New System increases visibility and pedestrian safety PAWTUCKET – The City has announced that a new crosswalk system has been implemented at the intersection of Broadway and Blackstone Avenue which features a rectangular rapid flashing beacon with a crosswalk in-road warning light system. What separates this new crosswalk from some of the older crosswalk systems […]Load more...
LINCOLN, R.I., Aug. 2, 2016 – Amica Insurance once again received top honors for the New England region in the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Auto Insurance StudySM. This marks the fourth consecutive year in New England and the 17th year in a row that J.D. Power recognized Amica for customer satisfaction with auto insurers. Amica’s […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, RI – In conjunction with Providence’s First Responders, Councilman Michael J. Correia will tonight co-host Providence’s annual National Night Out at George J. West Park. National Night Out is a year-long community building campaign designed to heighten crime prevention awareness, generate support for anti-crime programs, and strengthen both neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. Across […]Load more...
Baker-Polito Administration Awards $280,000 in Clean Energy Grants to Massachusetts
BOSTON - August 2, 2016 - The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $280,000 in funding for seven researchers and companies developing innovative clean energy and water technologies across the Commonwealth. The funding, which comes from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's (MassCEC) Catalyst<http://www.masscec.com/innovate-clean-energy/catalyst> program, will support clean energy and water research in Amherst, Boston, Cambridge, Medford, North […]Load more...
WARWICK, R.I. – U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that Rhode Island will receive $200,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to enhance efforts to rapidly detect microcephaly and other adverse birth outcomes caused by Zika virus infection. The funding will be […]Load more...
WASHINGTON—Spencer Hartman certainly looks the part. In a black pinstripe suit, neatly parted hair and University of Nebraska lapel pin, the school’s student body president looks 21-going-on-incumbent-senator. He’s a conservative, an exotic species among his millennial peers. Hartman was one of 120 campus leaders invited to Washington this June for a conference on climate change. […]Load more...
Chris Hannas VOA News WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s outspoken style helped get him the Republican Party’s nomination for president, but his critical comments about the family of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq have brought condemnations from party officials and veterans groups. Senator John McCain said he deeply disagrees with Trump’s suggestions that those like Army Captain […]Load more...
«We would like to see America take some serious steps» against Fethullah Gulen and, while mulling Turkey’s extradition request, «put him in custody or prevent his activities» on U.S. soil, Kamil Aydin, a lawmaker from the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) told VOA. He and three other Turkish lawmakers met U.S. officials Monday at the […]Load more...
EE.UU. y Noruega trabajan en una iniciativa de desminado en Colombia a un plazo de cinco años, informó el secretario Kerry. El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos John Kerry elogió la relación de su país con Colombia y los esfuerzos de ambos países para la estabilidad de la región latinoamericana. Al término de la […]Load more...
El gobierno de Turquía pidió este martes la detención y extradición del clérigo Fethullah Gulen, quien vive en Pennsylvania y es acusado de instigar el intento de golpe de Estado del pasado 15 de julio. El ministro de Justicia turco, Bekir Bozdag dijo que la documentación explica por qué es necesario arrestar al clérigo de […]Load more...