Category : Culture

Established in 2025, new program encourages early career dentists to start and grow their career in R.I. Delta Dental of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Foundation will join Governor Dan McKee, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, Senate President Val Lawson and leaders from the state’s oral health sector for a ceremony honoring the inaugural […]Read More

PROVIDENCE – An Austin, Texas woman, who currently resides in Massachusetts, was sentenced on November 25, 2025 in federal court in Rhode Island for her role in distributing and conspiring to distribute more than 310 grams of fentanyl, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom. Patrica Parker, 74, was sentenced by U.S. District Court […]Read More

Rescue 8 and Rescue 9 mark the City’s first EMS new additions in over a decade, boosting response times and reducing reliance on mutual aid PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Brett P. Smiley, City Council President Rachel Miller and Providence Fire Chief Derek Silva today announced the official launch of two new “Impact Rescues” — Rescue 8 […]Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI — The following statement is issued by Sojourner House’s President and CEO, Vanessa Volz: “We are devastated by the senseless act of domestic violence that occurred in Woonsocket last night, claiming the lives of Kimberly Pieranunzi and Donald Roderick Jr. Kimberly and Donald were murdered by Sean Rivera, the 24-year old boyfriend of Kimberly’s 19-year […]Read More