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What’s Happening: Dragon and Mystical Creatures
WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — This weekend in What’s happening, our Ashley Erling is at Roger Williams Park Zoo, visiting the Dragons and Mythical Creatures exhibit. Each weekend, Ashley brings you around Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts for a look at what’s happening as part of our all new, expanded 12 News This Morning. Join us on Saturdays for […]
22nd Imagine Walk promotes autism acceptance
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) — The Autism Project’s 22nd Annual Imagine Walk took place in Warwick on April 28. Executive Director Joanne Quinn said the autism acceptance event had almost 5,000 attendees and is the organization’s biggest event of the year. “We’ve had it this big for the...
Providence Mayor Smiley vetoes 8 Law Ordinance
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley vetoed the 8 Law Ordinance on Friday. The City Council passed it on April 18, on a vote of 13 to two. "It is disappointing that the mayor would veto a tool that addresses low-income housing in the capital city," said Council President Rachel Miller. The...
Utility pole snaps in half after struck by car in Cranston
CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — A car crashed into a utility pole in Cranston Wednesday morning. Cranston police said they responded to the crash at around 7:21 a.m. in the area of 555 Atwood Avenue. According to a witness, the vehicle drifted from the left lane to the right lane...
Soon spotting a black bear in your RI yard may not be unusual. What to do if you see one.
Josh Dominikoski had an unexpected visitor to his home in Coventry one night last week. "I was very, very surprised when I opened the camera app and saw there was a bear on our front porch," Dominikoski said. Dominikoski got to the front door just in time to see the...
Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for new affordable housing in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A ribbon cutting was held in East Providence Friday morning for the newly-constructed Residences at Riverside Square. The 16 new affordable apartments will be available for extremely low to moderate-income households. Three of the apartments are reserved for youth aging out of foster care.
Robbery scheme running from Florida to RI used drones and GPS trackers to monitor victims
PROVIDENCE − An investigation into the activities of foreign nationals who mounted elaborate surveillance operations as they burglarized victims in eight states has led to the arrest of a fourth conspirator, federal prosecutors said Friday. The 20-year-old Chilean man was held on the orders of U.S. Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond after his initial appearance before Almond in U.S. District Court, Providence. ...
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