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Winter wonderland immersive experience, music festival planned at Pawtucket stadium

PAWTUCKET – More events are coming to Centreville Bank Stadium and the city’s riverfront, and they’ll be drawing crowds. This Wednesday, August. 5, the City Council’s Board of License Commissioners will consider a license for a holiday-themed event running from…

August 3, 2026

Catherine Mattson, left, and Andrew Wheeler, in W&H's newly redone interior at their Lincoln headquarters.

Windmoeller & Hoelscher doubles down on Lincoln facility, invests in innovation

LINCOLN – A global manufacturer and leader in packaging innovation has invested significant resources into expanding its home base in Lincoln. That investment, say its leaders, is giving the company space to continue to thrive and expand far into the…

July 13, 2026

Toppi announces re-election campaign for third term on Smithfield council

SMITHFIELD – Town Councilor Rachel Toppi has announced that she is seeking re-election in hopes of serving a third term on the Smithfield Town Council. Toppi, a 2004 graduate of Smithfield High School, said it would be an honor and…

July 13, 2026

Racers pass Woonsocket City Hall on Sunday.

Woonsocket cycling event hailed as a success

WOONSOCKET – The USA Cycling-sanctioned Woonie Crit rolled into downtown Woonsocket on Sunday, July 12, and with a few exceptions, said officials, the bicycle road races largely went off without a hitch. Organizers Sean Clark thanked everyone for their part…

July 11, 2026

Bellingham Beef Barn property goes up for sale

BELLINGHAM – Five years after the opening of the busy Industrial Drive Beef Barn location in North Smithfield, the property a few miles away that has long been home to the Bellingham version of the restaurant is up for sale. A…

July 10, 2026

Race for their son’s life: Family seeks people willing to help Jack

SMITHFIELD – On the evening of April 23, David Palms and Traci Kuiphoff were setting up to celebrate their son Jack’s fifth birthday. As Kuiphoff wrapped gifts and Palms wrote a birthday card at their kitchen table in East Greenwich,…

July 10, 2026

Cumberland woman achieves ownership dream with affordable home in Pawtucket

PAWTUCKET – In today’s housing market, says one local woman, she would never have been able to afford the home she will now raise her young children in if not for the path she took. The new homeowner, speaking with The…

July 10, 2026

Attleboro Police seized approximately 6.2 ounces of psylocibin mushrooms, 194 THC “vape” cartridges, seven bags of marijuana gummy edibles, a jar containing 2 pounds 6.5 ounces of marijuana, more than $1,000 in cash, two cell phones, and digital scales from a city man who attempted to evade a traffic stop.

Attleboro police arrest city man on drug charges after stop and foot chase

ATTLEBORO — Attleboro Police arrested a city man on multiple drug charges following an attempted motor vehicle stop and subsequent foot pursuit on Thursday morning, July 9. At around 11:20 a.m., Officer Michael Seibold attempted to stop the driver of…

July 9, 2026

The Peterson-Puritan Superfund Site, which is in the process of being cleaned up and capped.

After years of frustration, Cumberland mayor won’t be attending riverfront reimagining session

CUMBERLAND – Representatives from the Blackstone Watershed Collaborative are inviting the public to a meeting on reimagining at the town’s former polluted riverfront site. Mayor Jeff Mutter, frustrated by years of getting nowhere on an agreement for the town to…

July 9, 2026

Lombardi turns 80, not ruling out another run in 2028

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Mayor Charles Lombardi, who celebrated his 80th birthday on July 6, says he’s not ruling out a run for another 4-year term in office when the time comes in 2028. “The ball’s in the air right now,”…

July 8, 2026

UPDATE: Pawtucket council postpones action on hybrid school board

PAWTUCKET – The City Council voted 8-1 Monday to indefinitely postpone a resolution amending the Home Rule Charter to allow a hybrid school board made up of appointed and elected members. Council President Mercer described the proposal to put the measure…

July 8, 2026

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