State and federal transportation officials say they’re not going to get involved or penalize Providence for a controversial bike lane and center-of-the-road parking scheme built into South Water Street, which runs along the Providence River.… MORE
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Barrington joins school districts requiring teacher vaccines
Another Rhode Island school district is requiring teachers and staff to get coronavirus vaccinations or face unpaid leave and possible termination.… MORE
Providence orders residents of homeless camp to vacate site
People living at a homeless encampment at a vacant lot in Providence were given until Nov. 1 to clear out. But advocates for the homeless say they have nowhere else to go. … MORE
Rhode Island single-family home sales slow in 3rd quarter
The median price of a single-family home in Rhode Island continued to rise in the third quarter, even though the number of sales slowed down, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said Wednesday.… MORE
Graves of some who died at RI institutions lie under highway
The thousands of drivers who use a Rhode Island highway on their way to work every day probably have no idea they are passing over the graves of some people who died in the late 1800s and early 1900s at state institutions.… MORE
AG: Contractors failed to properly pay workers OT wages
The owners of an asbestos remediation company failed to properly pay their workers overtime for work performed at a Rhode Island middle school, prosecutors said in court Tuesday.… MORE
Group prioritizes ways to spend Rhode Island's COVID relief money
The Rhode Island Foundation brought together a number of community leaders to prioritize ways to spend the $1.1 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Money that has gone unspent until now in Rhode Island under an effort called “Make it Happen: Investing for Rhode Island’s Future”.… MORE
UPDATE: Police release photo of suspect in killing of convenience store owner
The owner of a Massachusetts convenience store found by a customer on the floor of his business with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest has died, and police have issued a poster describing his suspected killer.… MORE
Rhode Island man pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges
A Providence man who tried to sell a large amount of fentanyl and heroin while under surveillance by law enforcement has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. … MORE
Shooting wounds 3 at club where 1 was killed in August
Shots broke out for the second time since the summer at a Providence nightclub, wounding three people this time after a man was shot and killed there in August, police said.… MORE
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