Middletown News

Mayor Scott Avedisian told the Senate Commission to Study Municipal Shared Services Thursday afternoon that in his experience, if the state doesn't mandate that municipalities and school departments share services, they won't. "Our efforts to combine services and operations with the Warwick School Department remain a continued source of ...

Police Chief Lance Hebert has reported that he knows what's causing the sand build-up on the Weaver's Cove boat ramp.

Firefighters were able to save a Portsmouth house Friday afternoon but not two pet iguanas that lived there.

A cat-adoption event, A Home for the Holidays, will run Dec. 1-12 at The Potter League for Animals, 7 Oliphant Lane, Middletown.

Some day in the not too distant future, it might be common practice for Rhode Island cities and towns to pool their efforts in areas such as tax assessments, tax collections and emergency dispatch services.

Don't just get a Christmas tree. Get an experience. This is what Eric Watne says.

"We're not engaged - yet!" Tara tattled to People . Reid, BTW, is posing nude for Playboy 's January-February issue.

" JT's Lumber Company LLC, a century-old local building-supply company, has been purchased by Riverhead Building Supply Corp., a company based on Long Island.

Taking the news pulse of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, by Providence Journal and projo.com staff, from 7 to 7, every business day The Rhode Island Health Department has confirmed that the middle-aged woman who died Monday did have swine flu, and that swine flu is the cause of death.

Actor Nicholas Cage reportedly owes the government $6.3 million in back taxes, but instead of ponying up, he's blaming his money manager.

The RI Department of Health, and family members, have confirmed to ABC 6 News that a local woman who died over the weekend has tested positive for H1N1, and did in fact die from the virus.

Required fields are marked with an asterisk The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications.

Between the frowns and furrowed brows of residents and vigorously waved homemade signs saying things like - Flush the sewer project,' the engineer who presented the final plan for sewers on Oct.

Parents scrambled to get their children to school Monday morning after 17 of the 18 school buses parked at the high school were disabled, the police and school officials said.

MIDDLETOWN, RI /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ a ' United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse recently joined executive director Christie Smith to announce that the Potter League for Animals shelter and education center has been certified as a LEED A Gold building for its energy efficient and high-performance design.

Cage claims in a lawsuit filed in L.A. that business manager Samuel Levin was so reckless and incompetent with his money that he has been forced to sell off major assets and investments and is faced with gigantic tax liabilities.

Hannah Wertens slept last night in a pink princess bed, a canopy above her and a Hannah Montana doll close by.

David Zannelli has the bruises - and the recovered .380 Beretta - to prove it. Zannelli was stopping another kid riding his bike recklessly in the road.

Stephanie Duckworth was the little girl who stood out. After her parents divorced, the Wampanoag girl grew up with her Wampanoag grandfather on his farm in Martha's Vineyard.

When some 1,100 Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island workers start moving into their new 13-story office building next weekend, most will enjoy sweeping views of downtown shared only by those who can afford to rent or own pricey nearby condominiums.