There was a meeting last night of about 30 Portsmouth citizens to form an organization called the Island Park Crime Watch Committee, and according to multiple sources who were present, a slate of officers was elected and bylaws were approved.
Full disclosure up front: Members of this group have been involved [...]
WARWICK, R.I. -- An Oakland Beach man was arrested Thursday for allegedly dealing marijuana out of his home.
Juan J. Scott, 23, tried to flush a pound of marijuana down the toilet, as detectives with a search warrant came into his rental home at 723 Oakland Beach Ave., said Capt. Sean [...]
WARWICK, R.I. -- A local 17-year-old boy is accused of robbing the Coastway Community Bank branch at 2089 Warwick Ave. late Thursday morning.
Capt. Sean Collins said the boy had cut school that day and walked into the bank with a note for the teller. The handwritten note, riddled with misspelled [...]
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- A judge has approved a $100,000 settlement from the city of Attleboro to a teenage girl who claims her wrist was broken during a scuffle with a police officer.
Esther Durex said she was struck multiple times when she was stopped and questioned after leaving a [...]
Bill Mott, social enterpriser (founder of The Ocean Project), committed environmentalist (founder of Providence Green Drinks), and city resident would like to see the city become a little more creative in how it runs the government. Writing for RI’s Future,
Earlier [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- David L. Spector, a lawyer from Needham, Mass., is under investigation in Massachusetts and Rhode Island regarding allegations that he took more than $500,000 he was supposed to pay banks in connection with refinancings for four clients, one of them a Westerly woman, according to David D. [...]
The opening has been delayed due to the morning rain, but it should be in good shape by Saturday morning. Between 11am and 2pm 50% of proceeds benefit Skate for Joy, a non-profit that provides skating lessons [...]
