Sunday Nov 1 | Providence Journal
Digital sleuthing solves Scituate vandalism case
Sherlock Holmes would perhaps have dubbed it "The Case of the Oviform Projectiles" and wound up baffled, but then again the great fictional detective didn't operate in the age of the Internet.
Former Apponaug homestead site of units for persons with disabilities
WHERE A HOUSE WILL SOON RISE: As shovels stood at the ready, community and business leaders gathered Monday outside the Thomas Wilbur Homestead in Apponaug to break ground for five new housing units for people with disabilities being built by The House of Hope.
The Coastal Growers' Market will hold its first Wintertime Farmers' Market at the Lafayette Mill beginning Saturday, Nov.
A chat with Trinity Rep's Curt Columbus
Curt Columbus, artistic director of Providence-based Trinity Repertory Company, told projo.com readers during a lunchtime online chat Thursday that he was "excited" by Travel & Leisure magazine's naming of Providence as the fourth-best theater city in the nation.
Pumpkins and other spooky crafts made from old pantyhose are an easy and fun project for your kids this Halloween season.
Final WaterFire teams with breast cancer awareness
The final WaterFire lighting of the season takes place Saturday, but not before a daylong series of activities celebrating breast cancer awareness month.
$7-million grant awarded to help prevent homelessness
State, city and social service agencies will spend nearly $7 million in federal stimulus money to prevent homelessness and help those in emergency shelters find stable housing.
Carleton Freese once lived the good life
For years, Carleton Freese lived like a king. He swam in all the world's oceans.
SADDLE UP: Albrecht DA1 4rer's "The Large Horse," from RISD's "The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650." A year ago the future looked bright as the RISD Museum debuted its shiny new Chace Center.
Two of this fall's dance performances will tell Halloween-style stories - a reprise of Viktor Plotnikov's THE WIDOW'S BROOM , by Festival Ballet Providence, and a premiere of Miki Ohlsen's DRACULA , by Island Moving Co.
Remembering R.I.'s 9/11 victims, eight years later
Friday is the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, which claimed the lives of several with ties to the Rhode Island area.
Shepherd of the Valley United Methodist Church 2
One of the outstanding features is the very modern and practical addition of the church, which was completed in February 2009 and is easily adaptable for the many church activities.
Homeless campers ordered to leave tainted Cumberland site
The town has advised the chief of the Seaconke Wampanoag tribe to order a homeless encampment off a Superfund hazardous waste site by Wednesday or face potential court action.
Film pays tribute to Warwick Musical Theatre
The Warwick Musical Theatre isn't returning, but the memories are. On Friday, Showcase Warwick Cinemas opens a run of THE TENT: Life in the Round.
Hope City couples move to apartments
After living in tents for half a year, Roland Colpitts and Barbara Ferrara will move into one of the city's first-ever apartments for homeless couples.
Homeless Tent City Residents Ask for More Time to Move
The group has been ordered to move by noon on Wednesday. PROVIDENCE, R.I. _ Residents of a homeless tent city under a highway overpass near the Providence River say they need more time to comply with a judge's order to clear the area.
Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Dr. David R. Gifford, Rhode Island director of health, answers questions about swine flu during a live chat on projo.com Dr.
Running notes: New race aims to raise cancer awareness
When Gloria Gemma was diagnosed with breast cancer, the disease had already progressed to its final stage.
Providencea s Hope City of homeless seeks to delay move ordered by court
With their tents and their plastic bags filled with personal belongings serving as a backdrop, the leaders of the homeless community known as Hope City held a news conference under a bridge near the Providence River Tuesday to announce that they won't be able clear the premises as ordered by a judge.