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Edgewood's Shaw Plat added to National Register
By Christine Dunn Photo courtesy R.I. Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission One of the Shaw Plat houses. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The National Park Service has added the Shaw Plat, a section of...
View ArticleBeaten homeless man's condition upgraded, Pawtucket police search for assailant
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET -- A homeless man remains hospitalized as Pawtucket police search for the person who beat him unconscious in a parking lot early Saturday morning. Another homeless man, who...
View ArticleResidents, landlords planning to attend 5:30 p.m. Providence budget hearing
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R. I. -- East Side residents and landlords are planning to attend the City Council's 5:30 p.m. hearing Wednesday about Mayor Angel Taveras' proposed $663-million budget for...
View ArticleR.I. Senate passes 'Back to Work in R.I.' job-training bill
By Lynn ArditiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Senate unanimously approved legislation Wednesday to allow job-seekers to collect unemployment while getting job training at companies looking to hire. The "Back...
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Newport's Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum wins top accreditation; free...
By Features staffInternational Tennis Hall of Fame & MuseumA tennis court is at the center of the complex. NEWPORT, R.I. -- The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum is now accredited by...
View ArticleEast Providence officials: City's tax rates for 2014 will boost revenues by...
By Richard C. DujardinEAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city has announced its new tax rates for the 2014 fiscal year that begins in July, rates that officials say will increase tax revenues by 2.4 percent....
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Missing URI student who was heading home to Pennsylvania still missing
By Richard C. DujardinCOLLEGEVILLE, Pa. -- The police say they have not come up with any new leads in the disappearance of a 21-year-old University of Rhode Island student whose car was last spotted in...
View ArticleDeveloper Weiss plans hotel for vacant Wickford Elementary School
By Andy SmithNORTH KINGSTOWN -- Developer Stanley Weiss has a $1.1-million option to purchase the vacant Wickford Elementary School from the town. Town Councll President Elizabeth Dolan said Weiss...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules URI professor's claim on race and police stops Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Amid the debate over whether Rhode Island's campus police should be armed, several University of Rhode Island faculty members expressed concern that students,...
View ArticleHurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season
By News staffCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic...
View ArticleReal-estate developer challenges Chafee proposal to cut R.I. tax credit program
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Over the years, as one of Rhode Island's most prominent companies has expanded, Scott A. Gibbs and several nonprofit real-estate development firms he has led have...
View ArticleFaculty members at URI testify against arming campus police
By Linda BorgSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Faculty member after faculty member testified against arming campus police. One faculty member said arming police would increase violence and lead to unnecessary...
View ArticleRIC graduate named Mrs. Rhode Island for national pageant in July
By Donita NaylorBROCKTON, Mass. -- Rhode Island College graduate Sonja K. Brown has been named Mrs. Rhode Island for the Mrs. United States 2013 pageant in Las Vegas in July. Brown, who has a son,...
View ArticleRIPTA buses will run holiday schedule on Monday; one trip of Branch/Bryant...
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Because Monday is Memorial Day, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will run a Sunday/Holiday schedule on all regular fixed-route buses and trolleys. The 1:15...
View ArticleNarragansett Council 'pleased' by national's vote to allow gay Boy Scouts
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Narragansett Council issued a statement Thursday night in reaction to the Boy Scouts of America's National Council voting to allow openly gay boys to participate...
View ArticleCentral Falls council unanimously OKs Doherty to head Wyatt jail board
By W. Zachary MalinowskiCENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- In a unanimous 5-to-0 vote, the City Council approved the appointment of Brendan P. Doherty as the chairman of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility...
View ArticleR.I. education board allows colleges to arm campus police
By Linda BorgSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Board of Education voted Thursday night to allow the state's public colleges and universities to arm their campus police. However, the final...
View ArticleCritics of RI education commissioner Gist turn out at board meeting
By Linda BorgSOUTH KINGSTOWN -- Critics of state Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist were out in force at a state Board of Education hearing on Thursday night, when the board also met in closed...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Shipyard workers strike
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: The U.S. Supreme Court rejects a request by Governor Chafee and accused killer Jason Wayne Pleau to halt Pleau's federal prosecution until they can seek a high...
View ArticleCool and wet for much of Memorial Day weekend
By Jack PerryPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Cool, wet weather will continue today through Sunday, as Memorial Day weekend arrives, according to our weather partners at WPRI. A flash flood watch is in effect until...
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