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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The Warwick School Committee has taken a united stand against charter schools. The committee unanimously approved a resolution opposing any charter school from opening within the city.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/16/18
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Local teams also had a strong showing at the FIRST LEGO League Rhode Island Championship on Saturday, Jan. 13.
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1/16/18
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Barbra Butler passed away peacefully Saturday, December 23rd, 2017.
Barbra was born in Warwick, Rhode Island where she raised her family and had her career working for the dispatch/records office …
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1/16/18
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Cranston High School East has announced the academic honor roll for the first quarter of the 2017-2018 school year. Students are recognized for achieving academic success using the following designations: Highest Honors: a grape point average of 4.0 or
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1/16/18
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I, TONYA* * * ½ (Biopic of Tonya Harding incident)This unusual biopic about ice skater Tonya Harding attempts to get at the truth about the infamous “incident” with her competitor, …
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By Joyce & Don Fowler
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1/16/18
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George H. Trombley Sr., 86, of Warren, died Friday at the Grace Barker Nursing Home in Warren.
He was the husband of Eleanor R. ( Newton) Trombley .
George was born in Warren, a son of the late …
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1/16/18
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The Warren Harbormaster is trying to find the owner of a 29-foot sailboat that went aground off Laurel Park late last week.
Harbormaster Ed Cabral said he got word the grounding on Friday. The …
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1/16/18
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To the editor:Congratulations to our town leadership, and this community as a whole. A little more than a year ago I began a campaign to change the zoning in Warren to allow and regulate the …
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1/15/18
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Jean C. (Griswold) Dunn passed away, at 48 years old from cancer on January 13, 2018. Jean was a creative and talented artist and designer. She loved drawing and painting from the time she could …
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1/15/18
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BRISTOL — Several robotics teams from our area made their mark at the 2018 Rhode Island FIRST LEGO League championships at Roger Williams University on Saturday.
This year’s theme …
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1/15/18
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JOHNSTON ZONING BOARD AGENDA
January 25, 2018
Notice is here by given that the Zoning Board of Review will hold its monthly meeting on January 25, 2018 at 6:30 pm, at Johnston Senior Center, …
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1/15/18
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The Johnston girls’ basketball team improved to 5-0 last Wednesday evening with an overwhelming, 54-21 victory against Tolman.
The Panthers overpowered the visiting Tigers out of the gate, …
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By Matt Metcalf
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1/15/18
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Looks, personality and charm...he's got it all. Meet Geronimo!
His coat is a light brindle with white tipped toes and he has the body of an Adonis and a fun loving personality. He is very …
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1/15/18
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EAST PROVIDENCE — East Providence Fire Department personnel retrieved a kayak Sunday morning, Jan. 14, in the Providence River off the shore at Kettle Point believed to be the one owned by a …
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By Mike Rego
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1/15/18
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To the editor:
Bill Reed, in a recent letter to the editor, asks about why we are building a new $100 million school for a shrinking population in Westport. He cites figures (for which he …
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1/14/18
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MOLLY'S GAME * * * * (Based on actual poker game entrepreneur) Jessica Chastain gives a strong performance as Molly Bloom, the former competitive skier who becomes the leading organizer of high stakes poker games. Molly is indicted for collusion with the
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By Joyce & Don Fowler
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1/14/18
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Mayor's Emergency Fuel Assistance Program The Mayor's Emergency Fuel Assistance Program is available to Cranston residents who need immediate delivery of home heating oil. The program is open to HUD income qualified individuals and families who have less
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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1/14/18
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The frigid weather of late brings to mind one of the saddest of all New England sea ice sagas, the loss one century ago this winter of the Cross Rip Lightship (LV-6).
The Cross Rip, one of several …
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1/14/18
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A prominent area doctor is the victim in a murder investigation being conducted by East Providence Police.
Dr. Clive Bridgham, 67, was found dead upon the arrival of officers …
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By Mike Rego
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1/13/18
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Lt. Governor Dan McKee is calling on the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to recalculate National Grid's existing and proposed electricity rates to reflect the reduction of the federal corporate tax from 35 to 21 percent. Earlier this
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1/13/18
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Rock climbing, nature art, night hikes, camp fires, farm animals and bunk houses — this constituted ‘school’ for nearly 200 Kickemuit Middle School seventh-grade students the week before Thanksgiving. The students, their teachers and a handful of volunteer chaperones traveled three hours west to Colebrook, Conn. for what has become an annual tradition and right of passage known as Nature’s Classroom.
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1/13/18
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Members of the Barrington High School Mock Trial team successfully argued a case against students from Lincoln School during a recent mock trial event.
Barrington High School represented the …
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1/13/18
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Janice Irene Seymour Carlson, 87, formerly of Barrington, RI, passed on January 9, 2018 at her home in Sarasota, FL. Janice joyfully entered this world on October 10, 1930 in Warren, RI, the …
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1/13/18
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It can cost $25,000 to install solar panels on the average home, a little less if you live in Bristol. As of Friday, the price went down even further for Bristol residents.
Because participation …
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1/13/18
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department announced late Friday afternoon, Jan. 12, its investigation into what it termed a “suspicious” death the previous evening in the Rumford …
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By Mike Rego
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1/13/18
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