Providence, RI (October 9, 2018) – Nordstrom today announced plans to close its full-line store at Providence Place in Providence, Rhode Island. Originally opened in August 1999, the store will serve customers through Friday, January 4, 2019. «The decision to close a store is always a tough one for us because we know it impacts both […]Load more...
Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted has entered into an agreement with the D.E. Shaw Group to acquire a 100% equity interest in Rhode Island-based Deepwater Wind at a purchase price of USD 510 million. Jointly, the two developers have a US offshore wind portfolio of projects of around 8.8GW. The acquisition will create a ”leading US […]Load more...
Senate Candidate Bob Flanders Charges Senator Whitehouse with Abusing his
Calls on Whitehouse to Release Full Chronology of Interactions with False Rape Accuser Jeffrey Catalan of Tiverton WARWICK, RI- As the full Senate prepares to vote on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh this weekend, Senate candidate Bob Flanders charges Senator Sheldon Whitehouse with abusing his seat on the Senate judiciary Committee, and with disgracing his […]Load more...
Pawtucket, RI –The award winning Blackwood Brothers Quartet will perform a one night only concert at Woodlawn Baptist Church, 337 Lonsdale Avenue, Pawtucket on Friday, October 12, 2018 at 7:00 PM., with warm-up group Just Us 4 at 6:30. Since their founding in 1934 the name «Blackwood Brothers» has become synonymous with Gospel Music, […]Load more...
VOA News/Carla Babb PENTAGON — The U.S. service member killed Thursday in southern Afghanistan was conducting combat operations against Taliban forces, a defense official told VOA. International forces in the country had announced earlier in the day, without providing details, that one American service member had been killed in action. A press release said the death […]Load more...
LINCOLN, RI – Lt. Governor Dan McKee joined with Lincoln Town Administrator Joseph Almond and Bernard Georges, Founder and CEO of New Bridges for Haitian Success, to announce the donation of an ambulance and 10 sets of rescue gear to Belle-Anse, a Haitian community without a hospital or emergency transportation. The Town of Lincoln worked with […]Load more...
Giffords Endorses Representative David Cicilline for Reelection to Congress in
The endorsement comes as part of the Giffords #VoteCourage Campaign to elect gun reform candidates nationwide Washington, DC — Giffords, the gun safety organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly, announced its endorsement of David Cicilline in Rhode Island’s first congressional district. Statement from former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, co-founder of Giffords: […]Load more...
Parts of the highway hadn’t been resurfaced in 20 years The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today marked the completion of two projects to resurface stretches of I-95 in Warwick and Pawtucket – much of it not touched in 20 years. The segments are part of a $90 million investment in pavement this year […]Load more...
A boil water advisory is in place for the Prudence Island Water District because E. coli bacteria was found in the water supply. A list of streets that are affected is available online. The entire water district is affected by the boil water advisory. Residents on private wells or on Prudence Park Water Coop are not […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina Raimondo’s Gun Safety Working Group today released its final report, which includes dozens of recommendations for reducing gun violence, including proposals to strengthen mental health resources in schools, prohibit concealed-carry weapons on school grounds, ban high-capacity magazines, strengthen our permitting laws, and improve statewide data collection on firearms. The Gun Safety Working […]Load more...