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Ready for spring fishing? Here are 6 great early-season spots in Rhode Island to check out
Spring fishing is here. Opening Day in Rhode Island for trout is Saturday, April 13. Anglers are catchingholdover striped bass, tautog season opens April 1 and soon we will have an abundance of migratingstriped bass. Here are six places to fish first — three on the salt and three freshwater...
Could wages be on the rise in RI
Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at The Providence Journal and this is the Daily Briefing. The debate over wages has reached the General Assembly with multiple bills being heard that could affect the pay rates for a number of Rhode Islanders. The one that most people may connect with involves tipped workers. ...
How will Don Winslow's RI crime saga end? Find out when the famed writer comes to Westerly
The conclusion of his organized crime trilogy partly set in Rhode Island and the final book of his writing career, as he pivots to politics. Winslow will talk about "City in Ruins" at the 6 p.m. United Theatre event, moderated by Ocean House Author Series host Deborah Goodrich Royce, and will sign copies of his book afterward. Tickets are $38 for the talk plus a signed, personalized copy of the book, or $10 for the talk only.
Missing Middletown teenager found dead near Newport State Airport
NEWPORT, R.I. (WLNE) — The Middletown Police Department said that the body of a missing 17-year-old was found near Newport State Airport. The department, alongside Newport and Portsmouth police and the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force, found the body of Owen Cameron around 11 a.m Wednesday. Cameron, who...
Did You Feel It? Earthquake Hits Ledyard, Stonington, Mystic
The small 1.08 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale occurred in New London County around 8:20 a.m., Thursday, March 28 in Ledyard. Although no one in Ledyard reported it to police or emergency management, residents in the town of Stonington and in the Mystic/Old Mystic area, which border Ledyard felt it.
This bill would bring RI's tipped minimum wage up to $15. Could it pass this year?
PROVIDENCE − Restaurateurs came out in force this week to oppose legislation that would gradually raise the tipped minimum wage to the actual minimum wage by 2030, as legislators took up a perennial slate of minimum wage bills. While a proposal to gradually increase the tipped minimum wage, which...
Route 138 to see lane closures weekend of April 5
NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Travelers are looking at more lane closures next month as the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) continues construction around the Pell Bridge. The left lanes of Route 138 will be closed from 5 p.m. on Friday, April 5, until 7 a.m. on Monday, April...
Can I get a car titled even though it isn't drivable? | Ask the RI DMV
Q: My husband purchased a 2005 Toyota Corolla from Massachusetts in 2022. He has the original title and proof of sale from a private sale. He neither titled the car nor registered it in Rhode Island. The car itself does not run, but he plans on fixing it and running it in Rhode Island. At this point, he simply wants to title it because, if the title cannot be obtained, he doesn't want to spend the money to make the repairs. Can he get the car titled, even though it needs to be repaired and is not yet drivable (so he can't take it to the police station to get the VIN check)?
A Newport middle school teacher alleges racist bullying by fellow teachers. Now she's suing.
NEWPORT – A Spanish teacher at Thompson Middle School is accusing her colleagues, the teachers’ union and administrators of subjecting her to a racist and hostile work environment and retaliating when she complained about discriminatory comments by a fellow teacher. Olga Pardo, who is Hispanic and a native of Bogota, Colombia, filed a sweeping lawsuit last week in U.S. District Court alleging that the city, School Committee, Superintendent Colleen Jermain, Thompson school administrators, the Teachers Association of...
White supremacist fliers have been littering RI streets for years. What the trends say.
Incidents of white supremacists spreading propaganda decreased in Rhode Island last year, although such activity increased nationally, reaching another record, according to a report from the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL recorded 99 incidents in Rhode Island last year, compared with 142 in 2022. Nationally, the ADL recorded 7,567 cases, the...
Police investigating bomb threats at multiple Rhode Island Planet Fitness locations
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Multiple local police departments are investigating bomb threats to Planet Fitness locations around Rhode Island after an email threat. Gyms in Providence, East Providence, Warwick, and Rumford were specifically named in the threat. The Planet Fitness Corporation told ABC 6 that all locations are open.
HUD official visits Newport to speak on housing affordability
NEWPORT, R.I. (WJAR) — An official with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development visited Rhode Island on Wednesday speaking about housing affordability. Newport is home to more than 250 affordable housing units with more on the way. State leaders are hoping it can be an example of...
Community vigil planned for Portsmouth teen
A community vigil will be held on Saturday night the Portsmouth teen found dead in Middletown. Police said Owen Cameron went missing after he left for work Saturday night. Middletown police said his body was found partially submerged in a body of water near the Newport Airport. Officials said no...
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