Hope News

During the offseason, Top Fuel Funny Car drivers like John Force are taking steps to win another National Hot Rod Association world championship.

An interfaith group that is working to raise awareness about climate change was spotlighted today in a Sierra Club report on faith-based environmentalism.

Some people don't normally file a federal income-tax return because their income falls below a certain level.

On Christmas Eve 2007, 93-year-old Katherine Michael told her son she planned to do some Christmas shopping before meeting her family at a holiday church service near her home in Natick, Mass.

Cumberland Police Officer David Payson, left, hands the Special Olympics 'Flame of Hope' to Lincoln Police Sgt.

The Memorial Day weekend got a boost last night from the first WaterFire of the season, as seen from Waterplace Park in downtown Providence.

Eyewitness News correspondant Doug Grindle has an exclusive look into local soldiers serving right now in Eastern Afghanistan.

Bernard J. Beaudreau, who led the Rhode Island Community Food Bank for 11 years before leaving in 2006 to join the Chicago-based Global FoodBanking Network, will return to the Ocean State as executive director ...

“I don't think our teachers are overpaid. I think they are underpaid”

NICK GORHAM, an articulate, droll and gentlemanly state representative , has a way of stirring things up at the General Assembly. via Providence Journal

“And what started with chimpanzees moved to the rainforest and moved to all the species that live in the world's forests.”

At age 4, Jane Goodall hid in a hen house to find out how hens laid eggs. Once she found out, she ran to her mother, full of excitement. via Providence Journal

“We have to preserve the life of these bridges”

The state has proposed banning vehicles with more than two axles from two key bridges that are weakened by deterioration, the Route 24 bridge over the Sakonnet River and the Route 95 bridge over the Pawtucket ... via Providence Journal

“Pawtucket was very attractive. It was the competitive rate, for one thing. But, when we went to look at the space, we fell in love with it immediately. It seems like its going to take off”

Adding to already fertile creative ground, a bookstore has now joined the mix of artisans, hip retailers and urban dwellers who make Hope Artiste Village their home. via The Pawtucket Times

“Maximizing cash flow is a top priority of all businesses, small and large. Using trade dollars, as an alternative to spending cash, helps companies conserve cash”

Business owners and managers are discovering that they can put unsold inventory and services to good use to obtain new sales and higher revenues through BarterBing trade exchange. via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...

“I hope we can get it together”

THE WAY THEY WERE: Hymers, Giusti, and Fidrych. Rumors of a Rash of Stabbings reunion are not, in fact, greatly exaggerated. via The Providence Phoenix

CONSUELO SHERBA, a music educator at Brown University and the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School, a performing violist and a founding member of performance art troupe Aurea, will receive a 2008 Pell Awards ... via Providence Business News

“Our goal is to provide advertisers with an integrated marketing plan that is affordable and delivers measurable results, and to acquaint them with the benefits of using a barter exchange”

Hope, RI - There is no gamble when it comes to advertising in Gourmet and Entertainment Guide magazine for hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, inns, and restaurants in southern New England. via American Chronicle

“So we still have the $3.8-million hole in the ground”

It can all turn on a dime. Sudden illness. A tragic car crash. Layoffs. In an attempt to put a human face on the effect of Governor Carcieri's proposed cuts to services for the state's homeless, residents of ... via Providence Journal

“These grants, which are awarded after a highly competitive process, make a real difference to Rhode Island residents who are most in need of assistance”

Amos House will be getting money to help develop a bistro cafe on the South Side of Providence, and Puertorriquenos Unidos is getting funding to support Latino public radio. via Providence Journal

ONE OF THE CURIOUS experiences in walking on the East Side of Providence is passing next to an extraordinary stone wall bounding Angell, Hope, Lloyd, and Arlington streets. via Providence Journal

“Revenue sharing gives our members added incentive to help the barter community grow, which means more and more people will learn the advantages of using trade dollars instead of cash dollars.”

Hope, RI - BarterBing.com, a privately owned 9-year-old barter exchange, is networked with 250 other trade exchanges around the world, with a total of more than 50,000 members anxious to buy and sell using ... via American Chronicle