I decided I wanted to keep loving Providence
Umberto Crenca had a decision to make. After retiring in 2019 from AS220, the community arts space in downtown Providence he had co-founded and cultivated for more than three decades, it was time for Crenca to find a new project that could channel his artistic energy. A newly cleared schedule meant the...
East Providence breaks ground on $16 million community center
Construction is getting underway on a new $16 million community center in East Providence that will offer services for residents of all ages.
Homebound R.I. seniors can’t get basic foot care they desperately need. Blame state law.
Thirty minutes, every other month was all it took for Tina McDonald to make a difference in the lives of Claudia Dunagan and her nonagenarian mother, Hazel. Armed with a smile and a bag of sterilized foot care equipment, McDonald, a wound and ostomy nurse, skillfully and gently trimmed the thick toenails that Hazel,...
You say ‘movement.’ We say ‘ultimatum.’ Butler Hospital strike drags on
Butler Hospital’s unionized workforce declared Tuesday that they made “movement” on wages and health plan costs to hospital owner Care New England during hours of negotiations last week. Care New England CEO Michael Wagner chose a different noun for the union’s counterproposal in an email he wrote last week:...
McKee signs Freedom to Read Act
The law promotes free expansion and access to information, prohibiting the censorship of materials in libraries.
14 cats staying briefly at RISPCA after transport van crash
Fourteen young cats on their way to Massachusetts from Maryland are now at the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA) after their transport van got into a crash in East Providence Tuesday.
Three men sentenced to prison after 43 house break-ins in 25 Massachusetts cities and...
WOBURN – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Colonel of the Massachusetts State Police Geoffrey Noble announced that three defendants, Jovan Lemon, 30, of Providence RI, Paul Lemon, 31, of Warwick RI, and Steven Berdugo, 29, of Providence RI, pleaded guilty last week in Middlesex Superior Court in connection...
Not your average shift: Pawtucket firefighters deliver three babies this summer
Firefighters never really know what a shift will bring, but for a group with the Pawtucket Fire Department, this summer brought a rare string of calls they’ll never forget.
East Providence man’s homemade pirate ship is ‘Knot Normal’; spreading joy on the water
WARREN, R.I. (WJAR) — An East Providence man is taking his handy work to the next level with his real-life creation of a pirate ship. Jason DiPietro, 51, who has worked as a mason for a while, said a few years ago pirates peaked his interest. “I was in...
3 plead guilty in burglary ring that hit dozens of Mass. towns
The scheme targeted the homes of residents of Indian or South Asian heritage, officials said. Three men pleaded guilty last week to dozens of break-ins across 25 Massachusetts towns, perpetrated as part of a burglary ring that targeted residents of Indian or South Asian heritage, officials said Tuesday. Jovan Lemon,...
