Rhode Island high-school students fared well compared with their peers in the region and improved their performance overall, according to assessment results that the R.I. Department of Education (RIDE) released today (February 13, 2014). Rhode Island students in grade 11 improved by 2 percentage points, to 81 percent proficiency, in reading, and by 2 percentage […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Angel Taveras joined with City Council President Michael Solomon and community and faith leaders on Wednesday evening to officially induct three exceptional Providence community advocates into the 11th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall of Fame. Each year, inductees are honored for carrying on the legacy of the late […]readmore
Rhode Island – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent, of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces the arrest of three men on drug distribution charges by the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force. The arrests are the result of an investigation that began during the last week of January […]readmore
Providence, R.I. (February 11, 2014) – At the meeting of the Providence School Board last night, Board members heard a presentation from staff that highlighted an increase in graduation rate and 3-year positive trend in dropout rates. Graduation rates are up from 65.2% last year to 71.4%, and the dropout rate is down from 20.5% […]readmore
Providence – Providence police are searching for a man who tried to rob a Bank of America branch. Police said the suspect went into the bank at 575 Charles St. at about 11:20 a.m. on Feb.3. Providence police have an arrest warrant for 50-year-old Steven Morris wanted for one count of assault with intent to […]readmore
Providence – Bonnie Nickerson, Director of Long-Range Planning in the city of Providence’s Department of Planning and Development, will be a featured speaker in a special panel presentation at the 2014 Smart Growth annual conference, this week in Denver, Colorado. The presentation: «What We Did, How We Did It and Why We Are Better For […]readmore
Robert Ricci, 29-year veteran of city government and has served in this capacity for 14 years, named to U.S. Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council Leadership Providence -Robert L. Ricci, Esq., director of Workforce Solutions of Providence / Cranston and the capital city’s workforce office, has been named to the 2014 Board of Trustees of […]readmore
Providence, RI- On February 2, 2014 at approximately 2052 hours Providence Police were dispatched to 145 Colfax Street for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival police observed the victim lying on the floor bleeding from the abdomen. The victim was identified as George Holland II, age 17 of Providence. He was transported to RI […]readmore
On Sunday, February 9, 2014 at 12:30 pm Members of the Rhode Island State Police Detective Division arrested Andrew Silvestri, age 19, of 21 Harris Street, East Providence Rhode Island for the alleged crimes of Indecent Solicitation of a Child and Possession of Child Pornography. On Saturday, February 8, 2014 members of the Rhode Island […]readmore
Providence, RI – Today, Rep. Jim Langevin (RI-2) urged Rhode Island residents to use the IRS and Rhode Island Free File programs to save money at tax time. These programs allow roughly 70 percent of all taxpayers to use name-brand tax preparation software to prepare and file their federal and state returns online for free. […]readmore