The section of the Blackstone River Bikeway that runs under the Manville Bridge in Lincoln will be closed for parts of this week for repair work on the bridge, according to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.The closing starts today and will allow for workers to install steel beams for the bridge, where it…
Indian couple run street-side classes for poor students
NEW DELHI (AP) — On a quiet road in India’s capital, tucked away on a wide, red-bricked sidewalk, kids set adrift by the country’s COVID-19 lockdown are being tutored.The children, ages 4 to 14, carry book bags more than 2 kilometers (a mile) from their thatched-roof huts on the banks of the Yamuna River to…
Mostly sunny Sunday, high near 63
Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Northeast wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.Cooler than normal and dry weather persists into early next week. Mostly sunny today, with a high near 63. Northeast wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Clear Sunday night, with…
‘She left a blueprint for women’: Dozens honor Ginsburg’s memory at vigil outside R.I. Supreme Court
The candlelight vigil was the second held in Providence since Ginsburg’s death was announced Friday night, showing the impact of the justice’s death on the local community. Top Featured Tags: – Rhode Island News Press Release Distribution Service
Lace and steel: Ginsburg was feminist icon
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly.When court was in session, she often had her head down, sometimes leading visitors to think she was asleep. She once acknowledged that she did occasionally nod off. She once confessed to dozing during a State of the Union.But it was a mistake to equate her…
Many unanswered questions as New England nears flu season amid coronavirus pandemic
As New England faces the first flu season during the coronavirus pandemic, health-care leaders issued an urgent plea for residents to get vaccinated against influenza.Although they hope strategies to limit the spread of the coronavirus — mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing — will have similar effects on influenza, they warn that, even so,…
Rhode Islanders pay tribute to Justice Ginsburg with vigil on State House steps
PROVIDENCE – State Rep. Teresa Tanzi, D-Narragansett and South Kingstown, was sitting on her couch at home on Friday night when she saw a news alert on her phone saying that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died.”It was surreal because we’ve gotten, over the last several years, so many news alerts talking about…
Providence schools report 3 students with positive coronavirus tests
PROVIDENCE — Two students at Providence Career and Technical Academy and one student at the Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex have tested positive for COVID-19.The two PCTA students are related, and both only attended school in person on Tuesday. The Juanita Sanchez student only attended school Monday.TO OUR READERS: This content is being provided for free…
Gunshots in Providence strike car with kids, home with infant
PROVIDENCE — Police are looking into two more reports of gunfire in the city on a violent Thursday, including one that struck a car in which two young girls were driving and the home of a young family with an infant.The incidents came the same day a man was fatally stabbed inside the Providence Place…
Pope seeks to ’liberate’ Virgin Mary from the Mafia
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is giving his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends.The Vatican’s Pontifical Marian Academy launched the think tank Friday at a conference entitled “Liberating Mary from…
Cool through the weekend
“Unseasonably cool temperatures” should continue for several days, bringing the possibility of frost in some inland areas, according to the National Weather Service.The high temperature today in Providence should reach just 63 degrees, according to the Weather Service. The wind will blow from the north at 10 to 15 mph.The highs Saturday and Sunday should…
Warm Thursday, but frost possible this weekend
Heads up, gardeners. Frost could threaten your plants early Saturday and Sunday.Today’s high temperature should reach about 79 degrees in Providence, but a cold front could bring some sprinkles and showers late tonight into early Friday and then cold air will move into the region.”Frost Headlines will likely be needed early Saturday and early Sunday…
Hurricane Teddy could send wind, rain to Southern New England
Forecasters in Southern New England are keeping an eye on Hurricane Teddy, which is in the open Atlantic east of Puerto Rico and expected to become a major hurricane Friday.”At this time, odds favor Teddy passing far enough east of our region to limit potential impacts to just some minor coastal flooding/minor beach erosion and…
After Sally: Rescue, recovery and a wary eye on rivers
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Rivers swollen by Hurricane Sally’s rains threatened more misery for parts of the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama on Thursday, even as the storm’s remnants were forecast to dump up to a foot of rain and spread the threat of flooding to Georgia and the Carolinas.Coastal residents, meanwhile, looked to begin…
Warwick police: Scammers lie about overdue utility bills
The Warwick police are warning of a phone scam alleging overdue bills from National Grid.”Mainly elderly victims have been contacted via telephone by someone calling from a phone number, which shows up on cell phones as National Grid. Each victim was told they were past due on their bills by a few months because of…
Bus company: Special-education students left behind aren’t in their contract
First Student bus company said another bus company failed to pick up special-education students in Portsmouth, Middletown and East Providence this week.”…Those communities are not part of First Student’s contract with RIDE. Those communities are the responsibility of another school bus company,” said bus company spokesman Frank McMahon, who works for Advocacy Solutions.First Student, he…
Satellites show smoke from US wildfires reaches Europe
BERLIN (AP) — Satellite images show that smoke from wildfires in the western United States has reached as far as Europe, scientists said Wednesday.Data collected by the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service found smoke from the fires had traveled 8,000 kilometers (almost 5,000 miles) through the atmosphere to Britain and other parts of northern…
Scammers targeting SNAP recipients
A text message scam is targeting recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, according to federal and state officials.”Be aware of a scam using texting to obtain your personal information. The text might say you were chosen to receive food stamps or SNAP”, the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned.The warning was issued by the U.S.…
New Bedford man dies in Charlestown crash
A 30-year-old New Bedford man was killed in a crash in Charlestown early Sunday morning, according to the Charlestown police.Justin Viera was driving south on Route 1 when his car left the road and struck a tree, according to a press release from Lt. Philip Gingerella Sr.The crash happened at the intersection of Route 1…
Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for the Gulf Coast
WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) — Hurricane Sally, a plodding storm with winds of 85 mph (137 kph), crept toward the northern Gulf Coast early Tuesday as forecasters warned of potentially deadly storm surges and flash floods with up to 2 feet (.61 meters) of rain and the possibility of tornadoes.Hurricane warnings had stretched from Grand Isle,…
School buses roll again: ’I’m glad to be back. I just love the kids.’
LINCOLN — At the First Student bus yard, the mood was downright bubbly at 6:45 am as bus drivers, monitors and aides reported to work for the first time in months.Each wore a bright chartreuse vest as they waved hellos at similarly masked familiar faces, sanitized theirs hands coming out of the office, then headed…
Hurricane Paulette makes rare landfall in Bermuda as Cat 1
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Paulette made a rare landfall in Bermuda early Monday as a strong Category 1 storm just hours after the wealthy British territory shuttered schools, government agencies and air and sea ports.The eye of the storm passed over the island as government officials warned of heavy flooding given that…
