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Cranston homeowner killed by falling branch while trimming tree, police say
CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — A 58-year-old homeowner was killed when a branch fell on him while he was trimming a tree Thursday afternoon, according to the Cranston police chief. The incident happened at 58 Cindy Lane around 4:30 p.m. The chief said the man became trapped beneath the branch...
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New body camera footage shows officers chasing Nelson Pires onto I-95 before arrest
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Newly released body camera footage shows officers chasing Nelson Pires onto Interstate 95 and taking him into custody as vehicles pass nearby. The footage, released to NBC 10, captures the foot pursuit and arrest during an Oct. 26 incident that police said began with an attempted traffic stop in Warwick.
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Ahead of Johnston exodus, Polisena says FM to lay off local workers
FM is laying off an unknown number of employees in conjunction with plans to relocate its global headquarters from Johnston to Providence, Johnston Mayor Joe Polisena Jr. said on Thursday. Polisena told Rhode Island Current in a phone interview that he met with an FM employee earlier in the day, who said she and at […]
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Cranston mother outraged after assault charge against daughter's former teacher reduced
CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — A Cranston mother is speaking out after learning that a former teacher accused of repeatedly slapping her 6-year-old daughter is no longer facing a felony charge. Alannah Moosey said she is devastated by the decision to reduce the charge against 32-year-old Timesha Harley from felony...
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Army football commit leads Barnstable football past Milford in Elite 8
MILFORD -- Anthony Parrella had his fingerprints all over the Barnstable High football team's 35-14 upset over No. 2 Milford in the Division 3 Elite Eight on Thursday, Nov. 12. Parrella returned an interception 95 yards for a score and added a pair of rushing touchdowns, one a 51-yard burst, for the No. 7 Red Hawks (7-3). Barnstable advances to the Final Four and will play the winner of Friday's game between No. 3 Marshfield and No. 6 North Attleboro. After trailing 14-7 at halftime, Barnstable scored 28 unanswered points in the second half. Milford got on the board first, with a 3-yard touchdown run by Wanderson Dos Santos and a successful PAT from Tyler Stewart. Barnstable's Perrella ran one in for a touchdown to tie it up, but Milford led again going into the second half. Just before halftime, Milford connected on what seemed at the time to be a momentum-swinging play. Vincent Loscerbo completed a pass to Jaxson Finnimore. As Barnstable rallied to tackle Finnimore, he lateraled to Eli Rosenberg who darted down the sideline for a 52-yard TD with 18 seconds left in the half to push Milford's lead to 14-7. Enter Parrella. Less than a minute
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FM Says It's Moving HQ to Providence; What They Didn’t Say Is Hundreds of Jobs Are Headed to MA
FM Says It's Moving HQ to Providence; What They Didn’t Say Is Hundreds of Jobs Are Headed to MA. FM earlier this week announced that it is closing its Johnston, Rhode Island headquarters facility and moving to Providence. As GoLocal reported last February, the company purchased the building that was formerly IGT's headquarters. FM used to be named FM Global.
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Village at Manville Could Push Lincoln’s Affordable Share Near 9%
Lincoln is still short of Rhode Island’s 10 percent low- and moderate-income housing goal, but not by the margin it once was. The 2026 Housing Fact Book puts that housing at 8.35 percent of the town’s year-round homes and says Lincoln needs 157 more qualifying homes to reach the benchmark.
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Providence Puts Hit Out On Native Plants
PROVIDENCE — Property owners can spray poisons with impunity. Gasoline-powered leaf blowers can scream for much of the year. Fertilizer can be tossed about without thought. One would think maintaining a lawn at any cost is enshrined in the city’s charter. So what if dogs and wildlife are...