PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 17, 2014 – Rhode Island historian and RIC Emeritus Professor J. Stanley Lemons will present “In Search of Roger Williams,” a lecture about the evolving images of the founder of Rhode Island, on Thursday, March 27, 7-8:30 p.m. in the Forman Center, Room C, at Rhode Island College, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., […]readmore
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Providence – In the month since Brett Smiley introduced his Guns and Ammunition Tax Bill to the Rhode Island General Assembly, eleven Senators and Representatives have signed on as sponsors. The list of sponsors includes Senators Goldin, Metts, DaPonte, Pichardo, Miller, and Crowley as well as Representatives Cimini, Almeida, Ajello, Williams and Handy. Smiley commented, […]readmore
Brown Medical Student, Isha Parulkar, MD sits down with Dr. Pablo Rodriguez. Isha says that she decided to pursue a career in medicine because she thought it was very important to give back to the community. She has a background in Art History and says that she is very interested in pursuing a specialty in dermatology. […]readmore
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee today signed a Proclamation announcing March 17-23, 2014, as «Diversity & Inclusion Awareness Week». The Proclamation builds off of Governor Chafee’s May 2013 Executive Order on Diversity, which had two main goals: increasing diversity in the state workforce and increasing the utilization of Minority Business Enterprises in state contracts. Governor Chafee […]readmore
Quonset, RI – Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) announced today that its Board of Directors is set to approve a 50-year lease that would make Greencore USA a new tenant at Quonset Business Park. Greencore, a convenience food manufacturer, plans to build a 107,000-square-foot facility, which would house more than […]readmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, announces the arrest of a subject this morning, who was wanted on a felony warrant and had barricaded himself in a relative’s apartment in Scituate, Rhode Island. On March 16, 2014, at approximately 4:00 p.m., a […]readmore
Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that as a result of our efforts to continue to make our highways safer, members of the Rhode Island State Police have arrested thirteen (13) subjects for Driving While Intoxicated during over the St. Patrick’s Day Weekend. In addition to […]readmore
Rhode Island – Rhode Island State Police announced the arrest of two men from Massachusetts for heroin trafficking. Gary Couto of Somerset and Steven M. Bush of Fall River were arrested during a vehicle stop on Interstate 95 in East Providence. There a police dog detected drugs in the vehichle. Police said they found and seized […]readmore
Rhode Island – The Finance Committee of the House of Representatives will be reviewing the controversial measure on the payment of tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge this week. Lawmakers will consider a proposal to use State funds and raise the rates of vehicles to maintain the new section. Residentes of the East Bay and […]readmore
RI – Colonel Steven G. O’Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of Public Safety, announces that at 1:48 AM on March 15, 2014, members of the Wickford Barracks conducted a traffic stop of two vehicles that were speeding on the Newport Bridge. The vehicles were traveling East on the Newport Bridge, side […]readmore