Category Archives: Featured
Raimondo weighs in as RIPTA board set to increase fares
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gov. Gina Raimondo is asking the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority to consider alternatives as it plans to eliminate no-fare bus passes for people with low incomes aged 65 ...
Dec 14, 2015
Police investigate hacking of Providence’s city website
PROVIDENCE (AP) - Authorities are investigating how a Providence’s website was hacked. WPRI-TV reports that someone accessed Providence’s website late on Saturday and left a message claimi...
Dec 13, 2015
RIPTA board to consider controversial fare proposal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The board of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is set to vote on a plan that would eliminate no-fare bus passes that are currently given to people with low incomes aged...
Dec 13, 2015
Mt Pleasant High School teacher killed in hit-and-run
WPRO News and the Associated Press A hit-and-run driver has killed a high school teacher outside the school. School officials say Anne-Marie Dansicker of Mt. Pleasant High School in Providence died af...
Dec 10, 2015
Retiring Providence firefighter pens open letter to firefighter son, urges him to quit too
by Doug MacGunnigle, WPRO A retiring Providence Fire Fighter has penned an open letter to his son, also a fire fighter, advising him to find a new line of work. Joe Marino, a firefighter of 23 years w...
Dec 10, 2015
Providence teachers have new contract guaranteeing raises
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence teachers have agreed to a new contract that will provide periodic raises for educators over the next three years and now boasts language regarding seniority when con...
Dec 10, 2015
The Rhode Island Spotlight — A Profound Effect
Over the past five years, the Anthony Quinn Foundation has helped dozens of high school students across the country take advantage of art programs they wouldn’t be able to experience without a s...
Dec 10, 2015
Warwick school committee votes to fire facilities director
Warwick City Hall. Wikimedia Commons Image. WPRO News and the Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - The Warwick School Committee has fired its facilities director, but the specific reasons for the fir...
Dec 09, 2015
Embattled Providence firefighter says he wants to work again
Screenshot of undercover video via WPRI-TV/YouTube WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - After more than 17 years away from the force and a lengthy court battle for his acc...
Dec 08, 2015
Judge: Central Falls doesn’t have to pay legal fees of ex-mayor Moreau
Former Central Falls Mayor Charles Moreau WPRO News and the Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A judge has found that Central Falls does not have to pay attorney’s fees in its receivership...
Dec 07, 2015
