The stands were packed at Providence College’s Schneider Arena on Friday night, as both the Bishop Hendricken Hawks and the Mount St. Charles Mounties were hyped to begin their best-of-three state … more

The Rhode Island Youth Leadership Forum (RIYLF) is now accepting applications for its 11th annual forum to take place Aug. 8-11 at Camp Canonicus in Exeter. RIYLF is an innovative, exciting … more

Cranston and Warwick Police anticipated a reaction to a disparaging Twitter “tweet” that was posted by a Coventry High School student about two Pilgrim High School girls who died in a traffic … more

Ernestine Thomas lost her daughter and her granddaughter in a tragic car accident. Every night, she would cry herself to sleep. Until she met Sheri. “She’s my savior,” Thomas says. “She has filled up the emptiness that I used to feel.” One year after the accident, Sheri moved into Thomas’ home thanks to the RI MENTOR Shared Living Program … more

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says listening to constituents is one of the most important and meaningful things he feels he can do as Senator. That’s why he is holding a community dinner on March 18th … more

In this letter to the editor, Warwick resident Matthew Cate says recent poll results were not representative of the way residents truly feel about airport expansion… more

My neighbors Roger and Betty Keefe must have wondered what I was doing in my garden a couple of weeks ago. After all, it was still February when the ground is usually as hard as a brick and you’d … more

In this editorial, we take a look at the Academic Decathlon and how it was a sporting event not for the body, but for the mind… more

The Rhode Island Hospitality Association (RIHA) believes the proposed increase in the meals and beverage tax contained in Governor Lincoln Chafee’s budget proposal is a shortsighted attempt to … more

Contrary to the stigma it may carry, bankruptcy offers municipalities and the taxpayers the means to build a sustainable future, Robert Flanders told the winter meeting of the Rhode Island Statewide … more