Thomas J. Morgan
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Vincent A. 'Buddy' Ciancia Jr., 1941-2016
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Vincent A. Cianci Jr., known universally as Buddy, a Jekyll and Hyde who became Providence's longest serving mayor, died Thursday → Read More
Report: Conn. police seek driver in threat against Obama
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Hartford Courant is reporting that Connecticut State Police have been informed by the U.S. Secret Service to be on the lookout for a specific vehicle with Connecticut plates in connection with a threat to President Barack Obama. → Read More
Obama to arrive Friday in Newport for fundraising event at Seafair
NEWPORT, R.I. — President Obama is expected to arrive in Rhode Island for a fundraising event Friday evening at Seafair, the Newport home of Richard Bready, former Nortek chief executive officer, and Betty Easton. → Read More
President to visit R.I. Friday for fundraiser
NEWPORT, R.I. — President Obama is expected to arrive in Rhode Island for a fundraising event Friday evening at Seafair, the Newport home of Richard Bready, former Nortek chief executive officer, and Betty Easton. → Read More
Police union protests Taveras outside debate for governor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Members of the city Fraternal Order of Police picketed outside the Providence Performing Arts Center Tuesday, protesting the presence of Mayor Angel Taveras, a candidate for governor who was taking part in a debate inside. → Read More
Cows, corn dogs and community: Washington County Fair back for 48th year
RICHMOND, R.I. -- The Washington County Fair, which started Wednesday, runs through Sunday. → Read More
East Providence police seek suspect in barber shop homicide
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Police now say that the man shot in a Pawtucket Avenue barber shop Wednesday afternoon has died. → Read More
Langevin backs U.S. air campaign, cautions against military involvement in Iraq
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rep. Jim Langevin lent conditional support Friday to President Obama’s decision to launch air strikes against Islamic fighters in Iraq and to provide humanitarian relief to besieged Iraqi minorities. → Read More
Reed backs President on air strikes, humanitarian aid to Iraq
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — U.S. Senator Jack Reed responded Friday to carrier-borne and drone air strikes against Islamic extremists near the Iraqi town of Irbil by backing President Obama’s decision to launch them. → Read More
Monastery land no longer considered for Cumberland safety facility
CUMBERLAND — Voters in November will not, after all, be asked whether to use part of the town-owned Monastery property as the site of a new public safety building.That was a decision made late Tuesday... → Read More
Groups want work on Kennedy Plaza stopped until successor to Providence Mayor Taveras is elected
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A coalition of civic organizations on Tuesday called for a halt to the $700,000 makeover of Kennedy Plaza until the successor to Mayor Angel Taveras can review the plans. → Read More
Space Station visible Tuesday night in R.I.; Ladd Observatory open for skygazing
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The International Space Station will make two passes across Rhode Island skies Tuesday evening, according to Francine Jackson, staff astronomer at Brown University’s Ladd Observatory, which is open to the public on Tuesday evenings. → Read More
Demonstrators in Providence decry Israeli operation in Gaza
PROVIDENCE, R.I. —The red-green-black-white Palestinian flag flew in front of the U.S. Courthouse on Kennedy Plaza Friday as about 30 demonstrators protested the Israeli military campaign against rocket-firing terrorists in the Gaza Strip. → Read More
Police union members picket Providence city councilman’s fundraiser
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Members of the Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents Providence police offices, plan to picket a fundraiser for City Councilman Nicholas J. Narducci Jr. Thursday to protest the Community Safety Act, whose sponsors say would reduce racial discrimination in how the city is policed. → Read More
Candidate for R.I. lieutenant governor calls for independent counsel to investigate 38 Studios
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Cumberland Mayor Daniel J. McKee, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, on Wednesday asked the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor of both parties... → Read More
World War I – 100 Years Later: A renewed fight to preserve history
PROVIDENCE — Faded maps mounted on a wall still bear notations after nearly a century, tracing the paths of Rhode Island soldiers who fought on the battlefields of France during World War I.“St. Mihiel... → Read More
In R.I., web-driven Historical Hunt starts Sunday
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The hunt begins Sunday afternoon. Somewhere in Rhode Island, likely in a nook or cranny with historical tendrils, lies a “milling,” a stone marker whose... → Read More
In R.I., web-driven Historical Hunt starts Sunday
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The hunt begins Sunday afternoon. Somewhere in Rhode Island, likely in a nook or cranny with historical tendrils, lies a “milling,” a stone marker whose... → Read More
RI boomers urged to get screened for hepatitis C
PROVIDENCE — The dome of the State House will glow yellow starting Saturday in recognition of a “silent epidemic” of hepatitis C, only recently recognized, that is sweeping through America’s baby boomers.It... → Read More
RI boomers urged to get screened for hepatitis C
PROVIDENCE — The dome of the State House will glow yellow starting Saturday in recognition of a “silent epidemic” of hepatitis C, only recently recognized, that is sweeping through America’s baby boomers.It... → Read More