Warren News

Everybody out of the water -- almost. Because of high bacteria counts, the Rhode Island Department of Health Thursday afternoon recommended closing the following beaches to swimming: Town beaches in Barrington, Bristol, Warren and North Kingstown, as well as beaches at Camp Fuller in South Kingstown; City Park, Oakland Beach and Goddard Memorial ...

Warren, RI - " Renowned sailor, designer and scion to the marine industry Halsey Herreshoff is scheduled to present the keynote address at the American Boat Builders & Repairers Association's first Summer Symposium Networking & Social Event in Newport, R.I., Aug.

The state Supreme Court, overruling a Superior Court trial judge, said Friday that a digital camera seized from the home of a man suspected of taking inappropriate pictures of a then-10-year-old girl about four years ago could be used against him at trial.

The Department of Transportation has taken quite a few knocks in this space over the years.

EAST PROVIDENCE Once upon a time, a summery Saturday evening attracted thousands to Crescent Park for a night of food and fun.

Over the past several years, countless proposals to find a new way to pay for Rhode Island's public schools that is both fair and predictable have been kicked around the General Assembly .

Warwick. Avenue of Flags, Pawtuxet Memorial Park, 100 Harrison Ave. 781-4600. More than 300 large 5-foot by 9-foot American flags displayed along the streets that line the park.

It has always been considered a very big event on the high school social calendar, a time when young men and women can break from their usual routines and celebrate with an evening of glitter and dance.

State police say a Rhode Island man who threatened to shoot police and himself has been arrested after a 2 1/2-hour standoff on the Maine Turnpike.

A 14-year-old girl who chased a ball into the street and was struck by a car Tuesday night was at Hasbro Children's Hospital Wednesday with an ankle injury, according to the police.

A colonial at 37 Liberty St. Warren's Water Street is an ever-evolving mix of marine industry, retail and commercial enterprise, restaurants, houses, condos and apartments.

A 14-year-old girl who chased a ball into the street and was struck by a car Tuesday night is at Hasbro Children's Hospital with an ankle injury, according to the police.

Decades of being a small-business owner did not seem to be worth much to Francis Jamiel a couple of months ago when he was wrestling with the possibility that he might have to be the one to close the family shoe store after a 72-year run.

Rachael Warren and Stephen Thorne in Shapeshifter, about a girl and mythical beings on a remote Scottish island.

The median price of a single-family house dropped by nearly 26 percent in the first quarter.

WARREN, R.I. a ' The American Boat Builders & Repairers Association's inaugural Summer Symposium will be held Aug.

" Francis Jamiel did not want to let his father down. The late Joseph Jamiel opened Jamiel's Shoe World on Main Street some 73 years ago and, since then, the business has become a veritable institution in downtown Warren and, indeed, in the state as a whole.

A 15-year-old Newport girl whose mother had been frantically looking for her since Sunday is at the Warren police station in good condition.

JOHN HAZEN WHITE JR., president of Taco Inc., says that his company has been utilizing the state's WorkShare program this year to stay afloat.

Some Rhode Island lawmakers and law enforcement officials are pushing for tougher drunken driving laws.