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9 sickened at Warwick, RI, shopping center
An apparent chemical exposure at a Rhode Island shopping plaza sent nine people to the hospital and forced several stores to evacuate Thursday, officials told NBC affiliate WJAR. Firefighters were called to Oak Street Health in Warwick about 10:30 a.m. for a report of several people feeling nauseated inside, officials...
DCYF discloses death of 1-year-old child, among 14 child deaths already this year
PROVIDENCE – The state Department of Children, Youth & Families on Wednesday disclosed, as required by law, the death of a 1-year-old. The child’s death was among 14 the agency said on Monday had occurred so far this year. The incident occurred Feb. 11. DCYF cited confidentiality laws in providing no other details about what happened. ...
Providence man faces DUI, firearm charges after arrest in New Bedford
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WJAR) — New Bedford police said a Providence man has been charged with drunk driving and firearm offences after a traffic stop last weekend. Police said they were investigating a vehicle that was operating erratically at around 3 a.m. last Sunday. The vehicle was stopped on...
Providence man charged in 1999 killing
The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office and the Providence Police Department said Thursday that they've arrested a suspect in the killing of a woman 25 years ago. A grand jury charged Kevin Williams, 53, of Providence, with the murder of Kathleen O'Dowd Boleman. Investigators said Boleman, 41, was strangled on...
When RI's immigrants and refugees don't know where to turn, this nonprofit lifts them up
PROVIDENCE – On a bitterly cold morning in mid-February, dozens of people are lined up at a building off Broad Street, long before the doors open up for a food distribution that will stretch into the afternoon. Before the day is over, staff and volunteers at Higher Ground International...
Opening of Providence pallet shelter community delayed
PROVIDENCE — Corralled within the on-ramp to Route 146 South stand 45 empty white one-room cabins, adorned with blue doors and little windows. But the first residents to occupy them won’t arrive until either May or June. Welcome to Smith Hill’s newest subdivision: “ECHO Village.” These tiny cabins, also called pallet shelters, will soon serve […] The post Opening of Providence pallet shelter community delayed appeared first on Rhode Island Current.
PR campaign to RI drivers: Come back over the Washington Bridge, and bring your money with you
PROVIDENCE – Stay tuned for a $400,000 TV, radio, billboard and social media campaign to try to persuade Rhode Islanders to forget what they think they know about "The Bridge" and come back to Providence, East Providence and the East Bay with their money. The theater! The Philharmonic! The...
What does Rhode Island's housing market look like? 'It's a madhouse.'
Want to buy a house in Rhode Island? What about in that sweet spot of $340,000 to $440,000, the new median price for a single-family home?. Prepare for stiff competition, little inventory and an interest rate hovering around 7%. "It's a madhouse, with 40 to 50 people showing up to...
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