Tag: Cumberland
4 R.I. fire departments get $5.2M for hiring, equipment
PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island fire departments were awarded $5.2 million in federal funding to help reduce response time and improve safety, the state’s...
State receives $26M in federal funding for public housing
PROVIDENCE – Housing authorities in 24 communities across the state will receive $26.3 million in federal funding through the Public Housing Capital Fund, U.S....
RIPTA receives $5M in federal Safe Streets funding
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority will receive $5 million to develop a Safe Streets action plan covering 29 communities across the state,...
Results released in girl’s request for DNA evidence of Santa
CUMBERLAND (AP) — The R.I. Department of Health says it was not able "to definitively confirm or refute the presence of Santa" in a...
6 R.I. communities reject cannabis sales; combined $1.4B in local school...
PROVIDENCE – Voters in 25 Rhode Island communities Tuesday approved recreational cannabis sales, while another six rejected allowing pot businesses to set up in...
2 R.I. school districts awarded $9.8M for electric buses
WASHINGTON (AP) – Two Rhode Island school districts were awarded $9.8 million combined Wednesday from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus...
Cumberland man to plead guilty after record seizure of fake Adderall...
PROVIDENCE – A Cumberland man has agreed to plead guilty following his arrest connected to the seizure of the largest amount of counterfeit Adderall...
RIDOH suspends license of Cumberland chiropractor arrested for sexual assault
CUMBERLAND – The R.I. Department of Health has indefinitely suspended a chiropractor’s license following his arrest for sexual assault on Aug. 25.
Dr. Thomas Sowa...
Providence, Cumberland awarded for fluoride levels in drinking water
PROVIDENCE – Public water systems in Providence and Cumberland have received Water Fluoridation Quality Awards from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This year’s...
Washington Trust to open new Cumberland branch
WESTERLY – As financial institutions shutter brick and mortar branches nationwide, The Washington Trust Co. is doing the opposite.
The bank on Wednesday announced plans...