RI Black Heritage Society seeking civil-rights stories for 50th anniversary...
By Maria ArmentalPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fifty years after the Birmingham campaign and March on Washington, pivotal events in the nation's fight for civil rights, the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society is...
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Gloria, gibbon who helped preserve species, dies at RI zoo
By Donita Naylor Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Gloria, pictured at the zoo, when she first fell ill in February. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gloria, a popular white-cheeked gibbon who lived at the...
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Caruolo withdraws his name from merged education board
By Jennifer D. JordanPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Veteran politician and lobbyist George D. Caruolo, who was tapped by Governor Chafee to run a merged board of education in 2013, has withdrawn his name from...
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5 great things to do in RI this weekend
By Jenna Pelletier The Providence Journal / Sandor Bodo "Scenes from the Polar Express" JUMP! Dance Company presents an original dance drama based on Chris Van Allsburg's children's story. Saturday at...
View ArticleChafee orders RI flags back to full-staff on Monday
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee advised in an e-mail Friday that with the interment of the late Hawaiian Sen. Daniel Inouye on Sunday, flags that were lowered to half-staff to honor...
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Boy, 6, killed in Newtown massacre leaves grandparents in Cranston
By Maria Armental AP photo / Seth Wenig As his mother Nicole Hockley, looks on, Jake Hockley releases a bunch of balloons at the end of a funeral service for his brother Dylan, below, in Bethel, Conn.,...
View ArticleVideo: Making gingerbread doughnuts with J&W Chef Welling
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal video by Sandor Bodo PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Chef Gary Welling, department chair of Baking and Pastry at Johnson & Wales University, shows us how to make...
View ArticleBarrington woman, pulled from burning car in Warren, dies
By Richard C. DujardinWARREN, R.I. -- A Barrington woman who was pulled from a burning car that had been involved moments earlier in a chain reaction four-car accident on Schoolhouse Road has died....
View ArticleTime Lapse: When Dickens Came to Town
By Sheila LennonThis week, our Time Lapse blog offers not a puzzle but a holiday gift to the history buffs who read it: A reproduction of a full page in The Providence Journal of February 4, 1912....
View ArticleToday in RI history: Pension system ranked among most underfinanced in nation
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: T.F. Green Airport will spend $25 million in the next three years to build a new runoff-collection system that will reduce the amount of plane-deicing pollutant...
View ArticleR.I. approves rate hikes for electricity, natural gas
By Alex KuffnerState regulators have approved higher rates for National Grid customers that will see the typical Rhode Island household pay 3.5 percent more for electricity and an additional 4.9...
View ArticleBaby dies in early morning Providence house fire
By Lynn ArditiPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 10-month-old baby girl died in an early morning fire at a triple-decker on Bowdoin Street. The fire appears to have started by a space heater in the first-floor...
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Higher education board member Mancuso tabbed to head combined board
By News staff MANCUSO PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Eva-Marie Mancuso, a lawyer and member of the soon-to-be-abolished Board of Governors for Higher Education, is Governor Chafee's new pick to serve as...
View ArticleRoger Williams University law student's bar hearing transcript may be turned...
By Tracy BretonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A North Kingstown man who sued Roger Williams University School of Law over its grading practices before becoming a member of the Rhode Island bar this year now finds...
View ArticleR.I. Gov. Chafee requests more Hurricane Sandy aid for Bristol County residents
By Andy SmithPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee announced Monday the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency has sent a request to President Obama requesting that residents of Bristol County who...
View ArticlePolice say Pawtucket man tried to strangle girlfriend
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A local man is accused of attempting to strangle his girlfriend at her residence on Saturday. An officer called to 113 Margaret St. heard a woman screaming, "Get...
View ArticleFishing vessel runs aground off Brenton Point
By News staffBOSTON -- The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating how a 65-foot fishing vessel ran aground north of the Brenton Point State Park Sunday evening. The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that it was...
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CEO departing Wyatt prison in Central Falls
By Karen Lee ZinerCENTRAL FALLS -- Michael V. Fair, chief executive officer of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, is leaving his job by "mutual decision," according to Steven T. Hartford, chairman...
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By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: The long-range strategic plan of the University of Rhode Island calls for a slight increase in the overall student-teacher ratio, but URI officials say that's not a...
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Adoptees: A Journey of Discovery
By Lynn Arditi The Providence Journal / Glenn Osmundson Connie Sottile, 42, and her biological father Jack Silvia met for the first time in September. They now speak on the phone almost every day....
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