RIDOT chief tells legislators: Tolls on Sakonnet bridge will start this summer
By Andrea PancieraPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State Transportation Director Michael Lewis told a legislative committee Thursday that the state will start collecting tolls on the new Sakonnet River Bridge this...
View ArticleRI Senate panel would have DMV post wait times on its website
By Bruce LandisPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Draft recommendations before a Senate commission on the state Division of Motor Vehicles would have the DMV post wait times at its offices on its website. The...
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Foot of snow falls in some Mass. towns
By News staff AP photo A Subaru Outback is rolled over on Rt 20 in Charlton, near the Sturbridge line, blocking part of the westbound lane Friday. BOSTON (AP) -- The National Weather Service reported...
View ArticleRemember to set clocks for daylight saving time
By News staffWASHINGTON (AP) -- It's the weekend to spring ahead for daylight saving time. Most Americans will get an hour less sleep but will gain an hour more of evening sunlight in the coming...
View ArticleNorth Providence official's stepdaughter charged in crash
By Donita NaylorNORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The stepdaughter of Town Council President Kristen J. Catanzaro was charged Wednesday with conspiracy and obstructing justice after her father called police to...
View ArticleThousands of unemployed in R.I. face 10-percent benefit cut in April due to...
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As a result of the March 1 automatic federal budget cuts known as the "sequester," Rhode Islanders receiving unemployment benefits paid by the federal government...
View ArticleNo verdict today in Johnston dismemberment slaying trial
By maria caporizzoPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The jury did not reach a verdict Friday afternoon in the case of a Johnston man accused of stabbing his wife to death and dismembering her body. Donald Greenslit,...
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Smithfield police get warrant to arrest Democratic campaign consultant
By Katherine Gregg ROBERT HOROWITZ PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Veteran Democratic campaign consultant Robert Horowitz was headed over to the Smithfield Police Department on Friday, to turn himself in after a...
View ArticleGovernor Chafee appoints Patrick Guida as vice-chair of new RI education board
By Linda BorgPROVIDENCE - Governor Chafee has appointed Eva-Marie Mancuso and Patrick A. Guida chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the Rhode Island Board of Education. Mancuso is Managing Partner of...
View ArticleGovernor Chafee names two to RIPTA board
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two positions on the board of the Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority came closer to being filled Friday when Governor Chafee nominated one man and...
View ArticleProvidence surgeon's license suspended over 'excessive' narcotic prescriptions
By Felice FreyerPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Health Director Michael D. Fine has pulled the license of orthopedic surgeon Christopher Huntington after finding the doctor wrote "excessive" and "inappropriate"...
View ArticleWomen's Center and Crossroads shelter form partnership
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Women's Center of Rhode Island has signed an agreement fo partner with Crossroads Rhode Island in addressing the link between domestic violence and homelessness....
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Snow ending, colder, drier air on the way
By Jack Perry Journal photo/ Mary MurphyA plow clears slushy snow from Route 95 by the Smith Street overpass in Providence Friday morning. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The snow that has been whipping through...
View ArticleMeteorologist: Temperature, terrain protects R.I. from brunt of snowstorm
By Donita NaylorNational Weather Service meteorologists at the forecasting center in Taunton, Mass., saw Rhode Island's lack of snow in the persistent storm as an interesting phenomenon. Meteorologist...
View ArticleSquaring off over whether R.I. license plate stickers should stay or go
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Some legislators and most of the police are squaring off with the governor over the small stickers that are supposed to be on Rhode Island vehicle registration plates....
View ArticleTime Lapse: Happy birthday, where are we?
By Sheila LennonThis weekend's Rhode Island history mystery at our Time Lapse blog has old cars and a couple of buildings that are still there, for a change: This town is celebrating a birthday; where...
View ArticleToday in RI history
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: The Providence police are investigating an embezzlement of about $200,000 from the Urban League of Rhode Island. An assistant chief officer with the Urban League...
View ArticleRI students to square off in academic decathlon
By News staffWARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- More than 180 students from 17 Rhode Island high schools are set to compete in an academic decathlon in subjects ranging from music to mathematics. The 30th annual...
View ArticleTwo men looking to buy MacBook robbed in Providence
By Tracy BretonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two Massachusetts men who came to Providence Friday night to buy a MacBook computer advertised on craigslist encountered an unpleasant surprise when they arrived to...
View ArticleMan robs Providence laundromat at knifepoint
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Police are searching for a man who held up a laundromat at knifepoint in Providence early Saturday morning. Officers were called to Laundromax at 932 Atwells Avenue...
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