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Firefighters battle a fire at a home on Garvin Street Monday evening.

Discarded cigarette leads to fire in Cumberland

CUMBERLAND – All residents were accounted for but the building left uninhabitable after an accidental fire destroyed a home at 104 Garvin St. Monday evening. The blaze appeared to have started with someone discarding a lit cigarette. At around 8:06 p.m.,…
May 5, 2026
Jon Brien

Brien announces re-election campaign in House District 49

State Rep. Jon Brien, an Independent serving House District 49 in Woonsocket/North Smithfield, has announced his plans to run for re-election. Brien cited health care, housing, rising energy costs, safe streets and secure elections as issues facing every Rhode Islander…
May 4, 2026
Bellah Torres with her winning depiction of Jesus.

Scituate’s Torres takes top honors in state art contest

SCITUATE – Scituate High School senior art student Bellah Torres says it took her about two weeks to complete her art piece that won the 2026 High School Art Competition, and it was worth every minute. U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced…
May 4, 2026
A new sign installed near Savoie Elementary School in Woonsocket.

Woonsocket DPW director says traffic on Mendon Road has calmed

WOONSOCKET – The longtime troublesome traffic situation on Mendon Road at Leo Savoie Elementary School has improved, says Public Works Director Steve D’Agostino, and there’s more to come. D’Agostino said officials have received no complaints recently, and that there has been…
May 3, 2026
Old Gas Station

Vacant Route 152 gas station going up for sale

NORTH ATTLEBORO – Since closing years ago, a run-down former gas station in the residential zone of Kelley Boulevard has become overgrown with trees so tall that they’re mostly covering up a price of $2.35 per gallon. The old Super…
May 2, 2026
Lawmakers raise concerns over North Smithfield road situation

Lawmakers raise concerns over North Smithfield road situation

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Three local lawmakers issued a joint statement of concern this week over the future traffic situation on Smithfield Road (Route 146A) along the North Smithfield/Woonsocket border as a result of the planned Nasuti Elementary School. They are…
May 2, 2026

Cumberland’s Newell Bridge reopens

UPDATE – According to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, the Newell Bridge on Diamond Hill Road has reopened as of Sunday evening, following final work on the span this weekend. CUMBERLAND – There’s still a way to get to the…
May 2, 2026
Players on the two teams at this year's charity basketball game gather for a group photo.

Charity basketball game raises nearly $20,000 in North Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE – The town’s annual charity basketball game between local police officers and teachers raised $19,700, according to organizer and sponsor Justin Conrad. Conrad, of NorthPointe Bank, said that was $1,700 more than last year’s event, which raised $18,000.…
May 2, 2026
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