Category Archives: Local News
Plan to shorten parade at Bristol July 4 fest draws fire
photo by alamodestuff via Flickr by JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press The town that boasts the nation’s oldest Fourth of July celebration is in turmoil over a plan to shorten its 2.5-mile par...
Jan 13, 2016
General Electric to move headquarters to Boston
by SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - General Electric, one of the best known companies in corporate America, is moving its headquarters from suburban Connecticut to Boston, the comp...
Jan 13, 2016
Providence purchases new vehicles to combat winter weather
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Providence officials have been busy bolstering the city’s tools to fight winter weather despite the season being particularly tame so far this year. The Providence Journa...
Jan 13, 2016
Gov. Raimondo to attend World Economic Forum in Switzerland
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo will be among the 2,500 participants attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Raimondo’s office said Wednesday that her t...
Jan 13, 2016
Officials see RISD as resource for I-195 project
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - State officials are hoping to use the Rhode Island School of Design as a resource in the development of the former I-195 land. The Providence Journal reports that a group of co...
Jan 12, 2016
State wants receiver to take over scrap metal company
(image via rirecycledmetals.com/) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - State officials want a court-appointed receiver to take over a Providence scrap metal recycling company. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin and ...
Jan 07, 2016
Episcopal priest suspended amid abuse claims at St George’s School
by MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press An Episcopal priest has been suspended from a Pennsylvania church after being accused this week of molesting three boys at an elite boarding school in Rhode Islan...
Jan 07, 2016
‘Star Wars’ Monopoly to include Rey after girl complains
This January 2016 photo provided by Carrie Goldman shows a letter sent to Hasbro by her daughter, Annie Rose, complaining that the toymaker did not produce a figurine of Rey, the latest Star Wars movi...
Jan 07, 2016
Republican Pagliarini wins District 11 Senate seat in Portsmouth
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island’s District 11 Senate seat has been won by a Republican. John Pagliarini Jr. officially won the Senate District 11 race on Wednesday to replace former Sen. Ch...
Jan 07, 2016
Patriots player Amendola’s carport causes controversy on the East Side
by MICHELLE R. SMITH, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - New England Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola is catching grief from his neighbors over a temporary carport. Amendola erected the met...
Jan 06, 2016
