The brother of a Providence basketball player who ran onto the court to confront a referee has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading no contest to disorderly conduct ...
Providence police are investigating a serious car accident that happened at Elmwood Avenue and Roger Williams Avenue at about 2 o’clock Saturday morning ...
While Dan Beardsley admits he is “somewhat grateful” that Gov. Donald L. Carcieri is looking to restore some aid to cities and towns, the good feelings only last so long when the director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns talks … ...
Gov. Donald L. Carcieri borrowed several ideas from his tax-policy panel in drawing up the 2010 state budget proposal, but he says there was one suggested tax-structure overhaul that the state can’t afford right now ...
One in five U.S. women, experts say, will develop an ovarian mass at some point in their lives. For the overwhelming majority, it will turn out to be just a cyst or a benign tumor. A tiny fraction of them – less than one in 10,000 – will be … ...
BOSTON – Commonwealth Family Health Plan Inc., a partnership between the nonprofit Caritas Christi Health Care network and the Celtic Group Inc., will provide managed-care health coverage to qualifying low-income Massachusetts residents under a … ...
BRISTOL – Robert W. Chew, the local entrepreneur who has been in the clean-energy industry for more than three decades, has been named president of the wind-energy division of Alteris Renewables, the company announced today ...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Port of Davisville at Quonset Business Park now ranks as the fifth-busiest importer of automobiles in North America, according to PIERS Maritime Research Services and the Quonset Development Corporation. “This new ranking … ...
SMITHFIELD – The most important way for women to protect themselves financially during difficult economic times is to save money. Forego those impulsive purchases and save, save, save, urged award-winning journalist and best-selling author Jean … ...