WARWICK — The Community College of Rhode Island was named the nation’s “2-Year College of the Year” by Education Dive: Higher Ed, an industry publication. The 2019 Dive Awards recognize the industry’s top "disruptors" and innovators who are transforming higher education. Winners were chosen …
WAKEFIELD — For more than a year, Betty Cotter has scoured archives and spoken with dozens of people to help bring the history of South County Health to life.
KINGSTON — Freshwater lakes and ponds provide many ecological benefits, such as drinking water and food, but they are increasingly being threatened by harmful algae.
WOOD RIVER JCT. — Representatives from Chariho High School and Chariho Tech sat down to breakfast in the Chariho Tech dining room Thursday with members of the local business and nonprofit communities.
WOOD RIVER JCT. — The original production of "The Miracle of The Bell" is a true Christmas collaboration, drawing 23 student actors from the Chariho School district, Westerly High School and the Monsignor Clarke School in Wakefield.
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KINGSTON — Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice, selling for about $5,000 per pound at wholesale rates, and 90 percent of the global saffron harvest comes from Iran. But University of Rhode Island agriculture researchers have found that Ocean State farms have the potential to get a sh…
KINGSTON — Former Hasbro Chairman Alfred J. Verrecchia, a University of Rhode Island graduate, and his wife, Geraldine, have donated $15 million for business studies at URI. The gift will create a scholarship, a fund for students pursuing competitive internships, a faculty chair, a professor…
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that White Castle is recalling certain frozen six-packs of cheeseburgers, hamburgers, jalapeno cheeseburgers, and certain 16-packs of hamburgers and cheeseburgers because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
CHARLESTOWN — The chapter of a town ordinance pertaining to entertainment will remain unchanged, to the relief of supporters of a local Christmas light display who feared that the proposed amendment would force the display to shut down.
RICHMOND (AP) — A judge upheld a finding that a former Chariho High School teacher should be classified as a sex offender.
PROVIDENCE — A rise in demand also led to a rise in costs at the gas pump last week, but with Thanksgiving travel now over, gasoline costs are once again entering a downward trend.
BOSTON (AP) — Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, died Monday. He was 34.
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — More than a century ago, waves of Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Poland and Quebec settled in Chicopee and other western Massachusetts mill towns, helping build churches, rectories and schools to accommodate their faith. Today the priests leading those churches are …
BOSTON (AP) — The public transportation system in metropolitan Boston needs to step up efforts to improve safety along its network of subways, buses and commuter rail trains.
For years, Kim Cobb was the Indiana Jones of climate science. The Georgia Tech professor flew to the caves of Borneo to study ancient and current climate conditions. She jetted to a remote South Pacific island to see the effects of warming on coral.
CHARLESTOWN — Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge will host its fifth annual deer hunting opportunity for youth hunters between Saturday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 22. During this time, the Salt Pond Unit of Ninigret Refuge will be closed to the public, including the parking lots, nature trails,…
HOLIDAY FOR HEROES
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island's governor and her husband are joining with local broadcasters to launch a mental health awareness campaign.
WOOD RIVER JCT. — Chariho High School has partnered with Providence’s Hope High School in an effort to provide students with shared experiences that allow them to visit two college campuses, observe different high school learning environments, and develop a service-learning project.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Hundreds of educators, policymakers, parents and students met Saturday to discuss ways to improve public education in Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Climate activist have called for Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to reject contributions from fossil fuel companies.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — There's no reason for the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on New Hampshire's “Free the Nipple” case, the state attorney general said this week.
PROVIDENCE — Retired Presiding Justice Joseph F. Rodgers Jr., the leader of the Rhode Island Superior Court for 18 years and a judge for a total of 35 years, passed away early Friday at his home in Wakefield. He was 78.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. District Court in Rhode Island has a new chief judge.
The Jonnycake Center of Westerly
WESTERLY
WOOD RIVER JCT. — Since its publication in 1843, Charles Dickens’ story of “A Christmas Carol” has become a timely holiday classic. As a part of its biannual holiday tradition, the Chariho Theatre Company will be performing an updated stage adaptation of the play Saturday and Sunday.
A federal appeals court has backed the trucking industry in its legal fight to end Rhode Island’s truck tolls.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing regulators are proposing another cutback to the catch limits for Atlantic cod, but some environmentalists say the move isn't significant enough to slow the loss of the species.
BOSTON (AP) — A man who tweeted that he would give $500 to anyone who would kill a federal immigration officer was acquitted Friday in a case that centered on whether a threatening social media post is protected speech.
WOOD RIVER JCT. — Whether you were a member of the first Chariho class of 1960 or a recent graduate, Chariho wants to hear from you.
WESTERLY — A free workshop in January at the Westerly Education Center is intended to help parents and anyone who interacts with youth to understand why teens adopt risky behaviors and how to spot the warning signs.
RICHMOND — Chariho Furniture is hosting a food drive benefiting the Rhode Island Center Assisting those in Need and offering customers a discount in exchange for getting in on the action.
Officials across the region described Tuesday's snowstorm as "rather uneventful," with only a few traffic accidents and power outages accompanying the start of wintry weather.
GROTON — The U.S. Navy has awarded a $22.2 billion contract for the construction of nine additional Virginia-class submarines.
BOSTON — Round two of a one-two wintry punch could leave a foot of snow in some parts of southern New England, just a day after the first round of the storm dropped 12 inches or more in some areas.
PROVIDENCE — The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in Rhode Island has inched up 2 cents.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — City officials and a developer are proposing a $400 million redevelopment in downtown Pawtucket centered around a 7,500-seat soccer stadium.
PROVIDENCE (AP) — The Rhode Island State House Christmas tree will be artificial this year.
PROVIDENCE (AP) — Student musicians from across the state will once again be featured in a series of concerts at the Statehouse to celebrate the holiday season.
PROVIDENCE (AP) — An anti-abortion group is saying it will appeal a decision by a Rhode Island Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s abortion rights law passed this summer.
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Meals on Wheels
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By the time the holiday season came to a close last year, the Jonnycake Center of Westerly had successfully received, prepared and delivered nearly 10,000 gifts to those in need in the greater Westerly region.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has received an $8 million federal grant for new transit hubs at two colleges that will also serve the southern part of the state.
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Church leaders in a Massachusetts town are recommending that three Catholic parishes be consolidated into one but remain open individually.
PHOENIX (AP) — International flags flutter from the ceilings of the outdoor hallways at Valencia Newcomer School, where more than 200 children from around the world are learning English skills and American classroom customs they need to succeed.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s top medical marijuana regulator hired in 2016 to help reform a decade-old, but loosely regulated program has announced his resignation to accept a new position in New York.
If you are searching for a way to give back and make a difference this holiday season, staff with the American Red Cross and Rhode Island Blood Center are encouraging area residents to consider something that is free, in high demand and could potentially save a life — the gift of blood.
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said he believes the Taliban want a cease-fire.
National Grid and Eversource are warning against a range of utility scams taking aim at customers through phone, online and personal contacts.