Hope Valley News

The NAACP Providence Branch will hold its monthly membership meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at Casey Family Services, 1268 Eddy St., Providence, instead of Beneficent Congregational Church.

Karl Pernsley and Alethia Gibson seemed like a happy couple, pleased to move into a bigger apartment three weeks ago.

Providence College alumnus Bill Berret '92 has begun construction of a farm in southern Rhode Island that not only gives, but gives back.

Susanna Pilny, a senior at St. Bernard High School and daughter of Dr. Melanie Dufour-Pilny and Richard Pilny of Hope Valley, R.I., attended the 2009 Vanderbilt Summer Academy Med School 101, a program for gifted high school students hosted by Vanderbilt University's Programs for Talented Youth.

Waterford Speedbowl Late Model driver Bruce Thomas Jr. can put the umbrella up and celebrate today.

Kiki and Jim Latimer sat on the stone wall on the edge of the Providence River last October, enjoying WaterFire , their feet nearly touching the water, when they saw her.

Police say a Warwick man is dead after a late night accident in Hopkinton. Hopkinton Police tell NBC 10 News they were called to a one car accident on Spring Street at 10:50 p.m. Saturday night.

The mulch fire at Richmond Sand and Gravel continues to burn , although not as violently as on Sunday, as the owners of the mulch and the land work to contain it.

" Eleven companies in Rhode Island and nine in neighboring Bristol County, Mass., have made the 2009 list of the top 5,000 fastest-growing private businesses in the nation, according to Inc.

Vin Esposito didn't want to make driving around in circles too complicated Saturday at the Waterford Speedbowl.

Senior citizens and people with disabilities from southwestern Rhode Island may register for a no-fare or reduced-fare RIPTA bus identification card at Wood River Health Services, 823 Main St., Hope Valley .

Senior citizens and people with disabilities from southwestern Rhode Island may register for a no-fare or reduced-fare RIPTA bus identification card at Wood River Health Services, 823 Main St., Hope Valley .

The Bruce Thomas Jr. train used the outside tracks to keep the dominant roll going Wednesday at the Waterford Speedbowl.

A juvenile fisher cat photographed Sunday in North Kingstown. projo.com / Pamela Reinsel Cotter A 6-year-old Hope Valley boy walking with his mother to the bus stop Monday morning was bitten by a fisher cat, Hopkinton police said Monday.

Sheri Griffin checks out the string beans from Big Train Farm, in Cranston, owned by John Kenny, right.

Charles and Debra Wyman of Sanbornton are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Lynn Wyman, to Jeffrey Matthew Robidoux, the son of Roger Robidoux of Hope Valley, R.I., and Viola Robidoux of South Kingstown, R.I. Miss Wyman is a 2003 graduate of St.