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Flood Watch In Effect For Northern Connecticut (Hartford Courant)
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening... * portions of northern Connecticut... Massachusetts... southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island... including the following areas... in northern Connecticut...Storms lead to severe highway flooding (WPRI Providence) Powerful storms on Wednesday created dangerous conditions in several Rhode Island communities including cars stranded in flood waters and several lightning strikes.
Michael Derderian, co-owner of The Station nightclub in Rhode Island that burned, released early from prison (The Express-Times) AP File Photo | BOB BREIDENBACHMichael Derderian, a former co-owner of The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., reads a statement in September 2006 in Kent County Superior Court during proceedings when he pleaded no contest to 100 counts of...
Council recommends immigrant policies (Boston Globe) A state advisory council on refugees and immigrants yesterday handed Governor Deval Patrick a long list of policy recommendations for better integrating immigrants in Massachusetts. The report, the result of the governor’s executive order last year, was not made public because it is still a draft.
College signing photos (Loudoun Times-Mirror) College signing photos
R.I. House adjourns with bills unresolved (The Providence Journal) Lawmakers speculate that the hasty end was the result of a communication breakdown between the House and Senate, which left on Friday.
1st swine flu death in Rhode Island (Boston Herald) PROVIDENCE - A teenage girl from Kent County is the first swine flu death in Rhode Island. The state Department of Health announced yesterday the girl had underlying medical...
Orioles, Rays arrive in town through variety of methods (Bluefield Daily Telegraph) BLUEFIELD — Ty Morrison was a fourth round draft choice in 2008. Rick Zagone was a sixth rounder in the same year. Both have found their way to Mercer County and the Appalachian League.
Union Station Brewery of Providence (BellaOnline) Amidst the neon signs and stainless steel fermenters of Union Station Brewery in Providence, Rhode Island, emerges a history of America more than a century old.
First death due to H1N1 in Rhode Island (WPRI Providence) The Rhode Island Health Department has announced the first death in Rhode Island linked to the H1N1 virus.