Providence Journal - Sat Nov 28
Few people get to build their field of dreams, but nearly seven years ago, two young dreamers began to create theirs out of a fully equipped steel and iron fabrication company on the Woonasquatucket River, one of the area's brick relics of 20th-century industry.
Providence officials, businesses at odds over plan for Allens Avenue waterfrontProvidence Journal - Sat Nov 28
The city Redevelopment Agency wants the city to declare 590 acres along the Allens Avenue waterfront as "blighted and substandard," a move that would give the agency the power to take properties by eminent domain and guide redevelopment in an area that is heavily contaminated and marked by vacant, abandoned and underused properties.
St. Rose of Lima students cheer Principal FullerWarwickonline.com - Fri Nov 27
IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL: St. Rose of Lima School Principal Jeannine Fuller is surrounded by students at last week's Principal Day celebration.
Tax break for temporary disability insuranceProvidence Journal - Fri Nov 27
It's a little bit of good news for workers amid the recession: The mandatory tax that you pay for Rhode Island's Temporary Disability Insurance program is going down.
RI gov., mayors meet to discuss financesWLNE-TV Providence - Fri Nov 27
The mayors of Rhode Island's four largest cities have asked Gov. Don Carcieri to spare their communities additional cuts in state aid and for more local control over school spending.
St. David's-on-the-Hill 1: Three choicesWarwickonline.com - Wed Nov 25
This lovely St. David's Church on the hill blends well with the landscaping on Cranston's Meshanticut Parkway.
Governor meets with city mayors over R.I.'s deficitProvidence Journal - Wed Nov 25
Governor Carcieri met privately Wednesday morning with the mayors of Rhode Island's four major cities to talk about the state's worsening financial condition.
Police said that the chase started Monday morning in ProvidenceWHJJ-AM Providence - Tue Nov 24
Police tell WPRI-TV that the chase started Monday morning in Providence when a pickup truck crashed into a home on Wood Street, then fled the scene.
Police, MADD kick off program to curb holiday drunken drivingProvidence Journal - Mon Nov 23
Rebecca Bowman, who was 13 when she lost both her mother and her best friend, said a drunken driver "took away what I was." She doesn't want anyone else to experience that kind of loss, but the state police say the number of fatal car crashes is up this year.
Need for food, help up dramatically in R.I.Turnto10.com - Mon Nov 23
There is a new report out about hunger in Rhode Island. And according to the report, the need is the greatest it has been in a decade.
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