Pawtucket News

By traditional measures such as reading scores and math scores, the city's schools are generally doing well.

It's finally here, a Pawtucket Charter Review Commission charged with overhauling a City Charter first approved by voters in November of 1952.

A beautiful two-family home now stands where a burned out five-family tenement once stood.

As a controversy over whether to allow a sexual health center on Main Street heats up, at least one community leader is calling on city officials to reconsider their approach toward business owners seeking to locate here.

Just days after the School Committee finally hashed out the makeup of a new school superintendent search committee, The Valley Breeze has learned that school officials may already have someone in their sights to replace outgoing Superintendent Hans Dellith.

Three men were arrested Wednesday night after robbing the Dartmouth Laundromat and leading local and state police on a chase that ended in a chase down Interstate 195, police said.

Construction on the Interstate 95 bridge over the Pawtucket River is going to lead to overnight lane closures during the next few days.

The repaving of Pawtucket's George Street bridge over Route 95 and of a section of Grace Street will result in lane closures and detours from Tuesday to next Saturday, a city traffic official said Friday.

Organizers are promising that the city's ever-popular Winter Wonderland will be the best it's ever been when it opens to visitors on Dec.

Pawtucket Street, between Wannalancit and Walker streets, will be reduced to one traffic lane from Monday, Nov.

Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist may insert herself into the city's search for a new school superintendent, said a representative from the Gist's office this week, even as some School Committee members maintain their stance that she should be excluded.

Relief is on the way soon for area business owners and commuters, as some of the city's worst roadways are now slated for repair.

The doorbell rang soon after Robert Helgran arrived home late Monday afternoon -- but he didn't realize until it was too late that his visitors were carrying guns.

What do you want to be when you grow up? While some high school students can answer that question easily, many others head off to college or jobs without a clue as to what career path they really want to pursue.

Pawtucket Detectives are investigating a fatal pedestrian/train accident that occurred overnight.

Pawtucket Police are searching for a black female suspect who robbed the Pawtucket Credit Union on Smithfield Avenue on Thursday at around 2 p.m. According to Detectives Major Arthur Martins, the woman handed a teller a note demanding money and indicating that she had a weapon, although none was shown.

The police have identified a woman who was found unconscious Tuesday night on West Avenue, and later died, as Patricia Tremblay, 30, of 8 George St.

Police could start targeting some of the more than 30 suspected brothels operating across Rhode Island after Gov.

The bustle is back at the Union Wadding Loft complex on Goff Avenue, where developers now say they are optimistic that Phase 1 of the mill conversion project will be completed soon.

As one of several upcoming fund-raisers to financially assist students heading to Hebei, China, next spring, Shea High School students will host a concert featuring the band WitZend tomorrow, Thursday Oct.