Update: URI will not play Penn State in 2013
By Mike Szostak SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- University of Rhode Island director of athletics Thorr Bjorn says that the Rams will not play football at Penn State in 2013. URI players tweeted recently that URI...
View ArticleR.I. Treasurer Raimondo urges 'swift passage' of same-sex marriage...
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island's General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo has voiced "strong support for marriage equality'' in letters to House Speaker Gordon Fox and Senate President...
View ArticleFederal court will hear state offer on Rocky Point next month
By Barbara PolichettiWARWICK, R.I. -- The state's bid to purchase the remainder of the Rocky Point amusement park property and preserve it as open space will be heard in federal court next month. In an...
View ArticleGov. Chafee chooses last nominee to new R.I. education board
By Jennifer D. JordanPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Late Thursday, Governor Chafee named his final appointment to the state's new unified education board that is charged with overseeing K-12 and higher education....
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View ArticleWoonsocket man, 22, charged in sale of heroin
By Donita NaylorWOONSOCKET, R.I. -- A Cottage Street man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of distributing heroin in Woonsocket, state police Col. Steven. G. O'Donnell said Thursday. After an...
View ArticleThree-story house fire in Woonsocket brought under control
By Donita NaylorWOONSOCKET, R.I. -- A three-story house fire in the 200 block of Front Street that went to a third alarm was reportedly knocked down at about 10:15 p.m. The fire was called in just...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Former RI agency director heads to prison
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Former state Rep. John J. Loughlin II has dropped out of the Republican race for the Rhode Island congressional seat held by Democrat David N. Cicilline, giving his...
View ArticleMild weather continues
By Jack PerryPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The warm weather will continue through the weekend with the temperature expected to reach 55 degrees Sunday, our weather partners at WPRI say. Rain is in the forecast...
View ArticleProvidence accepting nominations for MLK Hall of Fame
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The city of Providence is accepting nominations for the next inductees into the Martin Luther King Jr. Hall of Fame. The office of Mayor Angel Taveras says...
View ArticlePension costs to taxpayers creep higher
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The $380-million cost to Rhode Island taxpayers of the pensions provided retired state employees and teachers is rising again -- along with the state's unfunded...
View ArticleNew Bedford road rage suspect held without bail
By News staffNEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- A 19-year-old New Bedford man has been charged with stabbing a school van driver in a road rage incident as six middle school students looked on. Aaron Maldonado...
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Fire displaces tenants from 18-unit apartment complex in Woonsocket / Video
By Maria Armental Providence Journal video by Kathy Borchers By Tatiana Pina and Maria Armental Journal Staff Writers WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Malinda Brown arrived at her parents apartment building...
View ArticleBoard suspends license of Warwick pharmacist
By News staffWARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health has suspended the license of a Warwick pharmacist it says allowed unlicensed individuals to practice as pharmacy technicians....
View ArticleVideo: Lincoln Center musicians' performance part of R.I. students' jazz study
By maria caporizzo Providence Journal video by Frieda Squires PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Six members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performed for some 650 students from area schools Tuesday at RISD...
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Judge: Don't speak with media on Newport synagogue case
By News staff Courtesy of David BazarskyhotoPlans to sell a pair of the synagogue's finial bells, or rimonim, triggered the dispute. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A federal judge has told lawyers for the...
View ArticleFamilies: 2 Mansfield, Mass., women drown in Mexico
By News staffMANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Family members in Massachusetts say two women have drowned on a vacation in Mexico. Jeff Batta of Mansfield told Boston's WBZ-TV on Thursday that a third lifelong...
View ArticleR.I. House Speaker and lawmakers tour historic mill redevelopment in Coventry
By Philip MarceloCOVENTRY, R.I. -- House Speaker Gordon D. Fox and other state lawmakers on Friday toured the former Anthony Mill on the banks of the Pawtuxet River, which is being redeveloped thanks...
View ArticleWoonsocket man guilty of sexual assault of 15-year-old
By Thomas J. MorganPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Friday that Michael Jelley, 47, whose last known address was 79 Wood Ave., Woonsocket, was found guilty by a...
View ArticleR.I. congressmen appointed to Gun Violence Prevention committee
By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two members of Rhode Island's congressional delegation have been appointed to serve on a congressional task force to reduce and prevent gun violence. U.S....
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