Hopkinton News

The opening of the last segment of the much-touted Iway, from Route 195 West to Route 95 North, as well as of a pair of new Point Street off-ramps, are set to be the high points of a busy week for highway construction in Rhode Island.

There has never been a better time to be a consumer. America is on sale. The Great Recession has caused massive job losses and hardship for millions, but it has also fostered a shoppers' paradise.

There has never been a better time to be a consumer. America is on sale. Karen Wilmes of Hopkinton, R.I. checks out her savings while her daughter, Allison, waits, during a... Karen Wilmes of Hopkinton, R.I. checks out her savings while her daughter, Allison, waits, during a shopping trip on Thursday, Oct.

The new traffic pattern coming into use Tuesday morning on Route 95 in downtown Providence is the week's big news, according to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation weekly traffic forecast.

A police pursuit that started in Rhode Island ended in Groton early Thursday morning when a teenage driver crashed the car into a stone wall.

Groton - A police pursuit that started in Rhode Island ended in Groton early this morning when the teen driver crashed the car into a stone wall.

Police say a Warwick man is dead after a late night accident in Hopkinton. Hopkinton Police tell NBC 10 News they were called to a one car accident on Spring Street at 10:50 p.m. Saturday night.

Jeanne Abate, Elizabeth Johnstone, Gloria Smith Russell, Linda Spoonster Schwartz, and Mary Jane DiMaio The Greater Westerly-Pawcatuck Area Chamber of Commerce and Geraldine Cunningham Associates are co-sponsoring the Seventh Annual ATHENA Award and have announced the five nominees: Jeanne Abate, Sr.

Jeffrey C. Tefft says it might be "a stupid time" to buy land, but on June 30, he and his wife, Judy L. Tefft, did just that.

The chief of the Moosup Fire Department in Plainfield, Conn. tells The Providence Journal that 41-year-old Alan J. Smith died Monday night.

The chief of the Moosup Fire Department in Plainfield, Conn. tells The Providence Journal that 41-year-old Alan J. Smith died Monday night.

Residents of two condominium associations near Lindhbrook Country Club have been under a state Health Department boil water advisory since July 10, after fecal coliform bacteria was found in their water supply, an indication that human or animal waste has contaminated well water they use for drinking, cooking and bathing.

Residents of two condominium associations near Lindhbrook Country Club have been under a state Health Department boil water advisory since July 10, after fecal coliform bacteria was found in their water supply, an indication that human or animal waste has contaminated well water they use for drinking, cooking and bathing.

"Free!" reads the coupon from Clorox, apparently offering a bottle of Clorox 2 Stain Fighter and Color Booster for nothing.

A man whose car struck a disabled and empty vehicle on Route 95 north Sunday night was killed in the crash.

Lowell Turner of Hopkinton will be fishing the The Bass Federation FLW National Guard Jr.

New London - The city's deputy director of finance, who was hired in January with the understanding that he would eventually become director, has taken over the finance department.

Town planners have denied an application to build a Love's Travel Stop and Country Store in a rural area off Route 95 at Exit 1. The Oklahoma-based company proposed building a 24-hour truck stop on an 18-acre parcel bisected by Route 3. The proposal called for roughly 145 parking spaces, a drive-through restaurant and a convenience store.

A push by some lawmakers to rein in the pay of top hospital executives died as the General Assembly approached the end of the current legislative season.

The House of Representatives voted to raise the state's gasoline tax by 2 cents per gallon, after beating back attempts by lawmakers to divert big chunks of the new money to the cities and towns for things like pothole repairs, instead of giving it to the much-maligned Rhode Island PublicTransit Authority.