrets in New England - Westerly, Rhode Island. Westerly is located in the southwest corner of the state of Rhode Island, right along the border with Connecticut and along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

Westerly is a family fun destination. You will find beautiful sandy beaches, family fun parks, boating, sailing and many other local attractions.

While in Westerly, you may also want to enjoy its more refined side. Visit our restaurants, art galleries, come for the Shakespeare in the Park, listen to the Chorus of Westerly sing, go wine tasting or stay in one of our fine Inns or Bed & Breakfasts. In 2002, the National Trust noted Westerly as being one of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations.

Westerly RI News

/news/local from www.thewesterlysun.com

05/09/2008 11:19 AM
	OurSpace Is Coming!
	OurSpace is an interactive tribute to the WHS and SHS graduating classes of 2008. It will feature individual senior class profiles, photo galleries of senior events (prom, banquets, award ceremonies, graduation), slide shows and more. Â
05/09/2008 12:08 PM
	Planting clams in Ninigret Pond
	CHARLESTOWN -- It’s enough to make a quahogger cry -- ten tons of littlenecks harvested from Narragansett Bay dumped back into the Rhode Island water.
05/08/2008 10:37 AM
	School board member faces asault charge
	WESTERLY -- After recently resolving legal woes, Westerly School Committee member Dominic A. DiFazio has been charged again by local police -- this time with domestic simple assault.
05/09/2008 12:51 PM
	Cooke cites 'hatred' in withdrawal
	WESTERLY -- Just days after his campaign kick-off fund-raiser, Republican Town Councilor Caswell Cooke Jr. said he will not seek the District 37 seat in the state House of Representatives held for the past decade by Democrat Rep. Peter Lewiss.
05/08/2008 10:39 AM
	Monday profile
	She has been recognized as one of Rhode Island’s “40 under 40� leaders and one of the state’s “Women to Watch,� received Hispanic Image magazine’s “Influential Hispanic 2004 Award� for her “distinguished career and her contribution to the development and progress of the Hispanic community of New England,� and now the Puerto Rico native is determined to make Latino Public Radio (LPR) a household name familiar to everyone in the state -- and in the country. Rhode Island, she points out, has a significant Latino population, and it continues to top the statistical charts as the largest minority in the state.
05/09/2008 12:51 PM
	House panel to consider Chariho project
	WOOD RIVER JCT. — Two state representatives are pursuing a construction bond for the Chariho Regional School District despite a local town council’s objection to the proposal.
05/09/2008 12:51 PM
	Fritz sworn in as newest SPD member
	STONINGTON -- The group gathered at Stonington Police headquarters Thursday evening was happier to see Fritz than area bad guys will be in the coming years.
05/08/2008 10:39 AM
	A roost for Polly in Hopkinton
	HOPKINTON — Renowned naturalist Jane Goodall and Massachusetts state Sen. Robert Hedlund will inaugurate a new rescue sanctuary for parrots in a private ceremony next week.
05/08/2008 10:39 AM
	Laying down the law for students
	WESTERLY — Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice William Robinson III and attorney Aileen Sprague followed winding paths to arrive at their current careers.
05/08/2008 10:39 AM
	Sun wins nine awards from RI Press Association
	WESTERLY — Sun reporters and photographers captured nine Rhode Island Press Association awards, including five first-place honors, during a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick on Friday night.