7 February 2012, 7:45 am
Homeless advocates are planning to hold a soup kitchen at the Rhode Island Statehouse in an effort to raise awareness about homelessness and highlight their call for more affordable housing.... Read More »
6 February 2012, 10:13 am
In 1987 she established the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month Celebrations in East Providence and in 1993 she founded Neighborhood Day, a community celebration promoting neighborhood pride, harmony and enhanced police-community relations.... Read More »
6 February 2012, 1:38 am
The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy-Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.... Read More »
5 February 2012, 10:12 pm
'When you run free, you run fast. When you run fast, you have fun,' said Roisin McGettigan , Irish Olympian and Providence resident, to an audience of varsity and club runners Feb. 2 in an event sponsored by the Running Club. McGettigan — no stranger to running fast — competed in the 3,0... Read More »
5 February 2012, 1:22 pm
By Andy Smith The Providence Journal / Glenn Osmundson Lammis Vargas, of Cranston, speaks with candidate Brendan Doherty at the campaign kickoff event in Cumberland, where Doherty lives. CUMBERLAND, R.I. -- About 200 supporters and volunteers turned out Sunday morning for a campaign rally at the Lus... Read More »
29 January 2012, 3:57 pm
The Ms. Wheelchair Rhode Island Foundation and the Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts Foundation are pleased to announce that Providence Rhode Island has been selected as the location for the Ms. Wheelchair America 2013 pageant and Leadership Institute.... Read More »
19 January 2012, 3:13 am
Bargain hunter road trip ! “Clad in” a women’s clothing boutique with locations in Mystic, Stonington and Providence, is holding an blowout sale at its outlet store in Westerly, Rhode Island (about an hour’s drive from Hartford.) The event, which runs from Thursday, Jan. 19 through Sunday, J... Read More »
17 January 2012, 2:08 pm
By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Veteran fundraiser Rick McAuliffe says that he and Rhode Island congressmen James Langevin and David Cicilline expect U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to come to Rhode Island in March to help raise money for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committe... Read More »
10 January 2012, 1:49 am
Gina Raimondo was running a Rhode Island venture-capital firm in Providence when the mother of two read with alarm that a growing fiscal crisis might force cutbacks in library hours and bus service in 2009.... Read More »
9 January 2012, 9:22 pm
Gina Raimondo was running a Rhode Island venture-capital firm in Providence when the mother of two read with alarm that a growing fiscal crisis might force cutbacks in library hours and bus service in 2009.... Read More »
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