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Rhode Island State Police and medical examiner work the area at Exit 7 on Route 95 South where human remains were found in the woods.
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- The Rhode Island State Police are working to identify a [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Calling the magnitude of the local-aid cuts in Governor Carcieri's deficit-elimination plan an "extraordinary disappointment,'' Senate Democratic leaders on Wednesday said they "cannot rule out'' tax increases as a possible alternative.
"Can't rule that out at this point,'' said Senate Majority Leader Daniel Connors, D-Cumberland, during" [...]
Time again for the Geek Dinner at AS220. Providence DiJiPop will be presenting, after which everyone should head over to ‘the 201′ for The Dose Holiday Extravaganza.
The goal of Providence Geeks is to help Rhode Island’s digital innovators connect, collaborate, and ultimately [...]
Providence Journal photo / Connie Grosch
The Most Rev. Robert C. Evans was ordained Tuesday as Titular Bishop of Acque regie and Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence. Almost three dozen bishops and archbishops and one cardinal, as well as hundreds of priests [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state's chief medical examiner has announced that he will take a higher-paying job in Connecticut early next year after earning credit for turning around a problem-plagued office during the past three years, according to the Health Department.
But the departure of Thomas P. Gilson will leave [...]
WARWICK, R.I. -- A 17-year-old Providence boy was arrested Tuesday in connection with a robbery and shooting at a house in the Pontiac neighborhood in October.
The boy, who is not identified because he is a juvenile, was the third person arrested after the home invasion at an apartment at [...]
AP Photo/The Norwich Bulletin, Aaron Flaum
Dairy farmer Brad Davis carries Moses, a Jersey Holstein calf mix at the farm of Brad Davis and Megan Johnson, right, in Sterling, Conn.
STERLING, Conn. (AP) -- A holy cow in Connecticut, perhaps? Or maybe a divine bovine?
A [...]
From RIAC
December Intermodal UpdateThe Intermodal project is at 64% complete, on schedule and within budget. Project highlights to date include the completion of the curtain wall spanning the length of the skywalk, installation of escalators at the TEI and the connection of the east and west garages over [...]
The decline in passenger traffic at T.F. Green and two other second-tier New England airports is casting a shadow on their credit ratings, according to rating firm Standard & Poor's.
Green, Bradley International in Connecticut and Machester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire have all seen the outlook on' [...]
Word is that the DRC will not be considering the 35 Weybosset Facade at this month’s meeting, the applicant, O’Connor Properties, has requested a postponement. The next time the DRC may consider [...]
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man wanted in connection with a Nov. 16 armed robbery in North Providence was arrested Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla.
Victor "Tito" Otero, 30, is being held by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Department of Corrections pending a Dec. 31 pre-trial detention hearing, according to corrections records.
Otero, of [...]
MADISON, Conn. (AP) -- A Rhode Island teenager is suing a Connecticut town he says broke the law and violated his privacy by putting his name on an arrest log posted on the Internet.
The 18-year-old's lawyer and other legal observers say the lawsuit against the town of Madison may be [...]
EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) -- A Rhode Island woman has pleaded not guilty to a charge of embezzling almost $335,000 from the company that runs East Lyme's school lunch program.
Authorities say Westerly resident Beverly Howard needed to repay about $382,000 in gambling losses, mostly at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
She pleaded not [...]
Three upcoming fundraising holiday parties are being held to support Elizabeth Dennigan as she tries to unseat Jim Langevin for House District 2.
Wednesday, December 2, 5:30-7:30 PM
Gallery at 17 Peck
303 Atwells Avenue, Providence
Hosts: Maryellen Butke & Jo O'Connell
Thursday, December 3, 5:30-7:00 PM
Sonoma [...]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared all of Rhode Island and several counties in Connecticut and Massachusetts as "primary natural disaster areas" for farmers because of the rain and low temperatures last summer.
The declaration makes farmers eligible for low-interest federal loans in the next eight months as well [...]
U.S. Army veteran Chris Pinto, 23, steps off the fishing vessel Revolution in Westport, Mass. On Friday, the Work Vessels for Veterans charity presented the 39-foot fishing boat to Pinto, who served two tours in Iraq as an infantryman. (AP Photo, New Bedford Standard Times, John [...]
Brad and Rosemarie Randall Troopers say Lisa Ramos of Canterbury turned herself in at [...]
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. [...]
BOSTON, Mass. -- A federal appeals court Thursday upheld a lower court decision clearing a Rhode Island State Police trooper of wrongdoing in connection to a 2003 raid on Narragansett tribal land.
Adam Jennings, an employee of the tribe's smoke shop in Charlestown, charged that Trooper Kenneth Jones had used [...]
BOSTON, Mass. -- A federal appeals court Thursday upheld a lower court decision clearing a Rhode Island State Police trooper of wrongdoing in connection to a 2003 raid on Narragansett tribal land.
Adam Jennings, an employee of the tribe's smoke shop in Charlestown, charged that Trooper Kenneth Jones had used [...]
CRANSTON, R.I. -- An inmate at the Adult Correctional Institutions who claimed to be the president of the Statewide Prison Chapter of the NAACP in filing a racial-profiling suit against top state officials has no connection with the NAACP, Clifford Montiero, director for all NAACP activities in Rhode [...]
EAST LYME, Conn. (AP) -- Authorities say a Rhode Island woman's gambling debts led her to embezzle almost $335,000 from the company that runs East Lyme's school lunch program.
Westerly resident Beverly Howard was arraigned Wednesday on a charge of first-degree larceny in New London Superior Court. She did not enter [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An off-duty Connecticut police officer ended up in custody on Saturday after he pulled a loaded gun on a man outside a downtown nightclub.
Joshua P. Clark, a Willimantic police officer, had just left the Level II nightclub at around 2 a.m. with several friends when, they told [...]
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods on Thursday reported a 4-percent decline in slot revenue in October, netting $54.8 million for the month.
"Despite the fact that we've seen a slight decrease in revenue compared to October of last year, our'" [...]
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- The police have charged two people in connection with recent robberies of local markets, and the two are expected to be arraigned in District Court, Providence.
The arrests were made Sunday after the police were called to La Esperanza Market, at 1234 Broad St., for the [...]
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Travis Garcia, 18, of Coventry, is scheduled for arraignment Monday for murder in the strangling death of Jeannine Garcia, 32, of Providence. Garcia, who is not related to the victim, was arrested last Sunday in Clinton, Conn., after he crashed her [...]
