LINCOLN, R.I. -- Thirty-six police recruits stood out among 1,923 applicants.
On Friday, those 36 will graduate from the Rhode Island State Police Training Academy.
The new state troopers have worked 22 weeks preparing for their new careers. On June 22, they began their intensive, paramilitary training, according to Lt. [...]
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Four athletes selected by their coaches to represent Rhode Island in the Special Olympics Nationals in Lincoln, Neb., next year will appear in person at a fundraiser Saturday to help pay for their trip.
"This is a chance to show support for special athletes chosen on their merits" [...]
Sen. Jack Reed will be hosting his 19th annual college financial aid workshop this coming Monday, Nov 23, at the Lincoln campus of Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), according to an e-mail from his office. The 90-minute workshop will feature Q&A and panelists from the RI Higher Education Authority, [...]
LINCOLN, R.I. -- Schools Supt. Georgia Fortunato drew applause from many of the 200 residents at a forum Monday by announcing she will recommend to the School Committee a "neighborhood" configuration of elementary schools tied to full-day kindergarten as part of plans that include closing a school.
Most of the [...]
By Amanda Milkovits
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A felon from Massachusetts accused of trying to shoot an undercover detective during a sting -- injuring himself instead -- was ordered held Monday afternoon on $200,000 bail with surety.
The line of stitches from the gunshot wound were visible along the left [...]
While the bankers who financed the transformation of the old Lincoln Greyhound Park into the Twin River slot parlor may still be out hundreds of millions of dollars, lawyers and other consultants to the gambling venue's bankrupt holding company are lined up for a big payday.
On Friday, about 10 [...]
The union representing about 120 workers at a Lincoln-based warehouse distribution center for Liz Claiborne Inc.'s jewelry division said Friday it has been informed by the company that the facility will be shut down this spring and the operations moved to another state, possibly Ohio.
Warren Pepicelli, a negotiator for the [...]
LINCOLN, R.I. -- A second Lincoln family is suing a Massachusetts business that is accused of supplying burger meat tainted with E. coli bacteria during a Lincoln Middle School trip after which several students and staff became sick.
Lincoln resident Barry Santos is the plaintiff on behalf of his daughter Lynn [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Twin River slot parlor has asked a federal bankruptcy judge for permission to hire the former president of an Indiana casino company to oversee operations at the Lincoln gambling venue.
John J. McLaughlin would advise financially troubled Twin River on how to improve its operations in [...]
By Paul Grimaldi
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A U.S. trustee is objecting to the settlement agreement between the holding company that operates the Twin River slot parlor and the greyhound owners association that provides dogs for racing in Lincoln.
The agreement announced in October ends Rhode Island Greyhound Owners Association's' [...]
LINCOLN, RI -- The Twin River slot parlor in Lincoln said Monday it will begin operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week beginning Thursday, Nov. 19.
Earlier in November, the Rhode Island Lottery director gave the financially troubled gambling venue permission to extend its operating hours. The [...]
LINCOLN, R.I. -- Police, prosecutors and highway officials offered some sobering statistics Friday at a rest area on Route 295 in a press conference they called to urge motorists to drive safely, wear seatbelts, pay attention and don't drive drunk.
With just less than two months to go in 2009, 57' [...]
By W. Zachary Malinowski
Journal Staff Writer
LINCOLN, R.I. -- A Massachusetts man with a long, violent criminal record was shot in the face when he tussled with an undercover state police detective during a sting at Lincoln Woods State Park early Friday afternoon, said Col. Brendan P. Doherty.
Arjusz Roszkowski, 26, [...]
LINCOLN, R.I. -- Ardent gamblers may be cheering this week's decision by the state's Lottery director to approve 24-hour gambling seven days a week at the Twin River, but the slot parlor's late-night denizens better bring along their own snacks because most of eateries there won't change their' [...]
LINCOLN, R.I. -- Melissa Gabriele knows funerals are expensive, and she was worried about how a friend she has known since junior high would pay for her daughter's funeral after the girl died over the weekend.
The friend's daughter -- Skyla J. Reposa-Alves, a seventh-grader at Lincoln Middle School [...]
By Mike McKinney and Felice Freyer
Journal Staff Writers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Health Department director David R. Gifford said Tuesday that a Lincoln Middle School student who died over the weekend at Hasbro Children's Hospital had H1N1, or swine flu.
Skyla J. Reposa-Alves, 12, had been admitted to the hospital with [...]
LINCOLN, R.I. -- A man died Monday when his car rolled over on Route 295 south, just north of Route 146 in Lincoln, throwing him from the car, the state police said.
The state police are withholding the man's identify pending notification of his family.
No other cars were involved in the' [...]
LINCOLN, R.I. -- A man died when his car rolled over on Route 295 south, just north of Route 146 in Lincoln, throwing him from the car, the state police said.
The state police are withholding the man's identify pending notification of his family.
No other cars were involved in the crash.
[...]LINCOLN, R.I. -- A Lincoln Middle School student who died over the weekend at Hasbro Children's Hospital had suffered from flu-like symptoms, the state health director said Monday afternoon.
The child was Skyla J. Reposa-Alves, 12, according to her mother, Carla Alves. Skyla would have been 13 this Friday; instead,' [...]
Lincoln Chafee's name recognition and Bush-bashing appeal should, in theory, put him in a strong position for the gubernatorial race. But can he put together a winning coalition?
Liberal blogger Matt Jerzyk writes of a left less-than-impressed with Chafee's performance at a gathering of progressive activists last night - and less-than-impressed, in [...]
LINCOLN, R.I. -- A Woonsocket man was arraigned on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder Wednesday after a Lincoln man was stabbed Tuesday evening on Pothier Street in the Manville section, according to the police.
Capt. Raymond Bousquet of the Lincoln police said that Jacob McKenna, 19, was [...]
Chris Blazejewski, the guy who is single-handedly redeeming the tarnished reputation of Harvard (see: Bush, George W., MBA), invites everyone to meet gubernatorial candidate, and your host for the evening, Lincoln Chafee. And it’s at the Wild Colonial where you [...]
LINCOLN, R.I. -- We're in the midst of deer mating season, and with that has come the problem of more car-deer accidents, according to the Rhode Island State Police.
On Monday night, two motorists traveling on Route 146 struck deer, according to Lt. Arnold "Skip" Buxton.
No injuries were reported.' [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Brockton, Mass., meat packing plant has issued a recall of some of its ground beef products after lab tests confirmed the presence of E. coli bacteria in samples taken from Camp Bournedale in Plymouth, the Rhode Island Department of Health said Monday.
More than 20 students and [...]
By Paul Grimaldi
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The lenders who control the bankrupt Twin River slot parlor and the greyhound owners association that provides dogs for racing in Lincoln have reached a deal that saves more than $90 million for the gambling hall over a decade, according to [...]
