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Pawtucket Latino Summerfest will celebrate Latin American culture this weekend

Note: A Spanish-language version of this article by this writer can be found here. PAWTUCKET — This Saturday, June 20, people will gather at Festival Pier to celebrate the Latino Summerfest. The festival will include traditional dancing, live music, DJ…

June 19, 2026

Retail building planned at gas station on Cumberland/Woonsocket line

CUMBERLAND – The owners of the Mobil gas station at 3 Pine Swamp Road are proposing to build a new 7,200-square-foot, two-story commercial development there. The applicant, according to a Planning Department memo, will be required to seek a zoning…

May 1, 2026

Our restaurants deserve all the attention

I’ve long believed that if you don’t think there’s much to do or any good places to eat in our area, you just don’t get out enough. This page of The Local Insider, Food and Entertainment, will first and foremost…

May 1, 2026

Sandy Boucher and Marc Berthelette stand outside of Patriots Diner in Woonsocket.

Help this local couple visit every diner in Rhode Island

Rhode Island is widely considered the birthplace of the American diner, with Providence’s Walter Scott converting a horse-drawn freight wagon into the first “night lunch wagon” in 1872. Scott offered up sandwiches, pies, and coffee to late-night newspaper employees and factory…

April 30, 2026

The old train station looming above active train tracks at the Pawtucket/Central Falls city line remains an expensive albatross.

Old Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station could be removed in chunks

PAWTUCKET/CENTRAL FALLS – The former Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station next to CVS on Broad Street is breaking down in its old age, but officials say the dilapidated building over the tracks doesn’t pose a threat to trains below. That question of the structure’s…

April 29, 2026

The former Sears store on Diamond Hill Road in Woonsocket is still sitting empty.

Beauchamp: Grocery store in old Woonsocket Sears now more likely by fall

WOONSOCKET – The timeline for a new grocery store to come to the Diamond Hill Road area is still likely a few months long, said Mayor Chris Beauchamp this week. The owners of the proposed Daily Stop Super Market have been…

April 28, 2026

North Smithfield High School sophomore Quinn Crowshaw asks visiting Rhode Island Supreme Court justices on the stage a question about preliminary injunctions on Thursday, April 2, 2026.

Have docket, will travel: RI Supreme Court hears oral arguments at North Smithfield High School

Revived ‘Riding the Circuit’ program brings real-world clarity on law, life to students Note: This story written was originally written for the Rhode Island Current. Find their stories at rhodeislandcurrent.com. NORTH SMITHFIELD – More than 100 North Smithfield High School…

April 28, 2026

VIDEO: We’re seeing the Blackstone River revived, one project at a time

The Blackstone River was once considered dead. Polluted. Forgotten. Left behind like the mills that lined its banks. But that’s not the story anymore. From Providence all the way up through Pawtucket, Central Falls, Cumberland, and Woonsocket … something is…

April 27, 2026

PriceRite is the only full-scale grocery store within Woonsocket city limits. (Jonmaesha Beltran/ ecoRI News)

Walmart, Stop & Shop’s ‘Scorched-Earth’ Deed Restrictions Result in Food Deserts in Woonsocket and Elsewhere

As supermarket chains relocate their stores, owners add restrictions to keep new grocers from setting up shop on their former locations Note: This story originally is original reporting by ecoRI.org, and is shared here with permission. WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Pedro…

April 24, 2026

North Providence’s Falso keeps unassuming social club humming

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Walk up to the rear door at the Woodward Road Social Club around 4:45 p.m. and there’s often someone there at the picnic table patiently waiting for Paulie Falso to arrive. The 4:30 opening time here is more…

April 10, 2026

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