Tag: Coventry
Police release new images of suspected Brown University shooter; $50K reward...
PROVIDENCE (AP) – Police on Monday released new video images of a masked man they believe shot and killed two Brown University students and wounded...
Two years later, life goes on for Rhode Islanders as they...
Mitchell Check Jr. had just gotten off the phone after ordering a new shipment of white carnations for his family’s Taunton Avenue flower shop...
Garden City Newport Creamery closing before year’s end
CRANSTON – The Newport Creamery at Garden City Center is closing near the end of the year.
The Jan Companies, which owns the beloved regional...
Town Facilities Team Boosts Efficiency with Energy Upgrade
It was no easy feat for a small town facilities team, Coventry embarked on a $5 million energy upgrade project.
The combination of aging infrastructure...
Providence Community Electricity Program default winter rate to drop 10%
PROVIDENCE – The default winter supply rate for Providence Community Electricity Program residential and commercial customers will be 14.69 cents per kilowatt hour, down...
$3.6M in community-development grants awarded to 10 municipalities
PROVIDENCE – Ten municipalities have been awarded approximately $3.6 million in federal community-development grants, Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced Wednesday.
Administered by the U.S. Department...
State awards $400K in agricultural energy grants to 23 farms
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-three farms across Rhode Island have been awarded a total of $400,000 in agricultural energy grants, according to Gov. Daniel J. McKee,...
Senior housing development coming to Coventry
COVENTRY – Housing development firm LRT Co. announced Friday it has closed on 12.38 acres of vacant land to develop its planned $65 million...
2 men charged in scam that targeted R.I., Mass. seniors
PROVIDENCE – Two men have been charged in federal court for their alleged roles in a grandparent scam that targeted seniors in multiple states,...
6 R.I. legislative races to watch on Election Day
Presidential race aside, Tuesday’s election isn’t likely to make waves in Rhode Island. All the state’s general officeholders have two more years in their...



















