Providence RI

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Rhode Island commuter rail riders should check their train departure times before new MBTA fall and winter schedules take effect Oct. 26. The MBTA and Keolis Commuter Services announced Monday that several trains on the Providence/Stoughton Line will depart earlier or later than they do under

JOHNSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — Johnston police said a dog was rescued after falling into an open sewer on Monday. According to police, a shih tzu fell around 12 feet into a sewer in the yard of a home on North Fairview Street. The sewer cap had been removed for...

For more than two decades, a wall inside Brown University’s Pizzitola Sports Center carried the names of the people who had been part of the gymnastics program. Created in 2004 by former gymnast Melissa Forziat, the legacy wall became a tradition, with generations of gymnasts, coaches, and staff adding their names. Tha

License plate reader data would be kept no longer than 30 days under the amended ordinance, which still needs second passage. The Cumberland Street shelter lease is final. Woonsocket, R.I. — The Woonsocket City Council on Monday gave first passage to an amended ordinance regulating automated license plate readers, gave

On less than an acre of farmland in Hopkinton, rows of hemp plants were nearing harvest. Most of their “colas” — dense clusters of buds prized for smokable flower — had already been cut ahead of a nor’easter bound for southern New England on the last weekend of September. The rest will be harvested in […]

In a few months, Blank Street will touch down in Rhode Island for the first time, just steps away from Brown’s campus. The new location will open at 218 Thayer St., filling the vacancy that Starbucks left after an abrupt closure last year. “We had a few dozen places...

Rhode Island’s Non-Owner Occupied Property Tax Act — also known as the “Taylor Swift tax” — faced its first legal challenge with a lawsuit headed by Providence-based law firm Hinckley Allen. The tax applies to all R.I. residential properties assessed at over $1 million that...

Multiple crews responded to a Bristol County crash on Monday evening. According to scanner transmissions, at just after 7:45 p.m. a call came into dispatch for a rollover crash in the area of 1374 Old Fall River Road in Dartmouth. Upon arrival, Dartmouth Fire District 3 found a bucket truck...

Giovanni and Lisa Ricci never expected to spend their wedding anniversary at Rhode Island Hospital.

Greater Providence City Hall Plaza — Weather Coverage City Hall Landmark. Providence is headed for a bright but breezy Monday, with temperatures climbing to the upper 60s before a noticeably colder stretch settles in. Early conditions are mostly cloudy and near 57 degrees, but skies should clear as the day unfolds.