PROVIDENCE, RI - Mayor Jorge Elorza today announced a Winter Swim program which includes free swim lessons and activities at Pleasant View Elementary School on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this winter. "I'm excited to announce the Winter Swim Program and I hope families throughout the city will participate," said Mayor Elorza. "This […]readmore
Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces that an arrest has been made as a result of an investigation of a fatal fire that claimed the life of a local woman and her unborn baby. On November 13, 2015, at approximately 7:42pm the Cranston Fire Department was dispatched to a house […]readmore
Rhode Island offers companies access to research and development and other partners to help them grow PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo, with Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor, today launched three new innovation-focused incentive programs aimed at jumpstarting Rhode Island’s economy. Applications for the Innovation Vouchers, Industry Cluster Grants and Innovation Network Matching Grants […]readmore
Cranston – Firefighters found the body of 32-year-old Aliss Collins Friday night inside a third-floor apartment on Marcy Street. Collins and her unborn child were pronounced dead at a hospital. The Rhode Island Department of Health revealed Wednesday that Collins died from multiple blunt force trauma head injuries, along with smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide […]readmore
Providence, RI. – NOV. 5, 2015 – Rhode Island earned a “B” on the 2015 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card. Rhode Island’s preterm birth rate was 8.6 percent in 2014, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The rate exceeded the new March of Dimes 2020 goal of 8.1 percent. “This detailed […]readmore
Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces that a local restaurant owner and private school teacher was arrested this afternoon for two counts of second degree sexual assault. Two female employees alleged that they were assaulted by the business owner inside his restaurant identified as PieZoni’s, located at 40 Sockanosset […]readmore
November 5, 2015 — Providence, R.I. – National Grid and the Office of the Rhode Island Attorney General are once again warning National Grid customers to beware of the latest on-going episode of utility billing scams. As has been the case several times in the past few years, the Attorney General’s office and National Grid’s […]readmore
Will fund everything from free, statewide spay/neuter for needy pet owners to re-opening the seal pool at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. PROVIDENCE,RI – The Rhode Island Foundation announced today that it has awarded nearly $500,000 in grants to fund 28 animal welfare programs across the state ranging from underwriting a free statewide spay […]readmore
WARWICK, R.I. – Representative Joseph M. McNamara, chair of the Rhode Island Democratic Party, announced today the Party will host its second Democratic Presidential Debate Watch Party, on Saturday, November 14 at 8:30 p.m. – one-half hour before the debate begins at 9 p.m. The watch party will be held at Trinity Brewhouse, 186 Fountain […]readmore
Por lprriPublished: October 30, 2015Massachusetts – El Gobernador Charlie Baker dice que la agencia de bienestar infantil del estado examinara los casos que tuvo a su cargo un trabajador social luego de que se descubriera que copio informes antiguos para preparar las evaluaciones de la madre de Bella Bond la pequeña de 2 años de edad […]readmore