STATE HOUSE – Here are the highlights from news and events that took place in the General Assembly this week. For more information on any of these items visit http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/News/ * New transportation funding plan would nix Sakonnet tolls A group of East Bay legislators led by Sen. Louis P. DiPalma (D-Dist. 12, Middletown, Newport, […]readmore
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The Central Falls Police Department in conjunction with the Central Falls Municipal Court will provide the public with an amnesty period for any unpaid municipal citations and tickets. The amnesty period will run from February 18th through April 15th 2014. During this time, any person who has an unpaid municipal ticket will be able to […]readmore
The Puerto Rican actress and singer Rita Moreno was honored today by the First Lady Wilma Pastrana Jimenez, who acknowledged her long career in the entertainment world. The artist, whose real name is Rosa Dolores Alverio, was received in La Fortaleza, where Governor Alejandro García Padilla, and some well-known personalities were there to recognize Rita […]readmore
Although we are in the era of modernity, there are still couples who have an old-fashioned romance, full of detail, passion and selfless love. Such is the case of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the most sensational Hollywood couple. The union of these two stars is better known as Bangelina, by the union of their […]readmore
The existential battle that rages through “RoboCop,” a nicely cast, respectable remake of the wittily corrosive 1987 Paul Verhoeven film, is less the struggle between man and machine than between the original’s pop nihilism and the bottom-line commercialism driving this new vehicle. Once again, an ordinary man, a Detroit cop, Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman), is […]readmore
Cumberland, RI– The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) released comprehensive scores today for every school and all students tested last October in grades 3-8 and 11 using the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP). Blackstone Valley Prep (BVP) Mayoral Academy has the highest percentage—94%— of eighth grade scholars who were proficient or proficient with […]readmore
Jen Burton and Bobby Gravitz bring more than three decades of combined experience in helping elect Democrats to office Cumberland (Feb. 13, 2014) – Today, Cumberland Mayor, small business owner and lieutenant governor candidate Dan McKee announced Jen Burton and Bobby Gravitz of SWAY <http://swaydc.com/> will join his campaign as media consultants. «I am pleased to announce […]readmore
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
Daughter of Rolling Stones’ rocker Mick Jagger is behind the the anti-cellulite denim, which comes packed with caffeine, algae and retinol — ingredients that claim to reduce the appearance of ‘orange peel’ skin. Daughter of Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger has teamed up with Wrangler for a new line of Denim Spa jeans, designed to […]readmore
The singer is not only set to release his tenth album ‘Sex + Love’ next month, but he’s also headlining ‘El Concierto de los Enamorados’ for the lovers in New York City. There will be more sex and love than usual in New York City this weekend, and not merely because it begins on Valentine’s […]readmore