Pawtucket News

Parents who played with their children at Lippitt Memorial Park in Providence this week said they want the state to provide prekindergarten education because preschool is expensive and they are concerned with the quality of education in the public schools.

Mixed Magic Theatre at its location at Lorraine Mills will present William Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night, directed by Emily Lonardo.

A young chef from Pawtucket has been given the key to the city after he won a White House contest for healthy lunchtime recipes.

TV reports that a volunteer arts panel is accepting applications from artists who want to participate in the Pawtucket "Paintbox Project."

Two men have pleaded guilty to playing roles in the smuggling of more than six million cigarettes into Rhode Island.

"My grandmother's side of the family is Middle Eastern and I've grown up with that kind of cooking all my life.

Twenty-four-year-old Jon Vasquez of Pawtucket joined the National Guard four years ago for a number of reasons: the all-around benefits and to do his part to fight for the country.

A proposed master plan has identified a potential site for a new library and other possible improvements for the town's North Quarter Park.

"My grandmother's side of the family is Middle Eastern and I've grown up with that kind of cooking all my life.

Twenty-four-year-old Jon Vasquez of Pawtucket joined the National Guard four years ago for a number of reasons: the all-around benefits and to do his part to fight for the country.

The screening committee that has been reviewing applications and interviewing candidates for the police chief's position has narrowed the search down to five finalists to submit to the selectmen.

U.S. Attorney Dana Boente says 35-year-old Ivan Patino Sanchez of Richmond was sentenced this week to eight years in prison and 46-year-old Felipe Alvarado Gonzalez of Pawtuckett, Rhode Island, was sentenced to five years.

By: Dee DeQuattro Email: ddequattro@abc6.com Twitter: @deedequattro Pawtucket Police are on scene at the North Bend Street Apartment complex after a grenade was found within one of the units.

Rhode Island law requires landlords to take measures to protect tenants from lead exposure.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court said in a ruling Wednesday that the city of Pawtucket can pursue the dismissal of a convicted police officer.

Narragansett Bay Insurance Company in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, has announced 13 promotions.

A man from Mexico who oversaw a sophisticated multistate fake identification ring has been sentenced in Virginia to 12 years and one month in federal prison.

Citing his success in gaining passage of the marriage equality bill when people told him it was a lost cause, Frank Ferri said Tuesday evening he's taking on the odds again and expects to be the state's next lieutenant governor.

Three men from Pawtucket, RI, were arrested over the weekend after a suspicious resident called about a Cadillac driving around a neighborhood without its lights on, reported the Sun Chronicle.

Bristol County Savings Bank has promoted Timothy A. Chaves, Timothy E. Dailey, Teresa M. Janeiro, Deborah J. Kirby, Lisa A. Lassiter, Peter L. Rivet and Diana M. Rochefort to Assistant Vice President.