From The Community College of Rhode Island! The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), in partnership with Working Cities Newport and the Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training (RIDLT), is hosting an Aquidneck Island Job Fair. The event will take place at CCRI’s Newport Campus[Read More…]
‘TIS THE SEASON TO RECYCLE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE, DEM COLLECTING ‘TREES FOR TROUT’ TO IMPROVE WILD TROUT, AQUATIC HABITATS The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is again partnering with the Rhode Island Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU) on a habitat restoration program called ‘Trees for Trout’, which collects donated conifer Christmas trees for[Read More…]
Another senseless tragedy befell Rhode Island on the first day of 2022 with the death of a 17-year-old East Greenwich student at the hands of career criminal Aramis Segura. Olivia Passaretti’s young life was tragically cut short because of an individual, who, based on criminal history alone, should not[Read More…]
Colonel James Manni, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police announces that on Saturday, October 30, 2021, members of the Rhode Island State Police/Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Father James Jackson, age 66, of St. Mary’s Church, 538 Broadway, Providence, Rhode Island for Possession of Child Pornography,[Read More…]
Starting January 1, 2022, the City of Pawtucket will have a harm reduction station in each fire station across the city in an effort to reduce incidents related to substance use disorders. Since 2014, the opioid overdoses and drug abuse has increased dramatically to epidemic-level numbers across Rhode Island, with[Read More…]
Due to inclement weather, trash and recycling pick-up will be delayed one day. Residents whose usual garbage collection day is Monday (8/23) will have their trash and recycling picked up on Tuesday (8/24). The one-day trash and recycling delay will continue throughout the week. Residents should leave trash and[Read More…]
It’s that time of year again. No, I don’t mean Springtime or daylight savings time. It’s Mother’s Day. For those of us who have lost their mom or never knew their mom, it can be a bittersweet day on Mother’s day without her. We may all take comfort in the[Read More…]
Hundreds of toys and more than $10,000 distributed to community organizations The Rhode Island State Police today announced that through their Kids, Cops & Christmas initiative, they have been able to distribute hundreds of toys and more than $10,000 to community organizations throughout Rhode Island. “We are thrilled by the outpouring[Read More…]
Boardroom Videos & Termination Letter: The Sad Final Day of RIPTA CEO Scott Avedisian’s Tenure 
Human Rights Watch & The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Sudan-One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach (Video-UNHCR: 1 Year Since War Has Broken Out) 
Rhode Island Democratic Socialists Celebrate Formal Designation of Rhody Democratic Convention Delegate As “Uncommitted” 
Breaking! Smiley Administration: City of Providence, Providence Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 Reach Tentative Five-Year Agreement 
Flash: Aniece Germain Resigns from Cranston City Council Effective Immediately 
Board Members of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority met today to formally accept the resignation of RIPTA CEO, former Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian. Citing contractural issues, the Board agreed to honor a 90 day severance clause. Me. Avedisian had not participated in the RIPTA health plan, and was[Read More…]
On March 26, members of RIBLIA: The Rhode Island Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian-American and Pacific Islander Caucus met in the Rhode Island Senate “Lounge”, to announce priorities surrounding the “reformation” of the Law Enforcements Officers’ Bill of Rights (LEOBOR) and set forth an Agenda for the[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should[Read More…]
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