2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (519+ words) A missing Narragansett man died on a downtown Providence street, in freezing temperatures, in late January. Police had found his body under a blanket near Dunkin' and The Strand Ballroom & Theatre. Ryan Boisvert's death came during the first winter of…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (1607+ words) No one would ever say that Woonsocket has too many grocery stores. There's just one supermarket serving the city of roughly 45,000 people " a Price Rite located on the outskirts of town, which can be hard for low-income residents to access…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (240+ words) What better way to get ready for the Winter Olympics than to head to the movies and watch a rom-com filmed in Rhode Island that revolves around the sports of hockey and curling? "The Roaring Game," from East Greenwich's Verdi…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (413+ words) This week's restaurant news is mostly chilling, with three restaurants closed for repairs after water pipes burst in Providence and Newport. Blame the recent stretch of frigid weather. Claudine at 225 Weybosset St. and PVD Noodle Bar, 187 Mathewson St., both reported…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago  (1588+ words) Gov. Dan McKee launched his annual state budget on Jan. 15 into the heat of a contested reelection campaign and the cold of the annual winter utility-bill spike. Given the sore point that rising energy bills have been for Rhode Islanders…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (539+ words) A cold weather advisory has been issued for all of Rhode Island from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday as temperatures are set to hit a dangerous chill. "Very cold wind chills as low as 20 below expected," the National Weather Service advisory says....

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (527+ words) Scott Rivkees still remembers two cases from his first week as a pediatric intern at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1982. The first was a patient with chickenpox or varicella encephalitis, a virus that causes brain inflammation. The second was a child…...

4+ week, 18+ hour ago  (789+ words) The state's new system for adjudicating conflicts over disciplining police officers handled four cases last year, including the firing of former Tiverton Police Officer Jacob Rapoza. Meeting under the framework that replaced the old Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (823+ words) Nearly $1 million awarded in 2025 to support education, workforce development, and animal welfare initiatives statewide CRANSTON, RI, UNITED STATES, January 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ " Now that 2025 has come to a close, the Hayden Foundation of Rhode Island is reflecting on another year of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (125+ words) So thank you to 73-year-old Bill for his well-covered cringey moments with his 24-year-old GF Jordon Hudson, almost a half century his junior. But God bless him, he can still hold her aloft with his ... RI had plenty of quirky…...