By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
Salve Regina student Nicolas A. Coyle, 19, accused of killing a rabbit with a hockey stick and using the body as a puck faces a felony charge of malicious killing of an animal and a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals, Newport police say.
5 years ago today:
The 1857 Dutch Island Lighthouse light blinks on for the first time in more than two decades after years of fundraising and restoration.
25 years ago today:
The Coast Guard "permanently" calls off its four-day-old search for the five missing crewmen of the Newport lobster boat Reliance, citing strong ocean currents and technical trouble with a camera that would have searched the ocean floor for signs of a wreck.