Chris Evans: ‘I’ll take a little break from acting’ after fulfilling Marvel contract Actor Chris Evans told Glamour UK that he plans to take a break from acting after his contract with Marvel is up. Savor Chris Evans on screen while you can. The «Captain America» star is planning a hiatus from acting once he’s […]readmore
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PROVIDENCE, RI – ArtPlace America has announced that the City of Providence’s Department of Art, Culture + Tourism is a finalist in the 2014 grant award competition for the city’s innovative Three Squares: Creative Placemaking at Providence’s Neighborhood-Based Community Transit Hubs submission. Providence is one of 97 finalists among 1,270 applications, and submitted a cooperative proposal with the […]readmore
For the year of 2013, Rhode Island had the second worst unemployment rate in the country at 9.5 percent. Only Nevada came first with an unemployment rate of 9.8 percent. These figures are according to revised state-by-state figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. For nearly the entire year, Nevada maintained an […]readmore
Three children are lucky to be alive after they fell through the ice on a pond in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. A neighbor who lives nearby said he saw the children playing and warned them about the dangers of falling in. A few seconds later, he was calling 911. He brought the children to his […]readmore
On Sunday morning, one man was stabbed to death and his brother sustained minor injuries on Federal Hill in Providence. Police have one suspect in custody and are looking for additional suspects. The suspect in custody was identified as Eric Souza, 29, of Assonet, Massachusetts. The victims in the double stabbing were found in the […]readmore
Rhode Island – Rhode Island Housing announced that it has received federal tax credits for two developments to provide 107 affordable housing in the city of Providence. One project will be at Sankofa Apartments which will include 50 rental units at an affordable price on vacant land in the neighborhood of West Elmwood. The second […]readmore
Rhode Island – A Missouri man pleads guilty to sex trafficking when he took a 17 year old with disabilities from Massachusetts to Rhode Island. Stephen Ardrey, 30, admitted that he met the girl online and contacted her for several months, until last September when he met her in Medfield, Massachusetts where he later took her […]readmore
Rhode Island – A man from Swansea, Mass. who robbed five banks in Rhode Island and Massachusetts over a period of 26 days in 2012 was sentenced to 105 months in federal prison. Scott Niemic 36, pled guilty to charges of bank robbery in October. Authorities said Niemic handed threatening notes to the teller in […]readmore
Rhode Island – The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLU for its acronym in English) has filed a lawsuit fees charged by the state authorities and correctional police by public records. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of a group of residents of Olneyville to which they are being charged $ 2.0000 per […]readmore
Rhode Island – Block Island Residents remain divided regarding the proposal to install wind turbines on its coast. More than 100 residents came to the public meeting last night at which exposed the Deepwater Wind project $ 300 million, some favoring the project say that this would reduce the high prices paid for energy, while […]readmore