By Rob Garver Like all U.S. presidential candidates, Joe Biden spent most of last year’s election campaign making promises. As his 100th day in office approaches — a traditional, if arbitrary, milestone for assessing presidential performance — he has delivered on many of them, but fallen short on others. The president’s campaign promises can be sorted […]Read More
PAWTUCKET– The City of Pawtucket welcomed General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Joseph Shekarchi, Council President David Moran and members of the Pawtucket City Council, the State Delegation, School Committee, and School Department today for a groundbreaking on the ground-up rebuild of the Henry J. Winters Elementary School. With demolition […]Read More
Postings to come as Rhode Island expands age eligibility to include 50 to 59-year-olds Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are announcing that approximately 7,300 additional COVID-19 vaccination appointments will be posted on www.vaccinateRI.org on Tuesday at 9 a.m. These appointments will be for the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Sockanosset Cross Road, and […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued guidance last week reminding creditors, debt collectors and financial institutions that stimulus payments resulting from the federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act are exempt from seizure or garnishment by debt collectors. “While we seem to be heading in the right direction, we are by no means done with […]Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced last week in Providence County Superior Court to serve 13 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to felony charges stemming from his role in a 2019 armed home invasion on Sunbury Street in Providence. Fernando Lopez (age […]Read More
CENTRAL FALLS MAN SENTENCED TO THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. PROVIDENCE – A Central Falls man who admitted to repeatedly abusing a toddler that he photographed and filmed in various stages of undress, displaying her genitalia, and of him engaged in sexually explicit conduct with her, was sentenced today […]Read More
2021 survey continues to target issues related to health inequities in BIPOC communities after 2020 survey starkly highlighted that Black and Latinx Rhode Islanders perceive greater challenges in their pursuit of health and well-being PROVIDENCE, RI (March 31, 2021) – Beginning April 5, Rhode Islanders will be asked at random to participate in the RI Life Index via […]Read More
BCBSRI board selects Martha L. Wofford, group vice president at Denver healthcare company PROVIDENCE, R.I. (March 23, 2021) – After a national search, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) has announced the appointment of Martha L. Wofford, group vice president at DaVita, Inc. in Denver, Colorado, as the president and CEO of the local, nonprofit […]Read More
Second defendant pleads guilty in schemes to steal and sell construction equipment, sport vehicles, and boats. PROVIDENCE – A Providence man, one of nine individuals indicted by a federal grand jury for participating in schemes in several states to steal and sell nearly $700,000 worth of excavators, sport boats, jet skis, all-terrain vehicles, and trailers, […]Read More
The Councilwoman Urges Residents to Respond and Share Survey through Social Media with Friends and Family PROVIDENCE, RI (March 29, 2021)…Councilwoman Nirva LaFortune (Ward 3) today has launched a survey requesting input from Providence residents on the use of $130 million in federal stimulus funds expected to be delivered to the City. The survey, created in both English […]Read More
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