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RIDOT to close West River Street Bridge in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will close the West River Street Bridge in Providence starting on June 28. Prior to its full closure, RIDOT will temporarily close the bridge during evening and overnight hours, from Saturday to Thursday night. According to RIDOT, hours of...
New scholarships will help educate midwives in Rhode Island
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WLNE) –$900,000 federal dollars will soon allow one local organization to better support pregnant mothers in the Ocean State. Quatia Osorio, Executive Director of the Urban Perinatal Education Center, is introducing new scholarships to educate more midwives in Rhode Island. “So we are covering full scholarship, actually,...
Everything you need to know as the General Assembly comes to a close
Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at The Providence Journal and this is the Daily Briefing. The end is near for the six-month session that began way back in January. The Journal's Katherine Gregg reports that if legislative leaders meet their goal, the session will end by Thursday or Friday of this week, but there's still plenty of work to be done.
Driver in deadly Subway crash in Smithfield will not face criminal charges
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) — The Smithfield Police Department has announced that the man accused of driving into a Subway and killing a woman nearly a year ago will not face criminal charges. 70-year-old Jeffrey Barden was expected to face charges after he came off of Route 44 last year,...
Providence Public Schools to celebrate the new D'Abate Elementary School
(WJAR) — Officials in Providence will celebrate the new D’Abate Elementary School on Monday. A dedication ceremony will be held on Monday afternoon. The elementary school is one of three new schools in the Providence Public Schools District this year. All three offer a modern learning environment and...
Farmington, NH, motorcyclist dies after crash in Massachusetts, police say
A New Hampshire man was killed in a weekend crash on a highway in Massachusetts, state police said. Massachusetts State Police said around 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, troopers responded to a crash on Interstate 290 westbound in Worcester. Police said a Honda CRV was in the left-hand lane when it...
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