Providence RI

Two of the eight Rhode Island businesses in the James Beard Foundation's Restaurant Award semifinals have advanced to the prestigious competition's final round.

Summer electric bill savings will be less noticeable than years past for Rhode Island Energy customers because of fee hikes and the cutoff of temporary, cold-weather discounts. The average Rhode Island Energy residential customer can expect to save $7.31, or 4.8% on monthly electricity bills starting April 1,...

VIDEO: "Grumpy Pies" Pizza Opens at Track 15 in Providence. GoLocalProv caught up this week with one of the newest additions to Track 15 - Grumpy Pies. News Editor Kate Nagle spoke with Chef Ian Cappelano as he opens his new pizzeria this month at the downtown Providence food-and-event destination, as it enters its...

Rhode Island has a lengthy legislative history with the substance and was one of a few states to ban it in 2017.

School Staffer Arrested After Repeatedly Hitting a 6-Year-Old Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of Police of Cranston, announced on Wednesday the arrest of a former employee of Ocean State Academy following an investigation into an assault involving a young student. According to police, on Tuesday, at approximately...

BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Massachusetts-based water and sewer line construction contractor for willfully and repeatedly exposing workers to safety hazards in a trench collapse in November 2025 at 152 South Shore Drive that claimed the life of Miguel Reis of Fall River and seriously injured...

CUMBERLAND – Come January, Cumberland will be a little less sweet. After 45 years in business, the owners of Dyane’s Sweet Tooth, 186 Mendon Road, have announced the beloved bakery supply shop will close its doors at the end of the year. “For 45 years, Dyane’s was our...

This week on Trackside Northeast, host Joe Cortese is joined by Joshua Parsons, who talks about the journey that brought him into the driver's seat.

Even though spring just arrived, the town of Bristol has its eyes set on summer.

The two priests who may have been buried at St. Mary's Church in Taunton are Father Edward Sheridan and Father Daniel Hearne, according to information in a history book shared with the Gazette by the Old Colony History Museum. Hearne served as the pastor of St. Mary's from 1852 to 1865, according to the book. And...