Video: Surf's up for lifeguards in Narragansett
By News staff Providence Journal video/ Frieda Squires NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- More than 100 prospective lifeguards turned out in the cold Thursday to test their skills in the surf off Scarborough State...
View ArticlePortsmouth asks judge to kill Sakonnet bridge tolls
By News staffPORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) -- Portsmouth officials have asked a federal judge to stop the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority from installing a toll system on the new Sakonnet River...
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Providence Journal's editorial pages editor to retire
By Tom Mooney Robert Whitcomb PROVIDENCE, RI -- Robert B. Whitcomb, vice president and editorial pages editor for The Providence Journal, is retiring at the end of this month. Whitcomb, 65, has been a...
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Providence Journal Summer Guide is in print and online
By News staff Summer Guide cover illustration by Tom Murphy PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence Journal's Summer Guide -- a 96-page day-by-day look at all the highlights of summer, from music to...
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R.I. historical panel grants $54,500 for projects
By Donita Naylor photo courtesy RIHPHC The City of East Providence will receive a $7,500 grant to prepare a historic structures report for the long-vacant Shingle-style Oddfellows Hall built in 1889 in...
View ArticleBlock Island ferry raises ticket prices
By Karen Lee ZinerPassengers have begun paying more for their Block Island ferry tickets, as of Friday at the outset of Memorial Day weekend. The adult one-way ticket rose from $11.25 to $12.35; adult...
View ArticleCoast Guard Station Block Island opens for summer boating season
By Donita NaylorNEW SHOREHAM, R.I. -- Coast Guard Station Block Island opened Friday for the summer boating season, U.S. Coast Guard officials announced in a news release Friday. Station Block Island,...
View ArticleProvidence police: Ex-con caught with gun, 34th seizure this year
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man convicted of drug dealing and gun crimes was arrested in South Providence Wednesday night after he was allegedly caught with a loaded gun. Officers called...
View ArticleBrown trustees want 'robust response' on climate
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Members of Brown University's governing body have asked the school to develop a "robust response" to climate change but taken no action on a recommendation that it...
View ArticleItems stolen in 2 East Providence house breaks recovered, youth arrested
By Donita NaylorEAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Items taken from two house breaks were recovered after a young man, 17, was arrested Thursday, officials from the East Providence Police Department said in a...
View ArticleGist contract discussions to continue in June
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The board responsible with deciding the fate of state Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist will continue its discussions in June. A growing number of Gist critics...
View ArticleThree adults displaced by fire in three-story house in Cranston
By Donita NaylorCRANSTON, R.I. -- Three adults were referred to the Red Cross after a fire in a three-story house at 506 Wellington Ave., where a ceiling fire on the third floor spread to the attic....
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East Greenwich police investigating bank robbery
By Tom MooneyEAST GREENWICH,R.I. -- Police are investigating a bank robbery Friday afternoon at the Coastway Community Bank, 5750 Post Road. East Greenwich Police Department photo A man entered the...
View ArticleTime Lapse: For Memorial Day, a rare Civil War photo
By Sheila LennonThis weekend's history mystery at our Time Lapse blog is perhaps our strangest photo -- a scene that seems to involve a camp wife and a scallop-roofed cottage at Gettysburg: For...
View ArticleMemorial Day weekend ceremonies, parades around our area
By Journal Staff SATURDAY-MONDAY Fall River. Battleship Cove, 5 Water St. Free admission to all active duty, retired and reserve personnel who show proof of service. (800) 533-3194;...
View ArticleSaturday's weather: Wet and chilly
By News staffExpect off-and-on cold rain with gray skies through Saturday. It will be unseasonably chilly, with high temperatures in the low 50s in the morning, falling into the 40s during the...
View ArticleBrown cancels Baccalaureate procession due to rain
By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University has canceled its Baccalaureate procession, in which graduating seniors make their way from the College Green to the Meeting House of the First Baptist...
View ArticlePedestrian struck and killed in Providence Friday evening
By Gregory SmithPROVIDENCE, RI -- A city man in his early 20s was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver late Friday night, and the police are investigating the possibility that it was not an...
View ArticleCranston man charged after police chase in Providence
By Gregory SmithPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are investigating the ownership of a car whose driver allegedly attempted to get away when officers tried to stop him in Olneyville. The incident occurred...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules Meals on Wheels fundraising claim Mostly False
By Mike McKinneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In Rhode Island and around the country, Meals on Wheels gets food to elderly people who cannot get it for themselves. The elderly, especially those on a constricted...
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