EAST PROVIDENCE, RI – The East Providence Public Safety Communications Center, a state-of-the-art space, opened at its new location on April 10, 2023 and celebrated its opening during a ribbon cutting on April 26, 2023 with local, state and federal officials. The opening comes after the site remained vacant for 20 years. The site […]Read More
PAWTUCKET – Major construction to the Pawtucket Fire Station 1, located at 394 West Ave., is set to begin within the next month. Station 1 closed in 2017 due to dangerously high levels of mold, posing an unsafe environment for firefighters. “Improving the facilities that our public safety officials operate in is crucial to the […]Read More
Bills to be heard tonight before House Committee on Judiciary PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, alongside legislative partners, today announced a package of bills aimed at drastically reducing childhood lead poisoning in Rhode Island. The three proposed bills mark a crucial step in eradicating childhood lead poisoning by ensuring compliance with existing laws. […]Read More
National discount retailer faces $770K in penalties after latest inspections PROVIDENCE, RI – Dollar Tree Stores Inc.’s failure to provide safe work conditions at two Rhode Island stores – violations of U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards – exposed employees to serious risks and injuries. The discount retail giant faces a total of $770,136 in […]Read More
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island will open a Your Blue Store in Narragansett, its fifth store in Rhode Island providing convenient, in-person service PROVIDENCE, RI —A new Your Blue Store is coming to South County, making it the fifth Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) store in Rhode Island and once […]Read More
PAWTUCKET – The City of Pawtucket announced its support for Attorney General Peter Neronha’s efforts to intervene in a pending civil suit involving the former Memorial Hospital. Through the intervention motion, the Attorney General seeks to ensure terms of an original court order are followed by any current or future owners of the hospital property. The […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Brett P. Smiley will join Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez and Healthy Communities Acting Director Rachel Newman Greene on efforts to provide a safe opportunity for the disposal of expired or unused medication throughout Providence this upcoming Saturday, April 22, 2023, from 10AM to 2PM at select locations, in observance of National […]Read More
SWANSEA — The Town of Swansea announces that Avian influenza has been detected in a sample of dead wild birds in town. The Town of Swansea was recently informed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the National Wildlife Health Center and Tufts that six dead swans in town […]Read More
With the official launch last month of a voluntary, statewide program to test the drinking water in any Rhode Island K-12 school, program organizers are encouraging any school that has not yet signed up to take advantage of this no-cost testing opportunity. This effort is a collaboration between the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), […]Read More
Award is for schools that demonstrate high-quality sustainability practices in facilities and education; represents commitment to promoting environmental equity and improvement PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green and the Rhode Island Department of Education announced today that East Providence High School and the Jamestown School Department have been designated as 2023 Green Ribbon awardees by […]Read More
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