Woonsocket News

All that rain has interfered with something else: The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council has canceled a free river tour that had been scheduled for Sunday because the Blackstone River is running too high and too fast.

Former Sen. George McGovern served as grand marshal of the Independence Day parade in Woonsocket, hometown of his late wife, Eleanor.

Despite optimistic projections a month ago, Landmark Medical Center has not yet reached agreement with a potential partner to acquire the financially troubled Woonsocket hospital.

A liquor store owner foiled a would-be robber Tuesday after a struggle during which the holdup man stabbed himself.

On Tuesday June 30th at about 10:30 pm a store clerk at U-Save Liquors on 399 Clinton Street reported a person later identified as Kevin Mortimer entered his business.

Deborah A. Gist, Rhode Island's new commissioner of elementary and secondary education, is so excited about her new job that she began a day early, attending a news conference Tuesday morning to announce the launch of five summer learning programs in urban districts.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld a lower-court ruling on behalf of former Senate President William V. Irons, saying that state legislators cannot be prosecuted by the state Ethics Commission for their votes or official legislative actions.

Rhode Island seems almost certain to remain the only New England state that does not recognize gay marriage after measures legalizing same-sex unions stalled just before the part-time General Assembly ended the bulk of its annual work.

I've read that the new owner of Vintage has hired a new exec chef for both Blue Grotto and Vintage.

Victor Mercurio, director of secondary education, will be leaving the Warwick School Department to become East Greenwich Superintendent of Schools.

Authorities are investigating the apparent suicide of a man being held at the Rhode Island state prison in Cranston.

The Rhode Island House of Representatives on Tuesday night voted 64 to 4 to approve a bill allowing the school committee in Woonsocket to establish a dress code for public-school students.

The Woonsocket Police arrested a convicted sex offender Sunday on a warrant from Westerly for failure to register as a sex offender.

A family earning the state's median income can afford a home in just nine of the state's 39 cities and towns, a new housing study says.

Police have arrested a Woonsocket store owner accused of evading the nation's highest cigarette tax, the first such case brought since an April tax hike.

Two weeks ago, 18-year-old Juan Segura, a student at the Woonsocket Area Career and Technical Center, picked up his maroon graduation gown.

On Friday, June 19, 2009, members of the Rhode Island State Police Detective Bureau, along with investigators from the Rhode Island Division of Taxation arrested Dung H. Le, age 35, of 172 High Street, Woonsocket, Rhode Island for: 1.Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver; 2.Forgery and Counterfeiting - Tampering - Reuse of Stamps or ...

An affordable housing advocacy group says a Rhode Island family earning the state's median income can afford a home in just nine of the state's 39 cities and towns.

The Settlement, with California Attorney General Jerry Brown, would require the company to make sure expired products are not sold in its stores.

CHICAGO, June 10 NEF-housing-project CHICAGO , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Rhode Island affordable housing development designed to meet the needs of low-income seniors in and around North Smithfield has been recognized as one of the top projects in the country.