PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - The Irish Dance Teachers Association of New England will host its 34th Annual New England Oireachtas Friday through Sunday at the Rhode Island Convention Center.
The New England region has more than 120 registered teachers and adjudicators and is affiliated with An Coimsiun le rince Gaelacha (the [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have dropped for the second week in a row, according to AAA Southern New England.
The price has dropped two cents to an average of $2.679 for regular unleaded at the self-service pump, according to AAA's weekly survey.
The price has dropped three cents [...]
By Katie Mulvaney
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former director of the Laborers' New England Region Organizing Fund who pleaded guilty to an unlawful payment scheme was sentenced Thursday to three years probation barring him from holding any position within or affiliated with a labor organization.
By Katie Mulvaney
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former director of the Laborers' New England Region Organizing Fund who pleaded guilty to an unlawful payment scheme was sentenced Thursday to three years probation barring him from holding any position within or affiliated with a labor organization.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.
A new federal study documenting the warming waters of the North Atlantic confirms that they're right [...]
The Detroit News has a nice clickable graphic breaking down the Cash for Clunkers trades by state: Interactive: State-by-state numbers for the'cash for clunkers' program.
That's a screenshot of Rhode Island's data at right.
Every New England state shed 4WD Ford Explorers -- [...]
WARWICK , RI -- The holidays and New Englanders' hankering for warmer weather are two reasons that T.F. Green Airport will see a slight increase in airline service over the next few months.
Airport officials announced this week that U.S. Airways is increases its daily departures to' [...]
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Southern New Englanders can enjoy another unseasonably warm day Tuesday.
The temperature could reach 67 degrees today, about the same as yesterday, although, unlike yesterday, clouds will obscure the sky, according to the National Weather Service.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After increasing for three straight weeks, gasoline prices in Rhode Island have dropped slightly this week, according to AAA Southern New England.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $2.699 at the self-service pump, down one cent from last week, according to AAA's weekly [...]
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Another glorious summery day is in store for residents of southern New England.
Expect a sunny day with a high near 68 degrees in the Providence area. No, that's not a typo. It's November 9th, and the weather service [...]
Channel 12 says that the center of gravity of the New England mob is about to shift back to Boston. The wonderfully sensationalistic video can be viewed here.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - We’ve learned a major shift in power is happening right now inside the Patriarca [...]
This just in from the Boston Globe:
After months of speculating, Curt Spalding, the longtime executive director of Save the Bay in Rhode Island, has just been named New England’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief.
Spalding was considered a strong candidate, but pundits were placing bets on Charlie Lord, who helped [...]
H. Curtis "Curt" Spalding, the longtime director of the environmental advocacy group Save The Bay in Rhode Island, has been named the regional administrator in New England for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- the region's top environmental regulatory post.
EPA administrator Lisa Jackson announced Spalding's appointment Thursday afternoon. The [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The end of the "Great Recession" is in sight, but economic recovery in Rhode Island will lag behind its New England neighbors and the rest of the nation, according to Andres Carbacho-Burgos, an economist with Moody's Economy.com.
"Rhode Island, like the rest of the United States," [...]
Maine voters overturned same-sex marriage legislation yesterday in what is, undoubtedly, a blow to the national movement for gay nuptials. And the vote could have some impact in Rhode Island which, until yesterday, was the only New England state that failed to recognize same-sex marriage.
Momentum matters in politics, after all. [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have increased another three cents, the third straight week prices have gone up, according to AAA Southern New England.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $2.709 at the self-service pump, according to AAA's weekly survey.
The price has [...]
New Englanders have told researchers they will boost their holiday spending by 24 percent this season, seemingly bucking various forecasts for consumers nationwide.
In a study released Wednesday morning, consulting firm Deloitte LLP estimates New Englanders said they will spend $1,131, on average, during the 2009 holidays, up from their [...]
By Donita Naylor and Thomas J. Morgan
Journal Staff Writers
WARWICK, R.I. -- A dozen protesters from Mobilization for Healthcare.org occupied the lobby of UnitedHealthcare of New England Wednesday, demanding to know whether the organization would cover the cost of a bone marrow transplant for Robert Darling, one of its [...]
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released the 2009 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, and along with New England neighbors Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and Maine, we in Rhode [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gas prices in Rhode Island have taken a 13-cent jump in the past week.
AAA Southern New England says in a weekly survey Monday that the average price of regular unleaded has increased from $2.54 per gallon to $2.67 per gallon, up 5.1 percent.
That's five cents [...]
Associated Press Photos / Lefteris Pitarakis
Pat Patriot, the mascot of the New England Patriots, and team cheerleaders pose Friday in central London's Trafalgar Square, two days before the Pats play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at London's Wembley Stadium. Providence Journal sportswriters Jim Donaldson and Shalise Manza [...]
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Southern New Englanders can expect a sunny, summery day, even though it's late October.
The National Weather Service forecasts a mostly sunny day with a high near 75 degrees. That's right 75 degrees. The wind will shift to come [...]
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. - A vehicle that was carjacked on a rural highway off-ramp Tuesday night is still missing, the North Smithfield police say.
The local department has issued an automated message to all police departments in New England about the carjacking at the end of the Route 146 northbound off-ramp [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have increased for the first time in seven weeks, according to AAA Southern New England.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is $2.549 at the self-service pump, an increase of four cents, according to AAA's weekly survey.
The Rhode Island [...]
