Smithfield News

$5.00 of each Pink Hope Wonder sunglass sold will be donated to nonprofit Keep A Breast Foundation's youth awareness and outreach efforts.

A GROWING FUTURE: Representatives from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Independence Financial Partners teamed up to plant 100 sugar maples throughout the state.

Wearing their school uniforms, gym sweats or after-school clothes, students at St.

Rhode Island health officials will begin school-based H1N1 flu clinics on Monday.

All of a sudden, it seems, gas prices are rising again. The average price of regular self-serve gas jumped 13 cents a gallon, to about $2.69 - an increase of 5.1 percent in a single week, according to the results of a survey posted on Monday by the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources.

In "Mary Poppins," feeding the birds was only a tuppence a bag, but for Animal Control Office Scott Goodwin these days, it's more like $7.70. And since Thursday, when he become the caretaker of about 30 parakeets seized as part of a Department of Environmental Management investigation, it's becoming a problem, financially anyway.

The uniquely Rhode Island attitude of "I can't eat there! I've never been there!" is what encouraged Joe Zito and Armand DeLuise to create TV Maitre d', a monthly restaurant show now in its sixth year on local television.

Thermal Reserve, LLC has announced the opening of its first retail display in Rhode Island to exhibit and sell solar energy products.

A Rhode Island man who claimed he was car-jacked was arrested Wednesday night. According to the North Smithfield Police Department, Seth Desjarlais, 27, of Pascoag, is facing charges that he falsely reported that he was the victim of a car jacking on Pound Hill Road.

The police are investigating what they're calling a "car jacking" after a 27-year-old Pascoag man called 911 Tuesday night to say his car had been taken after a suspect broke into his driver's-side window and demanded he exit the vehicle.

Former Lt. Gov. Charlie Fogarty is returning to the State House. But this time, he'll be wearing a lobbyist badge.

It was a last-minute decision to head out to review a restaurant that led me to the remarkable Rocco Italian Osteria.

Providence Journal file photo / Mary Murphy Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, left, watches as Monsignor Robert Evans cuts the cake in 2007 at the celebration after Evans' installation as pastor at St.

A Superior Court judge has upheld the firing of a Smithfield social studies teacher for stapling a student's scalp during a classroom stunt three years ago.

In a rural police department with 12 patrol officers who knew each other and their routines well, the disappearance of Officer Michael E. Hopton in September was shocking.

The economy has left shopping center lineups in a shambles with vacancies evident in every sizable retail property in Rhode Island and elsewhere.

Time to plan for Christmas and winter projects now! Starting October 9th, all products at Sakonnet Purls are at least 20% off.

An electrical fire at the house of a Smithfield town councilman damaged the living room and front area and caused smoke and heat damage throughout the house, Fire Chief Joseph Mollo said.

State officials on Tuesday said they plan to borrow $135 million to fund water infrastructure projects across Rhode Island, the bulk of which - " $92.15 million - " will be used by the Narragansett Bay Commission and 10 municipalities to replace old and failing sewage systems.

A big sign in the lobby of the Smithfield YMCA tells visitors the facility is undergoing a major renovation project, just in case they didn't notice that half the roof was missing from the building.