Amanda Milkovits
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Rhode Island, United States
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20 years later, the effects of the Station nightclub fire still linger
“It even chokes me up a little now,” says one of the designers of the Station Fire Memorial Park, whose relatives were at the club the night of the 2003 fire. “Anybody that was involved is still being affected by it.” → Read More
Finalists for Providence police chief take questions in community forum
The three finalists to be Providence’s next police chief spoke about transparency, accountability, police reform, and how they would lead the department during a packed forum Wednesday night. → Read More
North Kingstown man pleads guilty in Jan. 6 insurrection
Bernard Joseph Sirr, 47, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to a felony charge of interference with officers during a civil disorder, the US Attorney’s office announced. → Read More
With new law in effect, R.I. gun owners turn in hundreds of large-capacity magazines
All but seven police departments reported that Rhode Islanders had relinquished gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, to be held for safekeeping by police, pending a lawsuit trying to overturn the law. → Read More
Anti-Defamation League seeing increased hate group activity, antisemitism in New England, nationally
Demonstrations in the region at least twice a month, often involving dozens of men, show they’ve become emboldened, said the ADL’s Peggy Shukur, and perhaps, that their recruiting efforts are having an impact. → Read More
Salve Regina University mourns student athlete fatally injured in N.H. rollover crash
Drew Ceppetelli, of Barrington, N.H., a member of the Class of 2023 and the university’s softball team, died hours after the crash early Thanksgiving morning. → Read More
Voters largely reject candidates affiliated with conservative group Parents United RI
They’ve argued against anti-racism task forces and critical race theory, which is not taught in K-12 public schools. → Read More
R.I. state Representative Justin Price, who attended Jan. 6 insurrection, expected to request a recount
The Richmond Republican who represents District 39 received 2,985 votes, edged out by Democrat Megan Cotter, who received 2,989 votes, in unofficial results. → Read More
R.I. state representative Justin Price, who attended Jan. 6 insurrection, pays for it in fund-raising
The GOP incumbent is lagging far behind Democrat and independent challengers though some Republicans, like gubernatorial candidate Ashley Kalus, have still donated to his campaign → Read More
Tori Lynn Andreozzi’s life of courage and determination inspired others
Tori died early Tuesday, on All Saint’s Day, 19 years and seven months after the crash. She was 32. → Read More
Jury finds R.I. corrections officer guilty of having sex with 2 female inmates
Collins Umoh, 44, of Warwick, was convicted by a jury of three counts of criminal sexual conduct with an inmate under his direct custodial supervision. → Read More
R.I. Supreme Court denies Champlin’s Marina expansion plan in Block Island’s Great Salt Pond
The long-proposed plan sought to extend into the pond to accommodate 140 more boats. The town and environmental groups claimed that would displace other uses of the pond and damage its health. → Read More
Rhode Island rolls out statewide plan for body-worn cameras on nearly all uniformed officers
With police chiefs, Senator Jack Reed and Congressman David Cicilline, State Police Colonel Darnell Weaver, and NAACP leader Jim Vincent, Attorney General Peter Neronha announces $16m in grants → Read More
What was it like in the ‘pedo database’ teacher’s class? ‘Very, very tense,’ a former student says.
“As an adult, you can recognize that these behaviors are very inappropriate,” the 21-year-old woman, who attended Davisville Middle School, told the Globe. “And as a child, you’re just stuck there in the moment and you don’t know what to think.” → Read More
Newport police detective won’t be charged in violent Thames Street arrests captured in viral videos
Bystander videos from the June incident show Detective Patrick Walsh knocking a passerby to the ground and punching him in the head as he lies near the curb. A statewide grand jury has declined to indict Walsh. → Read More
Town council questions school department’s new policies following ‘naked fat test’ investigation
The School Committee chairman said the committee had taken several steps to improve training on sexual abuse reporting. → Read More
Cranston library suspends use of meeting space pending policy review
Hundreds protested the private Independent Women’s Network event on gender ideology, but the William Hall Library’s trustees allowed the anti-transgender event Monday, in the name of free speech. → Read More
Anti-transgender group sparks anger, protests at event at Cranston library
People called on the William Hall Library to cancel the Independent Women’s Network event on gender ideology, but the library’s board of trustees allowed the anti-trans event to go on in the name of free speech — with hundreds of protesters outside. → Read More
Runner focuses on the familiar: ‘What shocks me is how quickly it all changes’
As a counterpoint to 2020’s challenges, Harry Adler began photographing scenes on his daily pre-dawn run, sharing them on social media. His exhibit, “Traveling in Place,” is this weekend. → Read More
Students who kept ‘Pedo Database’ heralded as heroes while experts say the middle school failed them
Days after their “Pedo Database” became public, experts weigh in on what the teenage boys did right — and how the schools in this Rhode Island town need to do better → Read More