Fire officials in Rhode Island say water sources that continue to dry up amid ongoing drought conditions in southern New England are raising safety concerns. Tiverton fire Capt. Bruce Reimels tells WLNE-TV the town has just four dry hydrants and …
[Update: Maine also announced this week that hurricane deductibles would not apply for Sandy-related claims in the state. The Maine Bureau of Insurance told Insurance Journal Monday, Nov. 5, that hurricane deductibles will not apply since no hurricane warnings were …
Relatives of the 100 people who died in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire cried and held each other last Saturday during the unveiling of a so-called satellite memorial to their loved ones, capping a month in which a yearslong …
Rhode Island’s governor has signed a plan designed to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on the state’s roadways. Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Monday signed the Strategic Highway Safety Plan, which focuses on driver behaviors like speeding and impaired driving as …
The owner of the site of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people is donating the land for a permanent memorial, bringing an end to a yearslong effort to secure the site of The Station fire by families of …
The father of one of the 100 people who died in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire is asking the state to take by eminent domain the land where the nightclub once sat so a memorial can be built. Dave …
First thieves swiped manhole covers from a new subdivision. Then officials discovered that bronze plaques honoring work done during the Great Depression had been pried from sidewalks at Providence’s largest park. Then a historical marker vanished in Pawtucket. Rhode Island …
Prosecutors say a Warwick, R.I., woman has been sentenced to 10 years and a day in federal prison for setting her house on fire to commit mail fraud. The Providence Journal reports that U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha says Louisa M. …
Rhode Island emergency management officials are testing the state’s response to a major hurricane. The state’s National Guard and Emergency Management Agency are holding a hurricane simulation. It runs from Monday, July 30, through Friday, August 3. Dubbed “Vigilant Guard,” …
Rhode Island’s attorney general is warning consumers about possible identity theft and Medicare fraud by scammers apparently trying to take advantage of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling upholding the health care overhaul. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin says individuals have received …
