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Former Warwick employee sentenced in domestic violence case

A Warwick Water Division employee who was facing several domestic violence and drug charges stemming from an incident in November 2025 is avoiding jail time.
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2 vehicles hit by gunfire in Cranston

A car was shot several times near Park Avenue and Potter Street on Tuesday night.
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Hey, big spenders! McKee and Foulkes have already bought well over $1 million in...

With just over two months to go before Rhode Island’s Sept. 9 primary, spending on television ads by the top two Democratic candidates for governor is now well-above the $1 million mark.  Two-thirds of that spending came from the woman trying again to unseat Gov. Dan McKee,  according to a review of purchase forms file
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Self-Checkout Rules Could Reshape Store Tech Spending

Retailers have treated self-checkout as an operational decision shaped by labor costs, consumer preferences and technology. Rhode Island may be setting a precedent and changing those calculations by making parts of the checkout experience a matter of state law. The state recently enacted the Restrictions on Self-Servic
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Your neighborhood Cumbies could soon look a little different

Cumberland Farms' parent company filed to go public and says it plans to renovate stores and expand the chain. Your neighborhood Cumbies could soon look a little different. The parent company of the Westborough-based convenience store chain has filed plans to go public, outlining an ambitious strategy that includes ren
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Local cleanup contractor uncovers intact Memorial Hospital maternity ward tree

PAWTUCKET – When general contractor and Pawtucket native Jacob Theroux found an online ad from Memorial Hospital property owner Richard Balles seeking contractors to clean up the property, he said he had no idea that he would soon be uncovering history. Theroux and his team at Theroux Property Services...
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Providence nightclub to go before the city’s board of licenses

(WJAR) — The owners of a Providence nightclub will make their case to reopen before the Providence Board of Licenses on Wednesday. This comes after a violent robbery over the weekend. Police were called to the Lovera VIP Club on Broad Street first to break up a crowd of...
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Fall River Police, good Samaritan, combine to arrest man accused of breaking into and...

A combined effort resulted in the arrest of a local man after a city business was reportedly broken into. According to Acting Fall River Police Chief J.T. Hoar, on Monday at 8:45 p.m., officers responded to Saber Auto Body at 231 Bedford Street. 22-year-old Messiah Joseph Soares was being subdued...
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Ham and Egger opens in Coventry after delays

A new Coventry breakfast spot has finally opened its doors after more than a year of delays.
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Massachusetts State Police arrest alleged road rage wrong-way driver after chase spanned several towns...

Authorities arrested an alleged road rage wrong-way driver late last month. According to Massachusetts State Police, on June 24th, a Trooper from the Dartmouth Barracks responded to the area of Route 195 westbound in Dartmouth for a report of two vehicles crashing into each other during a road rage incident.

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