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Costco confirms plans for Rhode Island store

SMITHFIELD – As it turns out, despite all the swirling counter-narratives on social media, that the news about Costco’s foray into Rhode Island is real. The company is running a sponsored Meta ad making the news flash about as official…

October 31, 2026

Flynn: Prepared to face Woonsocket’s challenges with hard work, independence, and experience

WOONSOCKET – Independent City Council candidate Damon Flynn says he recognizes that Woonsocket may face difficult decisions in the years ahead, particularly regarding the city’s financial outlook and the future of the sludge treatment plant. Flynn says these challenges will require careful…

October 23, 2026

Skunk in Smithfield tests positive for rabies

SMITHFIELD – The Rhode Island Department of Health is alerting the public that a skunk in the Clark Road area of Smithfield tested positive for rabies this week. The road is not far from the Coffee Connection area of Douglas…

October 23, 2026

A newly installed sign near Newport Creamery.

Large trucks now officially banned on portion of Greenville Avenue in Smithfield

SMITHFIELD – Residents along winding Greenville Avenue and its side neighborhoods between Newport Creamery on Route 44 and Sanderson Road (Route 5) will have some relief from heavy truck traffic. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation installed signs on Friday prohibiting…

October 23, 2026

Woonsocket DPW director shreds former Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt for her take on city incinerator

WOONSOCKET – In a strong rebuke of his former boss, Public Works Director Steve D’Agostino took former Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt to task this week for her comments on the legitimacy of officials’ plans to shut down the city’s waste incinerator. City…

October 23, 2026

No hazmat situation found in North Smithfield rehab hospital incident

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Town Administrator Scott Gibbs says that after conversations with the fire marshal, it has been concluded that what caused multiple staff and patients at the Fogarty Hospital property to be transported to other hospitals was not environmental,…

October 22, 2026

Residents turned out in June to oppose a new housing development on Wilbur Road in Lincoln.

Conservative estimates call for hundreds of new building units in Lincoln over next few years

LINCOLN – This town will want to keep a close eye on booming development over the next few years, officials said this week, to prevent negative impacts. Those effects could especially be felt in local classrooms, they said, with more housing…

October 22, 2026

Smithfield will be home to Rhode Island’s first Costco

SMITHFIELD – Costco’s long-rumored move to Smithfield (and Rhode Island) is becoming a reality, as confirmed by candidate for governor Helena Foulkes Thursday. In a statement to media, Foulkes, a member of Costco’s board of directors, said Rhode Island’s first store…

October 22, 2026

Steve Bacon stands in the narrowing stretch of land between his home on Nate Whipple Highway and the expanding Sneech Pond Brook. (Insider photos by Ethan Shorey).

Cumberland’s Bacon waging losing battle with beavers in bid to save his home

CUMBERLAND – Thirteen years ago, says Steve Bacon, the beavers moved in behind his Nate Whipple Highway home, and they’ve been battling each other ever since. Bacon said he’d co-existed with the expansive wildlife habitat along East Sneech Brook since he’d…

October 22, 2026

Greenman keeping an open mind, evaluating as he prepares to become Pawtucket’s mayor

PAWTUCKET – If there’s one thing Adam Greenman has gained a deeper appreciation for since winning the September election for Pawtucket mayor, he says, it has to be the vastness of city government and all the things it touches on a…

October 21, 2026

VIDEO: Briana Jones wins $25,000 Milken Educator Award, is first Central Falls recipient ever

CENTRAL FALLS – As the crowd of students, teachers, local dignitaries and media gathered Wednesday morning at Central Falls High School, they prepared for what they thought would be an assembly with Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green. In a surprising turn…

October 21, 2026

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