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

In Apponaug, everyone pretty much knew everyone else. Twenty-three-year-old Florence Smith watched Thomas Henry Holden pour something into a dish and cross the street. She had no idea what it was but … more

In a world divided over a thousand different arguments related to government oversight and regulation, we should all be thankful for the fact that it is no longer - officially worldwide as of September of this year - legal for leaded gasoline to be more

In an effort to reduce childhood exposure to lead and raise awareness about the threat of lead poisoning, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed joined with CCAP, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Rhode Island Office, the Childhood Lead Action more

By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Joseph Medeiros was a car mechanic back in the day and had been around carbon monoxide often. None of that mattered when he and his family were almost overtaken by the odorless, deadly gas. more