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Providence, RI—(October 29, 2026) – StrategicPoint Investment Advisors (‘StrategicPoint’), a RIA based in Providence, RI, announced that Kristina M. Mello, MBA earned…
The Dighton-Rehoboth School District has hired an outside investigator after a child with special needs briefly went missing last week.
You don’t often see a bunch of little kids walking around a college frat house, but during the Halloween season here in South County, anything is possible. Last week,…
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. Rhode Island’s…
CHARLESTOWN — School facilities, academic achievement and fiscal responsibility are among the issues facing candidates seeking to represent Charlestown on the 12-member…
PROVIDENCE – A two-family property on Providence’s East Side recently sold for $1.4 million, according to Compass Inc., which represented both sides of the transaction.…
Dr. Javier Montañez has been serving as the permanent superintendent of Providence Public Schools since 2022.
Rhode Island’s unemployment rate fell to 3.7% in the third quarter, its lowest level in nearly three years, but the improvement came from people leaving the workforce…
Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series on state legislative races, chosen based on competitiveness between candidates and relevant district issues. Of…
Rhode Island Making Progress Out of Recession, URI Economist Lardaro Says The post Rhode Island Making Progress Out of Recession, URI Economist Lardaro Says appeared…
The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce will host a career fair on Thursday, Nov. 5, at Innovate Newport, bringing 27 employers together with job seekers from 11 a.m. to…
Editor’s note This is the second in a three-part series on state legislative races, chosen based on competitiveness between candidates and relevant district issues. Of…
The town is accepting artwork for its seventh annual holiday card contest, with submissions due Wednesday, Nov. 25. The contest is open to all Middletown residents,…
Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series on state legislative races, chosen based on competitiveness between candidates and relevant district issues. Of…
Earlier this month, a 50-year-old man riding his personal electric scooter in Washington, D.C., was killed when he collided with a woman on a rideshare scooter. In June,…
PORTLAND, Ore. — The latest cosponsor of a U.S. House bill to provide single-payer health insurance defeated a Republican incumbent in a suburban and rural Oregon…
This year’s statewide ballot measures are written, on average, at a graduate-school reading level, according to a new report. The readability of 2026’s ballot questions…
The Aquidneck Island Land Trust has opened its 12th annual Art & Writing Contest for students, asking them to reflect on a favorite Aquidneck Island vista and how it is…
A household needs an income of $459,600 to affordably buy a median-priced single-family home in Newport, where that price reached $1,510,000 last year, according to the…
Providence School Board members were attentive and cooperative as they asked administrators questions about the district’s latest student assessment scores at their…