PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo, Rhode Island Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed and Director of the Department of Environmental Management Janet Coit today officially opened the new public pier at Fort Adams State Park. Construction on the pier began in April 2014 to improve public access to Narragansett Bay. “Increasing public access […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI- Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Paré and Fire Chief Clarence A. Cunha joined at City Hall this afternoon for a promotional ceremony of twenty-four members of the Providence Fire Department. “The Providence Fire Department is simply as fine as they come. I congratulate all of the firefighters being […]Load more...
Lincoln, RI – YWCA Rhode Island will host the seventh annual Women Holding Office Celebration on Monday, May 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Kirkbrae Country Club, 197 Old River Road, Lincoln. The event, which is open to the public, will feature: The premiere of a documentary about how the conversation around […]Load more...
The last time Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus performed in Rhode Island, eight acrobats suspended by their hair plummeted to the ground before a crowd of thousands. A single metal clip that held them 20 feet aloft had snapped. The women were badly hurt, some with spinal injuries so severe they could no longer […]Load more...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today that it will open the new linear park on the historic Washington Bridge in Providence on weekends beginning Saturday, May 2; this to allow the public to take advantage of the spring weather and enjoy the new bike path as soon as possible. The park will […]Load more...
NEW YORK—Robert Redford has added the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award to his list of honors for his work in front and behind the camera, and the Hollywood star said he still enjoys making movies after more than 50 years in the industry. The 78-year old, known for films such as «Butch Cassidy and the […]Load more...
GENEVA— A new report finds people who live in rural areas have far less access to health care than do city dwellers. The International Labor Organization reports 56 percent of the world’s rural populations have no health coverage compared to 22 percent who live in urban areas. New data from 174 countries reveal a huge […]Load more...
Baltimore is struggling to return to normal following a night of violence, with schools and other key parts of city life shut down. The city’s Major League Baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles, used social media to announce its second game postponement Tuesday, after canceling a game Monday night against the Chicago White Sox. «After consultation […]Load more...
A decades-long battle over wedlock for gays and lesbians reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard arguments Tuesday on whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to civil marriage, and whether states that ban gay unions must recognize same-sex marriages licensed by other states. While throngs of gay rights advocates and opponents demonstrated outside, justices […]Load more...
U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday said there’s “no excuse” for Monday night’s violence in the eastern U.S. city of Baltimore and called for those who looted and burned buildings «to be treated as criminals.» Riots erupted in the city after the funeral for 25-year-old Freddie Gray, an African-American man who died in police custody earlier […]Load more...
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