Mancuso to drop bid for top education job
By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee announced Tuesday that Eva-Marie Mancuso will withdraw her waiver request to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission to be interim commissioner of higher...
View ArticleJudge denies restraining order to stop same-sex marriages
By Randal EdgarPROVIDENCE -- A Superior Court judge on Tuesday denied a request for a temporary restraining order that sought to prevent same-sex marriages from becoming legal on August 1. Judge Daniel...
View ArticleAirport closes runway as construction projects begin
By Barbara Polichetti WARWICK, R.I. - T.F. Green Airport closed its secondary runway Monday, signaling the start of nearly $250 million worth of improvement projects and land acquisitions that will...
View ArticleJust out of prison, ex-convict caught with gun in South Providence
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Not even two months out of jail, a Pawtucket ex-convict was arrested again -- this time for allegedly carrying a gun at a diner in Providence's South Side. The...
View ArticleProvidence man accused of raping, impregnating young teen
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE -- A local man is accused of impregnating a 13-year-old Providence girl, who told police he'd been raping her since she was 5. Leon Threats, 29, of 69 Verndale St., was...
View ArticleAlgae blooms in Providence prompt health alerts
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island health and environmental officials have issued health advisories for water bodies in Providence because of algae blooms. The state departments of...
View Article19-year-old man charged in Central Falls double murder
By Richard C. DujardinCENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Police have announced the arrest of a 19-year-old man in connection with a double homicide that was discovered on July 3 at a home at 16 Sylvian St. Pedro...
View ArticleCicilline hires '13 Brown grad to assist with new media, press
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. - U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., has hired Alex MacFarlane, a 2103 Brown University graduate, as a press assistant in his Pawtucket office. A native of Utah,...
View ArticleJune New England unemployment just below US rate
By News staffCONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show New England's unemployment rate coming in just below the national rate. The bureau's regional office...
View ArticleProvidence G Building restoration is 'economic development at work,' says...
By Alisha A. PinaPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The former home of National Grid and the old gas company is now downtown's newest apartment complex. Although not completed, a grand opening of the historic...
View ArticleRebuilding Liberia: Women were key in ushering peace, but still suffer...
By Philip MarceloEditor's note: Journal Staff Writer Philip Marcelo will be traveling to Liberia in August to report on that country's progress 10 years after the end of a devastating civil war. This...
View ArticleAuction for offshore wind leases continues
By Alex KuffnerIt appears that a winner has emerged in a federal auction for one of the leases up for grabs to develop wind power in waters off Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In the fourth round of...
View ArticleTranscript: Red Sox trade deadline chat
By Mike McDermottWith the trade deadline approaching, Red Sox Beat writers Brian MacPherson and Tim Britton spent an hour this afternoon taking questions about the team. Enter the chat room below to...
View ArticleRI Foundation unveils campaign to promote state
By Andy SmithPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee and a slew of elected, business and non-profit leaders gathered at the Providence Performing Arts Center Wednesday as the Rhode Island Foundation...
View ArticleEast Providence driver and passenger injured in crash on Route 495 in Foxboro
By Donita NaylorFOXBORO, Mass. -- Two East Providence residents were injured Tuesday evening when their 1994 Honda Accord drifted from the left lane on Route 495 south and collided with a vehicle in...
View ArticleProvidence club admits to violations, remains closed pending penalty decision
By Mike McKinneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After a patron who was ejected from Jovan's Lounge last Friday exchanged fire with a police officer outside the nightclub, the club on Wednesday admitted to two...
View ArticleChafee awards $335,000 in early childhood grants from Race to the Top
By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee has awarded $335,000 in the first round of grants aimed at helping preschools, childcare centers and family childcare providers improve the quality of...
View ArticleJason Pleau pleads guilty, agrees to life in prison / Video
By Katie MulvaneyPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Jason Wayne Pleau pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing and shooting to death a gas station manager outside a Woonsocket bank in an agreement that keeps him in jail...
View ArticleRetired CCRI president Liston dies at age 82
By Thomas J. MorganEdward J. Liston, 82, of Brunswick, Maine and Vero Beach, Fla., the retired president of the Community College of Rhode Island, died Tuesday in Brunswick. Liston was the school's...
View ArticleRebuilding Liberia: Rhode Islanders support nonprofit that helps women in...
By Philip MarceloEditor's note: Journal Staff Writer Philip Marcelo will be traveling to Liberia in August to report on that country's progress 10 years after the end of a devastating civil war. This...
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