Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent, of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that on April 12, 2014, at approximately 10:10 p.m., members of the Wickford Barracks and Detective Bureau arrested Todd A. Byers , age 41, of 52 Mockingbird Drive, Exeter, Rhode Island on narcotics and firearm charges to include cultivation of […]readmore
Providence: Thirteen people, most of them in their 80s and 90s, have died from influenza this season, many since the arrival of the H3N2 strain of flu in late March. Rhode Island is also seeing cases of Type B strains recently. There have been 392 hospitalizations, with 40 of those occuring in the last week […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo will visit Ximedica to present the Treasury Young Leader Awards on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The Young Leader Awards are presented to Rhode Island high school juniors who have demonstrated outstanding academic excellence and service to their community. Michael Pereira, Senior Vice President and Head […]readmore
Nuala Pell, widow of the late Senator Caiborne Pell and grandmother to gubernatorial candidate, Clay Pell passed away on the morning of April 13, 2014 at Newport Hospital. She was 89 years old. Funeral arrangements are under way and the service will be held next week on April 21 in Newport at Trinity Episcopal Church […]readmore
Central Falls High School is one of 20 schools from across the country selected to present at the Breaking Ranks 2015 National Showcase. A team of students, parents, teachers, and administrators will travel to San Diego, California to the National Association of Secondary School Principals 2015 Annual Conference February 19-21. Here the group from Central Falls will […]readmore
BOSTON, April 5, 2014 – As part of the Amica Game Ball program, Amica Insurance donated $41,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital in a check presentation during the Boston Celtics game on Friday night. Comcast SportsNet personality Kyle Draper hosted the event, as Robert A. DiMuccio, president, chairman and CEO of Amica Insurance, presented the check […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Angel Taveras today kicked off a citywide street sweeping program after a snowy winter that left sand and debris on roads throughout Providence. Ward 7 City Councilman John Igliozzi joined Mayor Taveras to kick off the street sweeping initiative in the city’s Silver Lake neighborhood. «I am pleased to begin the […]readmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, announces that Troopers responded to two separate fatal motor vehicle crashes on Route 146 that occurred within a four hour period on Wednesday afternoon, April 2, 2014. The first crash occurred on April 2, 2014 at […]readmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, announces that eleven Rhode Island State Troopers will participate in the 118th running of the Boston Marathon to be held on Monday April 21, 2014. These Troopers will join over one hundred law enforcement […]readmore
The Business Workforce Center of the RI Department of Labor and Training is partnering with Workforce Partnership of Greater RI and Workforce Solutions of Providence/Cranston to host a Job Fair on Friday, April 4 at the Providence netWORKri Center, One Reservoir Avenue, in the Renaissance Room from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Date: Friday, April 4, […]readmore