Tag: Glocester
About 200 still without power after tornado tore through northern R.I.
PROVIDENCE – About 212 residents remained without power Friday afternoon as the cleanup continued after heavy storms and a tornado tore through the northern...
9 municipalities get matching grants from state’s infrastructure program
PROVIDENCE – Nine municipalities were each awarded funding from the state’s Municipal Public Safety Infrastructure Grant Program that helps finance significant public safety facility...
North Kingstown, Glocester share $915K for wastewater management upgrades
PROVIDENCE – North Kingstown and Glocester are receiving a total of $915,000 in federal funding for wastewater management upgrades, members of the R.I. congressional...
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,...
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...
De la Cruz drops out of R.I. congressional race
BURRILLVILLE (AP) – Republican state Sen. Jessica de la Cruz has ended her bid for Congress just about a month after formally launching her...
Glocester gets $250K from feds for Chepachet Village revitalization efforts
GLOCESTER – The town has received a $250,000 grant from the National Park Service’s Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program to launch a preservation and economic-development...
State buys 101 acres in Glocester for public recreational uses
GLOCESTER – The state has purchased 101 acres in Glocester for public recreational use, such as hiking, wildlife viewing, fishing and hunting.
The purchase of...