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
NARRAGANSETT, RI – Four years after Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast in October 2012 and damaged several coastal wildlife refuges and marshes in Rhode Island and other communities, a new, federally-funded saltmarsh restoration project is underway within the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge on the Narrow River. Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined […]readmore
Hundreds of events highlight impact, importance of expanding apprenticeships WASHINGTON – Employers, unions, community colleges, and others are hosting hundreds of open houses and other events to commemorate the second annual National Apprenticeship Week, Nov. 14-20, 2016. <https://www.dol.gov/apprenticeship/NAW/> The department’s call to action is to register 600 events to double last year’s number. These events […]readmore