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PHOTOS: Take a Peek Inside of Karen Read’s Mansfield, Massachusetts, Home
One of the most captivating and polarizing events throughout New England recently has without a doubt been the Karen Read trial. The details of the trial won't be outlined here for no other reason than there have been and still are so many moving parts to the case, ruling, motions filed after the dismissal, etc., that it'd be ridiculous for someone as uneducated with the law as this writer is to try and recap it.
The weekend: Heels & Wheels, Friday Fun & Brunch party among 33 things to do in Northern RI
Northern, RI – Dare we say this weather is perfect?. Welcome to The Weekend, northern Rhode Island, where we round up our local events and happening so you can make the most of your free time – locally. Many of our area businesses and venues have been closed over the past few weeks – and we took a break ourselves, at least from these weekly features.
Hazmat crew called to clean up gas spill after tanker truck tips over on I-95 ramp
PROVIDENCE – A tanker truck loaded with 11,000 gallons of gasoline tipped over on the Allens Avenue on-ramp to Interstate 95 north on Saturday night, leaking fuel onto the roadway, according to the state Department of Environmental Management, which sent an emergency crew to clean up the spill. The...
Poll: McKee's favorability drops among Rhode Island voters
(The Center Square) — Democratic Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee's ratings are continuing to drop, according to a new poll, which found voters overwhelmingly think the state is headed in the wrong direction. The poll, released Thursday by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, found only 29% approve of McKee's performance as governor, while 65% disapprove. Those numbers are largely unchanged from a similar poll conducted by UNH in May, according to the center. ...
Lifespan performing all procedures despite outage
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Lifespan said that all of its facilities are performing procedures despite a widespread IT outage affecting businesses worldwide. Spokesperson Jessica Wharton said that the situation has been “contained” and all surgeries are being performed at hospitals. Updates on the situation at the facilities...
Flashback Friday: Brown Women’s Hockey vs. Providence, Nov. 28, 2014
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Each Friday throughout the summer of 2024, Brown will look back on some of the top games and performances from past years. This week's edition features Brown women's hockey's 2-1 Mayor's Cup win over Providence College on November 28, 2014.
4 kids taken to RI hospital after eating CBD gummies at YMCA summer camp
Four children were taken to the hospital after they ate CBD gummies at a YMCA summer camp in Coventry, Rhode Island, last week. First responders were called to Camp Westwood YMCA on Thursday morning for four campers who were vomiting, NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR reports. The children, ages 12 to 15 years old, were taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital.
German Flex Packaging Equipment Maker Begins Major US Expansion
Germany-based flexible packaging machinery manufacturer Windmoeller & Hoelscher (W&H) broke ground on a major expansion at its North American headquarters in Lincoln, RI, this week. The groundbreaking on July 17 was attended by municipal officials, project partners, neighbors from the New England Way Industrial Park, and W&H employees. A first...
One person shot outside Cranston restaurant
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Police say a Cranston restaurant is temporarily closed as they investigate a shooting there that sent one person to the hospital. Police were working a detail outside a restaurant on Phenix Avenue around midnight when they say a shooting happened within arm’s reach of officers. The business, 39 West, had a large tent outside the restaurant during their event.
Remember the North Providence Summer Basketball League? These filmmakers do
In the Center for Media Production at Johnson & Wales University, there are hundreds of pieces of history in the form of photographs, newspaper clippings, record books and yearbooks. Each piece brings to light a story of the North Providence Summer Basketball League, or NPSBL, an NCAA-sanctioned league that ran from 1962 until 1995. ...
Eleven state legislative hopefuls drop out of signature certification deadline
Rhode Island House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi has an unobstructed path to victory in the November election, after a would-be Republican challenger failed to turn in the required 50 signatures of district voters needed to make the November ballot. Dana James Traversie, a Warwick Republican whose campaign website describes himself as a hacker with “zero […] The post Eleven state legislative hopefuls drop out of signature certification deadline appeared first on Rhode Island Current.
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