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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 Journal photo / John Freidah
Bright Night Festival Director Adam Gertsacov attends the Tuesday announcement at Waterplace Park.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- This year's Bright Night Providence festival for New Year's Eve is suddenly looking brighter.
A couple of weeks ago it looked dim. The [...]
During the arraignment of Christopher Hall, 25, of 12 Hollis St., on numerous drug and assault charges, eight sheriffs watched over Hall and the people in the gallery. Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The man accused of shooting three Providence police officers Monday [...]
Tuesday's Providence Journal front page reports that three Providence police officers were wounded Monday night in a drug bust in the West End.
Governor Carcieri plans to slash $125 million in local aid to Rhode Island cities and towns to help plug the state's $219 [...]
Monday's Providence Journal front page reports on the retirement of Alan B. Feinstein, the psychologist who evaluated Rhode Island's most notorious killers and
scoundrels as they entered prison over the
last two decades.
Research by a team of local scientists will be brought to the [...]
Providence Journal chart / C. Eugene Emery Jr.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Local fuel prices continued to show some stability but showed no evidence of repeating last year's surprising decline, according to Friday's survey by the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources.
The price of regular self-service [...]
Nathan Hannon, the former education coordinator at the Rhode Island trash agency, was arrested by the State Police on Thursday and charged with obtaining money under false pretenses.
The arrest follows a Providence Journal story in October detailing several work appointments that Hannon failed to keep. He was fired from [...]
Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports that the state will close its unemployment call center some days to catch up on a backlog.
A Spanish teacher at Middletown High School is Rhode Island's Teacher of the Year.
Wednesday's Providence Journal front page reports that the state Economic Development Corporation has voted to hire a new director at $250,000 per year.
The [...]
Rhode Islanders, it's time to remember your little-used snow-driving skills -- drive slow and cautiously.
The' [...]
This is Part 2 of our survey of Food Editors' holiday cookie recipe choices. Here's Part 1.
Providence Journal Food Editor Gail Ciampa's personal bake-off has ended with a platter full of tested cookie recipes, far right: Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti, Pistachio Biscochitos,' [...]
FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Manuel Martin, 88, Westport, Mass., was on guard duty with the U.S. Army's 15th Coast Artillery in Honolulu when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
He was the only Pearl [...]
Providence Journal chart / C. Eugene Emery Jr.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The price of regular self-service gasoline rose by just a penny since a week ago, heating oil prices dipped by a nickel, and diesel fuel remaining unchanged, according to Friday's survey [...]
Here are some of the stories on The Providence Journal front page Friday:
Of eight people charged by the Warwick police with refusing to take a chemical breath test over the Thanksgiving weekend, federal prosecutor Gerard B. Sullivan was the only one who wasn't also charged' [...]
Judge David Mc Intyre looks over the dachshunds in ring 5 Thursday morning, the first day of competition at the Bay Colony Dog Show at the Rhode Island Convention Center. Providence Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Ch. Tonan-Hope's R U Kiddin' Me, the [...]
The Providence Journal ran a recent piece suggesting, rightly, that pro-life Congressman Jim Langevin will play a more central role in the Congressional tussle over health care reform and abortion than Congressman Patrick Kennedy.
Langevin was among a small group of representatives who tried to work out a compromise that would prevent abortion [...]
The Providence Journal, buffeted by declining circulation and advertising revenue, has re-hired three laid-off copy editors to do part-time, sporadic work.
John Hill, president of the Providence Newspaper Guild, says he does not read the move as a sign of a marked improvement in the paper's financial health - but rather, an [...]
Wednesday's Providence Journal front page reports that Kent Hospital has settled a lawsuit with the family of Michael Woods, who died there in 2006. The lawsuit was brought by Woods' brother, actor James Woods.
Rhode Island's congressional delegation expresses concern about President Obama's plan' [...]
By JOHN MULLIGAN
Providence Journal Washington bureau
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jack Reed was enroute Tuesday afternoon to his alma mater, the U.S. Military Academy, to be on hand as President Obama announces his new strategy in Afghanistan.
Reed, a 1971 graduate of West Point who served as an [...]
Actor James Woods, brother of the late Michael Woods, applauds the jury in Kent County Superior Court where a settlement had just been announced in the negligence lawsuit against Kent Hospital. Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers
WARWICK, R.I. -- Kent Hospital has announced it will [...]
Providence Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman
Robert Tannenwald, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, speaks to the Rhode Island House of Representatives as it holds an unusual economic summit to discuss the state's economic mess. Seated at left are House Speaker William Murphy and Aaron [...]
