Ken Bredemeier/VOA News The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign is almost over, but not before Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton embarked on a marathon of rallies a day ahead of Tuesday’s national election. Trump, the blunt-spoken real estate mogul ending his first campaign for elected office, headed to five states in an effort to […]readmore
Ramon Taylor/VOA News NEW YORK — Sisters Rammy Hassan and Sara Bosompel came to the United States from Ghana 12 years ago on the same day, with the same dream: to earn a living as a citizen of the country. As voters in this year’s presidential election, they want a leader who will recognize the economic […]readmore
Jeff Swicord/VOA News Faith Loudon grabs one of the dozens of shopping bags lined-up across the floor of Trump headquarters in Pasadena, Maryland and empties the contents. The bags are for precinct greeters to use at the polls to sway voters toward Republican candidates. “I’ve been doing this for 30 years,” Loudon says showing us […]readmore
RI – Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Acting Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, announces the arrest of three New Jersey residents after Troopers seized forty-nine (49) glass vials containing MDMA (Molly) during a motor vehicle stop. On Saturday, November 5, 2016, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Troopers […]readmore
CRANSTON, RI—On the heels of a successful first performance at Cranston Stadium this past summer, the annual Fourth of July Drum and Bugle Corps Competition Summer Music Preview will return to the city once again in 2017, Cranston Mayor Allan W. Fung announced Monday. The 28th annual show, which features drum and bugle corps from […]readmore
Groundbreaking ceremony at the WaterFire Arts Center Providence, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo We all know how special WaterFire Providence is to Rhode Island. It’s a shining example of how the arts can be an economic driver and create jobs. Everywhere I travel, people bring up WaterFire- I tell them, come visit Rhode Island and […]readmore
Cranston – On November 2, 2016 the Cranston Police Department Detective Division received information that a male subject would be selling a large quantity of counterfeit merchandise at a yard sale on November 4, 2016 in the City of Cranston. Detectives identified a suspect and located the yard sale as 45 Cliffdale Avenue. Upon further […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today appointed Tina Cane of Rumford as Rhode Island Poet Laureate. Cane replaces Rick Benjamin, who resigned late last year to accept a teaching and administrative position at the University of California, Santa Barbara. «I am thrilled to have Tina serve as our new State Poet Laureate,» said […]readmore
Palm Beach Gardens, FL – November 4, 2016 – NTB® Tire & Service Centers (http://www.ntb.com/) is pleased to announce the opening of its newest location in East Providence, RI. This is the first NTB location in the state. The store is located at 520 Taunton Avenue. The store is equipped with eight service bays and […]readmore
PODCAST LPR NEWS Warwick – U.S. Senators Jack Reed joined, Governor Gina Raimondo U.S. Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin, state and community leaders at the grand opening of the new Marine Trades, Shipfitting and Welding Program at the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center (WACTC). The new training being offered will build on the […]readmore