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Those who have observed and noted the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s (RIPTA) plight for years now have seen the calamitous crater in the road approaching from a long distance away.
The Rhode Island State Police announced that the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force concluded a joint narcotics and firearms investigation on August 7. The investigation was ...
Defenders of Animals is hosting their annual Homeless Animals Day and Candlelight Vigil in conjunction with their Humane Heroes Award Ceremony on Saturday August 16. Taking place at the Sprague ...
The Plan Commission at its Aug. 5 meeting voted to postpone its review of the proposed 44-lot subdivision in Cranston’s southwestern corner of Fiskeville. The project will next appear on ...
The Roger Williams Park Conservancy has announced its new Five Year Strategic Plan to help maintain the life and legacy of ...
For several decades, the police log has been a mainstay on our pages. As is often the case in community newspapers, it has been a reader favorite, a reliably quirky compendium of encounters between ...
Years Ago 2nd Story Theatre presented Thornton Wilder’s “The Matchmaker, starring Bob Collona. Billy Bob Thornton starred in the Walter Matthau role in a terrible remake of ...
Ted Stevens was the Executive Director at the Ocean State Theatre, now PPAC, in the late seventies, credited with bringing Broadway musicals to Rhode Island. Surveys showed that a large ...
Richard DelFino Jr., executive director of the Johnston Senior Center, likes seeing guests enjoying the hearty lunches served ...
The Rev. Roger C. Gagne of St. Peter’s Church is celebrating his golden jubilee this year, marking 50 years as an ordained ...
Just past the carousel in Roger Williams Park – an area little explored by park visitors – sits the new Boathouse Café & Bar.
With this week’s weather hitting the low 90s, a cup of Rhode Island’s own Del’s Lemonade could not have come at a better time ...