STATE HOUSE — Representative Brian C. Newberry (R-District 48 North Smithfield, Burrillville) will welcome «Leaders Against Litter» from Keep Blackstone Valley Beautiful on April 11th – April 13th. Volunteers will set up a table outside the doors of the House chamber, before session, to educate state leaders and the public about the environmental hazards of […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI— Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan (Ward 5) announced that local basketball legend Christina Batastini has joined the Pleasant View Recreation Center as a part-time staff member. Christina was named one of the most influential Rhode Island sports figures in the last hundred years by The Providence Journal, and is a member of the New England […]readmore
PROVIDENCE RI – Providence Community Library y la Feria del Libro y las Artes de Providence, dan inicio el primer concurso literario en español “Letras De Little Rhody” en las categorías Poesía y Cuentos con el fin de promover la literatura y los escritores latinos de Rhode Island. La fecha de entrega de los trabajos […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Troopers from the Rhode Island State Police Commercial Enforcement Unit earlier today conducted a mock truck inspection for about 100 landscape contractors from throughout New England to help promote compliance with motor vehicle laws and safety regulations. Troopers Bergeron and Pasley conducted the inspection during the Northeast Hardscape Exhibition at the Rhode […]readmore
JAMESTOWN, R.I. – The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) would like to announce the completion of the full rehabilitation of the Newport Pell Bridge steel superstructure. This project started in 2009 and cost nearly $100 million dollars to complete. It included an environmentally conscious, commercial blast removal of the existing protective coatings and […]readmore
SCITUATE, RI – Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announces that members of the Rhode Island State Police Scituate Barracks and members of the Major Crimes Unit arrested a Woonsocket man in connection with a fatal car crash that occurred on Interstate […]readmore
«Here we go again» said Lynch, referring to the most recent Republican effort to mislead people. «Creating facts, intentionally misleading people and ignoring the truth may have worked for the Trump campaign, but Rhode Islanders are smarter than that» said Lynch. «After suffering through decades of Republican and Republican-lite governors in RI, Governor Raimondo is […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on the demotion of Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief political strategist, from the National Security Council’s principal’s committee: «Steve Bannon had no business being on the National Security Council to begin with. […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo has ordered the Rhode Island flag to be flown at half-staff at all state facilities and buildings in honor of former Senate President Pro Tempore William A. Walaska. The flag will be lowered beginning Thursday, April 6 and return to full staff at sunrise on Monday, April 10. […]readmore
On April 6, 2017 at 12:13 am the Pawtucket Police Department responded to a reported motor vehicle accident in the vicinity of 350 Walcott Street, Pawtucket. Upon arrival officers found a single car accident. The car had struck a pole and the car split in half. Officers found two fatalities on scene and a third […]readmore