Cumberland News

The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council kicked off the holiday season's rides on The Polar Express by stockpiling the standard hot chocolate and sugar cookies along with the new travel musts: hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes and surgical masks.

I "met" Scottish folk cellist Seylan Baxter through another blog I write about my cello-playing adventures a couple of years ago when she commented on my posts about attending Scottish fiddle camp.

The key to northern Rhode Island's future prosperity rests with a successful commuter rail system, said state and local officials Monday.

A car crashed into a house in Cumberland. It happened at about noon Sunday on Mendon Road.

On the second night of an unusual October gathering of the part-time General Assembly , lawmakers Thursday night outlawed indoor prostitution, voted to allow mixed-martial arts battles in Rhode Island venues, and were close to banning drivers from text messaging on Ocean State roads.

Hoping to reduce Cumberland Rescue Service overtime costs currently running about $29,000 a month, Mayor Daniel McKee will begin advertising immediately, he told The Breeze Friday, for per-diem rescue service employees.

Nathan Hannon was fired from his job at Resource Recovery, but was still able to collect unemployment.

Downtown bus stops will be relocated as parts of Kennedy Plaza are closed for a month-long repaving project starting Oct.

Nathan Hannon reported three trips during the summer to the Newport YMCA as part of his job as education coordinator for the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation.

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Right on cue, 15,000 ducks drop into the Blackstone River as a line of soggy spectators watch from the Blackstone Bike Trail.

Vocalist Emiliano Loconsolo and his band help celebrate Italian Heritage Month on Saturday with a program exploring 1,000 years of Italian popular songs, at the Blackstone River Theatre.

As of Friday's deadline, four candidates had taken out declaration papers indicating their intent to run for former state Rep.

The city Board of Licenses wants to hear more in an effort by the Police Department to close a downtown dance club co-owned by a Democratic candidate for state representative.

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, Joshua Gomes, 24, of Central Falls, R.I., poses for a photo at a soccer field in Cumberland, R.I. Gomes went to prison after stealing a man's wallet and robbing a convenience store to feed his cocaine habit.

The water main under Marshall Avenue that keeps breaking is made of a PVC plastic material, says Water Superintendent Alan Brodd.

For many months, Mayor Charles A. Lombardi talked vaguely about his plans for a "reorganization" of town personnel, inserting the subject into discussions about crushing budget deficits, union contract language and whopping bills for employee overtime.

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said Wednesday it will remove a lane from Route 122 in Cumberland and Lincoln in hopes of lowering speeds and improving pedestrian safety.

A water main break on Marshall Avenue that affected 400 to 500 customers Sunday night was repaired overnight.

The PowerBall jackpot was hit in Florida on Saturday but Rhode Island still had two big winners.