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Time Lapse: Where's the parade?
By Sheila Lennon On our Time Lapse Blog this Labor Day weekend, there's an old-time parade, but the band doesn't look like a precision unit: Their uniforms don't all quite match. Where are we? What's...
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StyleWeek Northeast closes with pops of color / Photo
By Jenna Pelletier Providence Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson A look by Jonathan Joseph Peters. It's a wrap. The spring/summer season of StyleWeek Northeast closed Friday night with three runway shows...
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Fire breaks through roof of 3-story building at Cranston intersection / Photo
By News staff The Providence Journal / Glenn Osmundson Firefighters take to the ladder trucks to pour water on the flames breaking through the roof of the three-story building Friday night. CRANSTON,...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Warwick soccer players die in crash
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Two of nine players on Warwick's Pilgrim High School girls soccer team returning from a nighttime visit to the grave of one of Rhode Island's legendary vampires are...
View ArticleRI to begin issuing veteran drivers licenses, IDs
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island veterans will now be able to get a driver's license or state ID card that includes a notation that they are a veteran. A law passed this year allows...
View ArticleWesterly man killed in motorcycle accident
By Barbara PolichettiWESTERLY, R.I. -- A 43-year-old Westerly man died Friday night after being involved in a motorcycle accident on Post Road in the area or Argyle Drive, according to police. Police,...
View ArticleGreat white shark washes ashore in Westport
By News staffLITTLE COMPTON, R.I. (WPRI) -- Two Little Compton beaches are closed after a great white shark washed ashore Saturday morning. Little Compton Police confirm that a shark washed up and that...
View ArticleAlleged child molester arrested after walking away from home confinement,...
By Tracy BretonThe Rhode Island State Police arrested Raymond D. Marr, 32, of 713 Washington St., Coventry, Saturday morning after he walked away from home confinement while out on bail on two charges...
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Reinvent RI: Small business owner blasts R.I. agency for inaction on factory...
By Paul Grimaldi Peter Johnstone photos A former Rhode Island man says the R.I. Economic Development Corporation did little to help him open a boat-building factory here, propelling him to move his...
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PolitiFact R.l. rules Gemma claim on military uniforms Pants on Fire
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Among the many issues raised during the Aug. 28 WPRI-TV-Providence Journal debate between Democrats Anthony Gemma and David Cicilline was the question of...
View ArticleTime Lapse: Ripped-up road is this week's history mystery
By Sheila LennonAt our Time Lapse blog, this weekend's history mystery is an old Rhode Island scene before it acquired the familiar landmarks we know today: R.I. road ripped up -- but where, when,...
View ArticleToday in RI history: Record rainfall, flooding
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Record rainfall through the night floods streets and low-lying areas, causing road closures at the height of the morning commute and a flood warning for the...
View ArticleLeslie sending big waves, rip currents to RI beaches this weekend
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Surf's up this weekend -- big time. That's what the state Department of Environmental Management said Friday in warning that while Hurricane Leslie may be far off in...
View Article19-year-old Providence man dies after suffering gunshot wound
By Mark ReynoldsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 19-year-old man died after he suffered an apparent gunshot wound early Saturday morning, authorities said. The victim was identified as Omar Polanco, of...
View ArticleTroopers say Massachusetts man in illegal possession of Luger handgun
By Mark ReynoldsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 29-year-old Massachusetts man was charged with unlawful possession of a 9 mm Luger handgun Friday after troopers stopped him during a patrol on Manton Avenue,...
View ArticleFive great things to do in RI this weekend
By Jenna PelletierPlayful Providence Providence parks and other recreation venues host activities throughout the weekend to celebrate the city's recent designation as a "Playful City USA." Saturday...
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'Make It Happen RI' forum ends on upbeat note
By G. Wayne Miller Providence Journal photo / Glen Osmundson Ideas from one of the panels at the R.I. Foundation two-day forum, Saturday. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An extraordinary two days of brainstorming...
View ArticleReInvent Rhode Island: Looking for leader to rebuild RI's economy, again
By Paul GrimaldiThe rebuilding of downtown Providence began in 1978 when Ron Marsella, executive director of the Providence Foundation, businessman Bruce Sundlun, U.S. Sen. Clairborne Pell, Mayor...
View ArticleIdea to create "Emerald Cities Providence" shared at Make It Happen RI
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Some people arrived at the "Make It Happen RI" forum with detailed proposals to share and talked about them with small groups. They hoped their ideas would rise to...
View ArticleBarrington man completes swim to Block Island / Video
By Richard Salit Providence Journal video / Andrew Dickerman "Just touched." That's the word about Barrington resident Trent Theroux's attempt to backstroke to Block Island all the way from Pt. Judith...
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