The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island has risen for the fourth straight week, although it has increased by just a penny over the last seven days, according to AAA Southern New England.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $2.789 [...]
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- Schools officials could cut three teaching jobs and order school principals to spend less on lighting and telephones when the School Committee meets.
The committee could vote to defer the purchase of certain new school books, according to the panel's chairwoman, Janice Mele.
Officials face pressure to cut a [...]
Former Textron executive Bill Clegg. whose interest in running for Representative Patrick J. Kennedy's soon-to-be-vacated seat was first reported by N4N, has made it official. He's in the GOP primary. And retired Superior Court Judge Mark Pfeiffer tells the ProJo he's weighing a Republican run as well.
Not great news, [...]
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) -- A lawsuit brought by Mattapoisett residents who say their property values dropped after a barge spilled nearly 100,000 gallons of oil in Buzzards Bay in 2003 is scheduled to start.
The New Bedford Standard-Times reports that the class action suit begins Monday in Brockton Superior Court.
The suit [...]
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- The police say a 66-year-old Fall River woman fought off a man trying to abduct her by bashing him in the face repeatedly with a rock and forcing him to flee with blood pouring from his wounds.
The police say the woman was warned by another [...]
REHOBOTH, Mass. (AP) -- A Rehoboth mother accused of beating her 2-year-old son to death is headed to court to face a murder charge.
Kim Peno is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Taunton District Court.
Authorities say her son, Timothy Peno died Friday, one day after being brought to a hospital [...]
WARWICK -- A 55-year-old East Providence man was charged with driving under the influence after he rolled over his vehicle on Route 37, authorities said Sunday night.
Steven Brodeur was headed east around 1:55 p.m. when his vehicle, a 1997 Ford Ranger, glanced off a guardrail on the left side of [...]
The funeral for Gregory Hart, the 23-year-old from Dedham, Mass., whose body was found last week in the Woonasquatucket River, is set for Monday at 9 a.m. in Norwood, Mass.
The funeral will be held at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 547 Washington St., according to the Gillooly Funeral Home [...]
Monday's Providence Journal front page reports that the U.S. House of Representatives passed historic health-care legislation Sunday, and a story by John E. Mulligan explains the personal nature of the vote for U.S. Reps. James R. Langevin and Patrick Kennedy, of Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Authorities say four adults, a child and a dog have been bitten by a suspected rabid fox in a Providence neighborhood.
The fox terrorized the Reservoir neighborhood and made people afraid to leave their homes for about 10 hours on Sunday before the animal was captured and [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After a stretch of gorgeous weather, rain is on the way and we could have more problems with flooding, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service has issued a flood watch for late Monday night and Tuesday, saying, "The heavy rainfall will likely fall" [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Testimony resumes Monday in the trial of a Providence police officer accused of raping a woman while on duty.
The sexual assault trial of Marcus Huffman opened last week in Providence Superior Court. The 22-year-old woman who accuses Huffman of raping her in March 2007 [...]
Wow. Now the real work begins. [...] 
Seems worth noting that Julian Casablancas will be in town tomorrow night, perhaps to redeem his reputation. When last seen in these parts (at the old Lupo’s) he and the rest of the recently-annointed and totally doushy Strokes played with zero energy [...]
On the local front:
A year ago today:
With dramatic photographs of icebergs and polar bears and lyrical descriptions of dangers and beauty, a French explorer speaking in Newport describes sailing his 75-foot sloop through the fabled Northwest Passage last summer in an effort to show the dramatic consequences of climate [...]
Our Rep. Patrick Kennedy released this statement tonight on the historic passage of health care reform. Deserves reading at length.
“Today marks a victory that has been a long time coming. Longer than the last year, since the White House Forum on Health Care Reform, that health care reform has dominated [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy today invoked the memories of both his father, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, in urging passage of the Democratic health-care bill "on behalf of the 21% of my state's constituents under the age of 65 who" [...]
By Alisha A. Pina
Journal Staff Writer
NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. -- A 21-year-old Charlestown man was seriously injured during a four-car collision on Route 2 Saturday night.
Justin Geer, of Hilltop Drive, Charlestown, R.I., was driving eastbound in the area of Milltown Road when his Volkswagon Passat crossed over the double [...]
