North Scituate News

Members of Johnston Girl Scout Troop 1026 gather at the URI Master Gardeners Volunteer Project Program's community garden on Monday, June 1, to water the vegetable plants that were planted two days earlier.

North Scituate Elementary School presented a western jamboree on the school grounds last Friday evening and treated more than 350 people to an evening of fun and laughs.

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse brought together a small group of Rhode Islanders on Monday morning to talk about the problems they've had dealing with high interest rates imposed by credit-card companies.

Warwick. Avenue of Flags, Pawtuxet Memorial Park, 100 Harrison Ave. 781-4600. More than 300 large 5-foot by 9-foot American flags displayed along the streets that line the park.

Bank of America is closing its branch in the town of Scituate. The branch, located on Danielson Pike in North Scituate Village, is the only bank in the town.

Q: When will the $250 stimulus check be sent? - R.A., Providence A: The Social Security Administration will distribute the one-time, $250 payments next month, said U.S. Sen.

Their mothers work mostly as nurses, teachers and child-care providers: jobs traditionally dominated by women.

The state Supreme Court upheld that Mortgage Guarantee and Title Insurance Company, a real estate title insurer, can recover money from Lawrence S. Groff, a former lawyer who admitted to embezzling from some clients.

After a years-long effort, and with the state having ruled out three other locations, the Rhode Island State Police today will begin construction of a new base of operations at the site of its longtime ...