Wakefield News

Eleven-year-old Christopher Gu of Wakefield won a third-place trophy in a national chess competition in Dallas, Texas, which drew 1,200 youngsters in kindergarten through 12th grade.

BUTLER HOSPITAL now plans to stay at its historic campus on Providence's East Side, above, rather than move to the Jewelry Distrct.

" Waldorf Tuxedo Co. will close the last of its stores early next year after more than eight decades in business.

Members of the Rhode Island Air National Guard are about to deploy to Afghanistan.

The house has 5 1/2 bathrooms and 10 bedrooms. When the Hazard family, which made its fortune in the textile business, built this shingled Queen Anne Victorian in 1882, it was named "The Acorns" because it was smaller than another Hazard mansion called Oakwoods.

All Division of Motor Vehicles offices will be closed to the public on Wednesdays, starting Dec.

South County Hospital has scheduled a seasonal flu shot clinic on Saturday, Nov.

Rhode Island has received its last shipment of vaccine against seasonal flu for adults, Health Director David R. Gifford said Tuesday.

Most Rhode Island banks have refused to participate in the federal stimulus package's only new loan program for small businesses, denying interest-free cash to struggling businesses that make up the bulk of the Ocean State's economy.

For all the challenges of the locally depressed economy, many more restaurants have opened than closed this year.

The Pawtucket 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.

Popular Wakefield tavern to Host RI Charity 5k race Sunday offering great cash prizes and after party with ski & surf equipment raffle on Sunday November 22.

The Obama administration reported Thursday that at least 30,383 jobs have been created or saved across the nation as a direct result of the federal stimulus package, offering the first tangible job figures since the $787-billion Recovery Act became law eight months ago.

WAKEFIELD, RI, October 13, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Kinney Bungalow at Sunset Farm Narragansett, RI will be the setting for the launch of the unrivaled DVD series Sales is Not a Dirty Word....the birth of Low Profile Sensible Selling.

Time to plan for Christmas and winter projects now! Starting October 9th, all products at Sakonnet Purls are at least 20% off.

A big sign in the lobby of the Smithfield YMCA tells visitors the facility is undergoing a major renovation project, just in case they didn't notice that half the roof was missing from the building.

Christopher Savoie, with his son Isaac in August, is being held in Japan for trying to abduct his two children from his ex-wife who took them from Tennessee.

Three 13-year-olds from Rhode Island were injured while hiking Mount Monadnock with classmates and teachers.

By Talia Buford Journal staff writer WAKEFIELD, R.I. -- Paul Stockford, the Warwick man accused of asking two teenage girls if they wanted to take his bathing suit off this summer at Scarborough State Beach, was ordered to serve 18 months at the Adult Correctional Institutions for violating the terms of his probation.

The state Supreme Court has suspended South Kingstown lawyer Nathaniel J. Nazareth Jr.