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Monsignor Robert C. Evans, who is no stranger either to Rome or to his fellow priests in Rhode Island, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI to become the new auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence.

State Rep. Thomas Winfield isn't against big SUVs. In fact, he has a gargantuan four-door Suburban in his garage behind the Anderson-Winfield Funeral Home.

When Gabrielle Mee died in May 2008 on the Greenville, R.I., campus of the Legionaries of Christ, her caregivers mourned the loss of the order's "grandmother." Leaders of the secretive Roman Catholic order rushed from Connecticut and New York to pay their final respects.

GREENVILLE Norman Audino Jr., has a big, bad bike. But as the owner-operator of Cortland Place, an independent and assisted-care retirement facility, he's hardly a big, bad biker at heart.

A public hearing on a proposed rate hike for the Providence Water Supply Board drew just one member of the public and one representative of the Attorney General's office when it opened at the Providence Public Safety Complex auditorium Wednesday night.

This is the letter Anne Hebert received from the Smithfield Housing Authority. I didn't make this up.

Until recently, it was all but impossible to catch a driver who put children at risk by passing a stopped school bus.

Notable, and happening this weekend: Garden fodder: Southside Community Land Trust holds its 17th Rare & Unusual Plant Sale Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at City Farm, at the corner of Dudley & West Clifford Streets in Providence.

When two camera prototypes were tested in a bombing last month aboard a mass transit bus, not only was the Transportation Security Administration interested, so were the cities of New York, Washington, Chicago, and Seattle.

Catholic.net freebie: Brag about your mom, and the she may win an awesome Saint Paul CD from the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi.

In honor of the Tony Award-winning musical opening at PPAC April 21, the Providence Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce the Spring Awakening Ticket Treasure Hunt, beginning Friday, April 17, through Monday, April 20! Vouchers for a free pair of tickets to the Tuesday, April 21, 7P performance of Spring Awakening have been placed at ...