RI Senate commerce committee to debate economic issues, EDC board nominee
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to consider Governor Chafee's fifth nominee to the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation's board of directors...
View ArticleMass. panel to wait 2 more weeks, could open bidding on casino license
By Paul GrimaldiBOSTON - The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday decided to wait two more weeks before it votes on whether to open Southeastern Massachusetts to bidding on a commercial casino...
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RI wants more say in its fishing industry
By Bryan Rourke The Providence Journal / Bob Thayer Stva Rotk of Wakefield gathers up drying nets after four days of fishing for squid, fluke and monkfish, 85 miles off the Rhode Island coast on the...
View ArticleRI Senate approves bill to allow father-daughter dances
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate on Thursday approved a bill aimed at removing potential legal barriers to gender-specific activities -- such as father-daughter dances -- in Rhode...
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Hopkinton man arrested after police find marijuana plants, $17,000 cash in home
By Richard C. Dujardin Hopkinton Police Dept. Police seized 50 marijuana plants, harvested marijuana worth about $20,000 and $17,000 in cash from the home of a Hopkinton man. Hopkinton Police Dept....
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No gun seen or found at URI; students' game involved Nerf guns / Video
By Amanda Milkovits Providence Journal video by Steve Szydlowski SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- No gun was seen. No gun was found and State Police Capt. Frank Castellone said no one was ever in danger. After...
View ArticleChafee: URI incident may lead to improved safety rules
By Thomas J. MorganPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee said Thursday that the incident that closed the Kingston campus of the University of Rhode Island for more than 2 hours Thursday may lead to...
View ArticleWarwick supports gun buyback but says local ordinance makes participation...
By Barbara PolichettiWARWICK, R.I. -- The city won't be taking part in Saturday's statewide gun buyback program, but it's not for lack of support for the event, Mayor Scott Avedisian says. Avedisian...
View ArticleR.I. House Speaker Fox favors assault weapons ban
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House Speaker Gordon D. Fox on Thursday said he agrees with the governor and Senate president: there should be an assault weapons ban. "I think they're dangerous....
View ArticleRep. Patricia Morgan proposes town temporarily provide service for Central...
By Andy SmithPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State Rep. Patricia Morgan, R-West Warwick, has filed a bill in the Rhode Island House of Representatives that would allow the Coventry Town Council to temporarily...
View ArticleR.I. Assembly committee releases draft report on 2012 Election Day problems
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House Oversight Committee has issued a draft report seeking to address some of the problems with long wait times and confusion at polling places during last...
View ArticleRhode Island Senate committee approves 3 economic bills, holds for study one...
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Senate's commerce committee on Thursday approved three bills they hope will help improve the state's economy, but it held for further study the most...
View ArticleProvidence synagogue to play host to Yom Hashoah commemoration marking the...
By Richard C. DujardinPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Temple Emanu-El on the city's East Side will play host Sunday to an interfaith commemoration of Yom Hashoah to mark the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto...
View ArticleMan charged with stealing guns from his parents remanded to ACI
By Richard C. DujardinNORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 30-year-old man has been ordered held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions following his arrest on charges of breaking into his parents'...
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Gamm's Estrella, art collector Chazan among Pell winners
By Features staffProvidence Journal file photo / Sandor BodoTONY ESTRELLAPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Tony Estrella, artistic director of Pawtucket's Gamm Theatre, and Dr. Joseph Chazan, a Providence art...
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38 Studios website has ghosts in its machine
By Paul Grimaldi 38studios.com screengrab PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- You can't escape the supernatural these days. Whether its extraterrestrials or zombies or devilish do-badders, ghoulish what-have-yous seem...
View ArticleProvidence to hire at least 40 additional police officers
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city is looking to hire at least 40 police officers, and a federal grant that Providence has received will pay the first three years of salary and benefits for...
View ArticleBrown panel recommends divestment from coal companies
By Richard SalitAn oversight committee at Brown University has recommended that the Ivy League institution cease investing in the country's 15 largest coal companies. Wednesday's vote by The Advisory...
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5 great things to do this weekend
By Features staff Orlando Sentinel/MCT / Stephen M. Dowell Harlem Globetrotters stars Hammer Harrison, left, and Slick Willie Shaw help a student at an Orlando, Fla., school spin two basketballs on his...
View ArticleRI chess champs, Central Falls, competing in Nashville
By News staffThe Central Falls Chess team arrived at Supernationals Thursday in Nashville. The group's first match was the Blitz Championship, a five-minute speed chess games, finishing 9th out of 38...
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