R.I. employers can seek 'express' grants to help train employees
By Kate BramsonPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fifteen Rhode Island companies have been awarded approximately $65,000 in "Express Grants" from the Governor's Workforce Board. New this year, the express grants of...
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Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected pope
By News staff AP photo VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the...
View ArticleSunlight Foundation raises R.I. Assembly transparency grade to 'D'
By Philip MarceloPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island General Assembly has gone to a 'D' from an 'F' after challenging grade it recently received from the Sunlight Foundation for its website's...
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Gorton Junior High School community objects to school's proposed closing / Photo
By Barbara PolichettiProvidence Journal photo / Barbara Polichetti WARWICK, R.I. -- Nearly 200 parents, teachers and students from Gorton Junior High School showed up at the School Committee meeting...
View ArticleBishop Tobin: 'It is springtime in the Catholic Church'
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Bishop Tobin was watching EWTN in his office, "just trying to get some biographical background on the Pope," when he sat down for a few minutes to relate how he...
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Providence's 'Tuck Everlasting' author honored with first E.B. White Award
By News staff Providence Journal files / Bill MurphyNatalie Babbitt speaks to schoolchildren in this 2008 file photo. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Natalie Babbitt, author of the 1975 classic "Tuck Everlasting,"...
View ArticleThird alarm sounded at commercial building on Elmwood Ave. in Cranston
By Donita NaylorCRANSTON, R.I. -- Firefighters have sounded a third alarm for a fire in a commercial building at Elmwood Avenue and Bedson Road. A Google Maps search indicates this was the Advantage...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage bills posted for hearing in R.I. Senate
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Same-sex marriage legislation has been posted for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, March 21. The House and Senate have been at a standoff...
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Same-sex marriage opponent introduces potential R.I. Senate compromise
By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Sen. Frank Ciccone, one of the leading same-sex marriage opponents in the Senate, introduced a bill Wednesday that would potentially allow same-gender couples in...
View ArticleMass Wednesday evening on PC campus for new Pope Francis
By News staffA mass in honor of newly elected Pope Francis will be celebrated Wednesday at 9 p.m. in St. Dominic's Chapel on the Providence College campus.
View ArticleState receiver introduces ordinances that expands powers of Central Falls mayor
By W. Zachary Malinowski CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- The state-appointed receiver introduced several ordinances Wednesday night that expand the powers of Mayor James A. Diossa, including one that may allow...
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PC professor see pope's selection as symbol of "southern" expansion of church
By Donita NaylorProvidence Journal photo / Frieda SquiresPC students Emily Corr, left, and Laila Ettefagh join other students watching the new Pope on a big screen in St. Dominic's Chapel on the PC...
View ArticleAmid assault weapons debate, Whitehouse suggests separate vote to eliminate...
By Mike StantonAs the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed the last of four bills Thursday aimed at reducing gun violence in America, including a ban on assault weapons, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse isn't...
View ArticleBoston Phoenix to cease publication; Providence Phoenix to continue
By Andy SmithBOSTON -- The Boston Phoenix, the 47-year-old alternative weekly newspaper and flagship of The Phoenix Media/Communications Group, will cease publication. Owner and publisher Stephen...
View ArticlePolice charge East Greenwich High student with firearm possession
By Thomas J. MorganEAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- An East Greenwich High School student was charged Thursday with possession of a firearm while on school grounds. Detective Sgt. Jon T. Chirnside said that the...
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Minister who backs same-sex marriage takes issue with Bishop Tobin statement
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- "There is nothing 'eminently reasonable' -- or Christian -- about legalizing discrimination against family, friends and fellow Rhode Islanders,'' the Rev. Gene...
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Providence man shot while working on car
By Thomas J. Morgan Providence Journal photo / Bob ThayerThe shooting scene on Broad Street. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An early afternoon shooting Thursday is believed gang-related, according to Deputy...
View ArticleNew England Tech gets $2.5 million to open shipbuilding, advance...
By Paul Edward ParkerNew England Institute of Technology has received a $2.5 million federal stimulus grant to develop a shipbuilding and advanced manufacturing institute and a $50,000 Rhode Island...
View ArticleFire burns second, third floors of house on Social St. in Providence
By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A fire in a three-story house at 42 Social St. sent two firefighters and a bystander to the hospital, Deputy Chief James Mirza said Thursday afternoon. Mirza said...
View ArticleHigher state college tuition in Connecticut advances
By News staffHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's state universities moved a step closer to increasing tuition for nearly 100,000 students. The Finance Committee of the Board of Regents for Higher...
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