STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode … more

Activist and vocal critic of the administration Rob Cote, who was escorted from the July 17 Council meeting after barely uttering two sentences, may get the last word after all. On Monday, the … more

By NOAH BOWSER With the Board of Canvassers refusing to consider the residency qualifications of Senate District 29 Democratic candidate Michael C. Carreiro on procedural grounds, citizen activist … more

Lt. Michael Carreiro, president of the Warwick Firefighters union, hit one rough patch in his quest to succeed Michael McCaffrey as the District 29 senator when it was revealed last month that he … more

By JOHN HOWELL "Don't tell me it's a leak, because I know it isn't,"Peter Broomfield, operations aide at the water division, remembers the woman on the other end of the line insisting. He listened and agreed to send over a crew to see why her utility more

By JOHN HOWELL There's nothing to show for the long hours city activist Rob Cote put into obtaining and reviewing hundreds of Fire Department records, which triggered an FBI investigation and prompted the City Council to contract the firm of Yarlas, more