U.S. Rep. Cicilline calls treatment of Birch students 'disgraceful'
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Rep. David Cicilline called the treatment of disabled students and workers "disgraceful" in a statement issued Thursday. A federal investigation found that Rhode...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules Jackvony claim on GOP representation from Providence...
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's no revelation that Republicans are scarce at the General Assembly, Rhode Island's most powerful political body. And some say that lack of partisan diversity in the...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Record heat recorded in RI
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: A Groton shipyard commemorates the 60th anniversary of the keel-laying for Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. It became the first vessel to...
View ArticleLangevin to try dining on $4.50 a day to protest cuts in food assistance
By Donita NaylorWASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin and several of his Democratic colleagues have announced they will limit their food budgets to $4.50 a day, the amount a person receives...
View ArticleOn six-month anniversary of Newtown massacre, R.I. gun control bills in limbo
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Exactly six months since December's elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., the fate of a gun control package introduced by Rhode Island's governor and...
View ArticleR.I. berry farms open for pick-your-own strawberry season
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's strawberry-picking time. The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Agriculture reports that strawberry season is going on now through late June....
View ArticleSaturday's weather: A rare summery day
By News staffExpect today to be sunny, dry and much warmer with high temperatures ranging from 78 degrees to 82 degrees. A west breeze will blow at 5-15 mph with gusts around 20 mph. Saturday evening...
View ArticleProvidence renames street to honor its animal control workers
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The city of Providence is renaming a street "Adoption Way" to recognize those who work at its animal control center. City Councilmen Nicholas Narducci and Luis...
View ArticleFlood warning extended for Kent, Providence and part of Washington counties
By News staffThe National weather service in Taunton has extended the flood warning for Kent and Providence Counties, especially the Pawtuxet River at Cranston, as well as southwestern Washington...
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Happy homecoming
By News staffProvidence Journal photo / Freida SquiresRobert Frye, a member of the 169th Military Police, hugs his son Jayden Frye, 5, upon landing at Quonset Point Saturday after 10 months in...
View ArticleRI House votes to help deploying vets end leases
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Military service members who are facing deployment could break an apartment lease with 30 days' notice without an early termination fee under legislation passed by...
View ArticleProvidence police charge Massachusetts man with drug possession
By Mike McKinneyPROVIDENCE -- A Massachusetts man was charged early Saturday with drug possession after the police alleged they found suspected cocaine in the parked SUV he was driving. At about 12:02...
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One of two rescued fledgling peregrine falcons released in Pawtucket
By Maria ArmentalProvidence Journal photo / Steve SzydlowskiPawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien and DEM officer Mark Saunders, release an 8-week-old peregrine falcon from the roof of Pawtucket City Hall...
View ArticleUpdate: Man in wheelchair struck, killed in hit-and-run in Somerset
By News staffSOMERSET, Mass. -- Somerset Police and Massachusetts State Police are searching for a driver they say hit a wheelchair-bound man near the intersection of Read Street and Southway Drive...
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Sampling the fruits of their labor
By News staffProvidence Journal photo / Frieda SquiresOrion Paolino, 4, of Thomaston, Maine, and his cousins Christopher Mallinson, 6, and his sister Olivia, 8, both of Cranston, enjoy fresh...
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East Bay Brew Fest draws large crowd for beer, charity
By W. Zachary Malinowski Providence Journal photo/W. Zachary Malinowski Bucket Brewery owners, from left, Erik Aslaksen, Drew Powers and Ron Klinger served their beers at Saturday's East Bay Beer Fest...
View ArticlePawtucket man shot in afternoon drive-by Saturday
By W. Zachary MalinowskiPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A city man was shot in the leg Saturday in a drive-by shooting on Meadow Street, just a few block from Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, the police said....
View ArticleState police arrest habitual drunk driver in West Warwick
By W. Zachary MalinowskiWEST WARWICK, R.I. -- State troopers arrested a habitual drunken driver on Friday night after he allegedly failed to stop for a red light at the intersection of Cowesett Road...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules Metts claim on recidivism rate Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In recent years,the General Assembly has considered various bills intended to help reformed criminals avoid the stigma of their criminal record once they have...
View ArticleToday in RI history: one year ago, Bank of America moves out of 111 Westminster
By Thomas J. MorganOn June 16, 2012 A year ago today: Lone tenant Bank of America will move its last workers out of the 428-foot-high office tower at 111 Westminster St., Providence, a privately owned...
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