WEST GREENWICH, R.I. -- As the last of 421 school swine flu clinics wrapped up on Tuesday afternoon, state health director David Gifford announced plans to make the vaccine available to the broader population over the next couple of months.
H1N1 shots will be distributed almost immediately to physicians' offices' [...]
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- A South Kingstown man was charged with driving under the influence and refusing an alcohol test early Tuesday after Narragansett police found him asleep in the driver's seat of his car, the engine running, in a left-turn lane near the Salt Pond Shopping Center.
Marcus Drew Robinson, 26, [...]
Participation in school-based flu clinics is starting to drop off, a trend that worries Health Director David R. Gifford, who continues to advise parents to get their children vaccinated against swine flu.
Parents are losing the sense of urgency about vaccine, he said, because the number of cases is declining. But [...]
After nearly two decades of service in Rhode Island government, Michael O'Keefe has decided to retire.
His title, House fiscal adviser, doesn't fully capture the responsibility and influence of the 65-year-old man known for his bow ties and dry humor. O'Keefe has influenced the state budget process perhaps more than any' [...]
By Kate Bramson
Journal Staff Writer
To "double charge" or not to double charge -- that was the question in Warwick early Thanksgiving morning when veteran federal prosecutor Gerard B. Sullivan was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
When a person is arrested and suspected of DUI and [...]
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- A freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill remains in critical condition after being diagnosed with swine flu more than a week ago, said a spokeswoman for University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill.
Lillian Claire Chason, a 2009 Barrington high school graduate who [...]
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A flurry of calls came in to the Rhode Island State Police Thursday at 1:59 a.m. -- reporting a driver going the wrong way on Route 295 north in the high-speed lane.
Some callers reported the vehicle was traveling about 20 miles per hour, sort of "hugging" [...]
LEON KRIER
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Lecture & Book Signing
5:30pm-7:30pm
De Ciccio Family Auditorium (Salomon 101)
Brown University Main Green
Providence, RI 02903
Leon Krier is one of the most influential architects and urbanists practicing in the world today. In lectures, writings and design projects, he [...]
At Trinity Rep, less is more when it comes to this year's "A Christmas Carol," says Journal critic Channing Gray. Director Birgitta Victorson has stripped away much of the fluff in this show, he says, and focused instead on telling the story, making this take on the Dickens classic one [...]
WARWICK -- The Warwick police chief launched an internal investigation Wednesday into whether his officers acted appropriately early Thanksgiving morning when they charged a veteran federal prosecutor with refusing to submit to a chemical-breath test but not with the more serious, criminal, charge of driving under the influence.
Gerard [...]
This is great news, from the Catholic News Service:
Colleges and universities in Rhode Island next week will begin vaccinating students through age 24 who live on campus, as the availability of vaccine improves.
Additionally, school-based clinics will be held as scheduled next week and enough swine-flu vaccine for every child age 6 months through 5 years will arrive [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island has received its last shipment of vaccine against seasonal flu for adults, Health Director David R. Gifford said Tuesday.
Some 5,000 doses of injectable vaccine and 20,000 of the nasal spray are on their way to primary-care doctors who did not get their full order. [...]
BARRINGTON, R.I. --- A high-speed chase early Tuesday ended when an East Providence motorist crashed his car into the front of the Center Ace Hardware store at 156 County Rd.
Barrington Police later charged Gregory T. Bone, 20, of 28 Reardon Ave., Riverside, with driving under the influence, refusal [...]
Apparently we've not given enough blood and treasure to get 'er done.
US lawmakers: New tax should pay for Afghan war
Influential US lawmakers on Thursday called for levying a new income tax to pay for the war in Afghanistan, warning its costs pose a mortal threat to efforts [...]
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 [...]
Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports that a Barrington man was captain of the Maersk Alabama when pirates tried taking over the ship for the second time in seven months.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The number of [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Health Department has confirmed that two women from Providence County have died this week from the H1N1 virus, or swine flu.
The women were both between the ages of 45 and 55, and they each had underlying medical conditions, according to spokeswoman Carol Hall-Walker. [...]
NEWPORT, R.I. -- The Newport County Grand Jury on Friday indicted Joseph Beirola, 48, of 43 Pocasset Ave., Tiverton, on a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol and driving to endanger, death resulting.
Beirola lost control of his motorcycle on Route 24 on the Main Road off-ramp [...]
People without health insurance can get free shots against the seasonal flu -- not swine flu or H1N1 -- at the Rhode Island Free Clinic on Tuesday and Thursday.
The flu shots will be administered at 655 Broad St., Providence, at these times:
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 1 to 4 [...]
