It's the law John Brown Francis third and fourth graders were full of questions when Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey told them it's the law that they wear helmets when bicycling until the age of 15. Would they get ticketed; would police take more

Bishop Hendricken High School's Academic Decathlon Team won its eighth consecutive RI state championship earning them a trip to Frisco, Texas to represent the state in the United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) national competition in April. The team, more

Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, announced Monday that members of the State Police Financial Crimes Unit arrested a Warwick lawyer who had been disbarred last more

Thanks to many generous Rhode Islanders - and their letter carriers - the Rhode Island Community Food Bank received more than 60,000 pounds of food through the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 12. For the 26th year, members of National more

By JOHN HOWELL Scott Avedisian can be a patient man, but it's a good thing he didn't wait any longer. In what was the last ribbon cutting of his more than 18 years as mayor, Avedisian did the honors Tuesday to officially open the Business Information more

Putting their backs into it Gamm Theatre employees didn't waste time last week as they cleared the former Ocean State Theatre Co. building in preparation for renovations as Gamm's new home that will open this September. Furniture, stage sets and more

Dressed for the derby Michele Keir and Richard Blackman of Warwick were in full Kentucky Derby regalia at the Run For The Roses Gala" held by the American Parkinson's Disease Association of Rhode Island on May 4. This premiere event was held at the" more

By JOHN HOWELL In some ways the Comfort Inn on Post Road next to the airport was a beginning for the Rhode Island based Procaccianti Companies and TPG Hotels & Resorts. Until then, the company had acquired several area independent inns. The Comfort Inn more

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is advising homeowners that it does not anticipate widespread defoliation of trees by gypsy moth caterpillars in Rhode Island this year, as occurred in 2016 and 2017. There will still be some more

By PEDER SCHAEFER The Reverend Don Anderson, executive minister of the Rhode Island State Council Churches, said Monday that she will be taking a three-month sabbatical to complete her transition to becoming a woman. Anderson, 70, informed the council more