PROVIDENCE, RI— The Providence City Council Committee on Finance tonight approved a tax stabilization agreement with Vision Development Inc. that brings a $56 million new construction project to downtown Providence. The Canal Street Project marks the city’s first concrete and steel commercial development in years and is expected to generate at least 100 construction jobs […]readmore
Colonel Michael Winquist, Chief of the Cranston Police Department, announces the arrest of Robert Burley, age 34, of 2015 Broad St (Apt 106), after an investigation into a domestic stabbing which occurred in the City of Cranston. On May 9, 2017 at approximately 1:33 AM, the Cranston Police Department was contacted by the Warwick Police, […]readmore
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jack Reed (D-RI), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on the results of the presidential election in South Korea: «We congratulate Moon Jae-in on his election victory in South Korea. While South Korea has been through a […]readmore
Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), a senior member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey: «The firing of FBI Director Comey today, while he was in the midst of investigating the President’s ties to the Russian government, is deeply disturbing and raises […]readmore
Nine men will graduate from innovative job-readiness program at Roger Williams University’s Providence campus on Wednesday evening PROVIDENCE, RI – Nine men will graduate on Wednesday, May 10, from «Pivot the Hustle,» an innovative program that helps Rhode Island inmates turn their lives around and head toward productive careers. Roger Williams University’s School of Continuing […]readmore
THREE PROVIDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOLS RECEIVE AN INFUSION OF THE ARTS THROUGH NATIONAL TURNAROUND ARTS PROGRAM Turnaround Arts, a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, infuses struggling schools with the arts as strategy to help close the opportunity gap and provide equitable access to arts and music education Washington, D.C. (May […]readmore
CENTRAL FALLS – On May 6, 2017 at approximately 8:00pm, members of the Central Falls Police Department’s Special Investigative Unit (SIU) apprehend 28-year-old Delfino Catalan Vargas while he was parked in the area of Bagley Street and Lonsdale Avenue after receiving information that he was distributing narcotics from his vehicle in the vicinity of nearby […]readmore
Vienna, Austria – 9 May 2017: A study in 65 countries has revealed low adoption of International Atomic Energy Agency recommendations to reduce nuclear cardiology radiation exposure. The research is presented today at ICNC 2017 by Dr Edward Hulten, a cardiologist at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, USA.1 Nuclear cardiology uses small […]readmore
Providence, RI – The American Lung Association in Rhode Island is supporting LUNG FORCE during National Women’s Lung Health Week (May 7 – 13) by turning local landmarks turquoise in an effort to raise awareness and defeat lung cancer. LUNG FORCE is a fast-growing initiative uniting the nation against lung cancer, the #1 cancer killer […]readmore
JAMESTOWN, R.I. – The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) announced today that it will begin a significant structural rehabilitation project on the Newport Pell Bridge. As an iconic and vital asset to the State of Rhode Island, it is incumbent upon RITBA to maintain and preserve the bridge to extend its life. To […]readmore