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JOHNSTON -- The proverbial, unprintable question about bears finally has an answer: not just in the woods. Sometimes, also, in the suburbs of Rhode Island.A black bear sighting Monday night stirred a neighborhood here on Central Avenue as the big animal gorged itself at a bird feeder and drove some neighbors indoors for the time being.It was a [...]

PROVIDENCE – Care New England and Brigham Health on Tuesday launched a joint website outlining what the two systems assert will be benefits to Rhode Islanders should state regulators approve Boston-based Brigham’s proposed acquisition of CNE.The site, rihealthfuture.com, went live less than a week after [...]

Angélica Infante-Green literally hit the ground running on her first day as the state's new education commissioner, escorting a dozen elementary students from the Chad Brown apartments to Harry Kizirian Elementary School.

PROVIDENCE — Gasoline prices, which have climbed steadily since winter, jumped an average of 13 cents in Rhode Island over the last week, AAA Northeast says.The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $2.839 at self-service pumps in Rhode Island, according to AAA's weekly survey. Since Feb. 19, the price has climbed 53 cents per gallon. A year ago, the average price was one cent lower at $2.829.Despite the increase here, Rhode Island [...]

As Rhode Island's mayors warn that labor-backed bills moving through the General Assembly could blow up their budgets, Gov. Gina Raimondo Monday said they need to "do their jobs" and "sit at the bargaining table and look for concessions" from public employee unions.In an interview on WPRO radio Monday, Raimondo said she is "leaning toward signing" a bill that would keep municipal contracts in effect indefinitely, but would meet with mayors soon to let them plead their case.But [...]

GLOCESTER — And then there were two — well, maybe.The Glocester Town Council is poised to discuss and possibly act on joining its neighbor, Burrillville, in establishing itself as a "Second Amendment Sanctuary Town," according to council president George O. Steere Jr."It's on the agenda to discuss, and/or vote on," Steere said Monday.Burrillville last week [...]

He was an alum of Hope High School and Rhode Island College. A husband waiting for the birth of a child.And a bomber pilot in the U.S. Army Air Force, flying over Romania in a heavy, slow-flying B-24 bomber one morning in late June 1944.The attack that would kill 1st Lt. John Dudley Crouchley Jr., and leave him missing in action for the rest of the millennium took place at an altitude of about 23,000 feet.But Crouchley’s valor would save his entire crew from the [...]

JOHNSTON — Police are warning residents of a bear spotted at a local residence Monday evening.The bear was spotted in the backyard of a home in the area of Central Ave. and the Route 295 overpass.Johnston Police are warning residents to be mindful of leaving pets unattended and ask that people report any further sightings to Police or the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management at (401) 222- [...]

The nursing homes are in New Bedford, Dighton and Fall River.