18+ hour, 10+ min ago  (706+ words) Rhode Island's truck toll network will need to be rebuilt before it can re-launch, the Department of Transportation's new chief said, a process expected to take at least a year. The system was shut down by a since-overturned court ruling…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (311+ words) Looking for a new'museum to visit'this winter? As one of the 13 original colonies, Rhode Island is home to'many historical museums'dedicated to preserving the state's crucial role in the history of the United States. In fact, one of the state's oldest…...

1+ mon, 3+ day 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+ mon, 1+ week 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+ mon, 2+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week 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+ mon, 3+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 3+ week 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....

1+ mon, 3+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 4+ week 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…...