On Aug, 20, 1999, crowds streamed through the Providence Place mall, ready to celebrate the long-awaited opening day of the downtown shopping destination. On Thursday — exactly 27 years later — a much smaller and more muted celebration unfolded as the mall’s new owners gathered outside the first-floor Apple store to announce that they had […]
A discarded cigarette butt has led to the arrest of a 41-year-old Woonsocket man accused of raping two women in separate attacks in Hopkinton and North Stonington, Connecticut, 21 years ago. Robert Czerwein was ordered held without bail Wednesday after his arraignment on two counts of first-degree sexual assault in 4th Division District Court for […]
An “Aegean Breeze, a “Rhodes Island sangria,” the “Dirty Greek,” and “Aphrodite’s kiss.” Lagers from Greece, and red and white wines, too. These are some of the drinks on the menu now at Estiatorio Estiatorio Fili, a Greek restaurant in Providence’s Wayland Square. But its owner George Potsidis is planning for a September without libations. […]
Familiar arguments over opioids, infrastructure and who cares more about everyday Rhode Islanders dominated the first televised Democratic gubernatorial debate of the 2026 election cycle. Yet Gov. Dan McKee and his challenger, Helena Buonanno Foulkes, still managed to infuse their usual talking points with fresh insults during the hourlong forum, organized by NBC10 and Coastal […]
Former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi dominated discussion of the open seat on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. But a different applicant made headline news Wednesday as Gov. Dan McKee announced Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Luis Matos as his nominee for the state’s highest court. “I know his record of his decisions has been […]
This is the year of uncontested elections in Rhode Island. The dearth of contested General Assembly seats is well documented. The dearth of contested town and city council seats is less so. Republicans fielded no candidates in the at-large races for the South Kingstown and North Kingstown town councils, while Democrats sat out the at-large […]
A Rhode Island federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from siphoning federal funds from no-strings-attached housing for formerly homeless individuals. In a pair of identical, 10-page orders issued Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy wrote that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) violated the federal Administrative Procedure Act […]
Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a six-part series on state legislative races, chosen based on expected competitiveness between candidates and relevant issues to the district. Of the 113 seats in the Rhode Island General Assembly, all of which are elected every two years, 22 have primaries in September. A mayoral veto has at […]
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a six-part series on state legislative races, chosen based on expected competitiveness between candidates and relevant issues to the district. Of the 113 seats in the Rhode Island General Assembly, all of which are elected every two years, 22 have primaries in September. A high heat sewage processing […]
Vanessa Lopez knew the odds were stacked against her. A first-time candidate going up against a three-term incumbent, Lopez realized she needed outside help to succeed in her Democratic primary challenge against Sen. Meghan Kallman for the District 15 seat representing Pawtucket and Providence. “I have no one in my corner, so I was like, […]
