Spring into the arts
Vernal Arts & Music Festival kicks off its first year at Chase Farm Park
LINCOLN - Just as Chase Farm Park begins to come alive with the sights and sounds of spring, hundreds are expected to flock to the rolling hills for the site's first Vernal Arts & Music Festival.
Featuring musical performances and artwork by area students and artists, the free festival will... more
The thrill of the hunt, by rescue dogs
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LINCOLN - As the sun began to set on Butterfly Farms on an early April evening, a team of rescue dogs took part in their weekly training by sniffing through the trees and brush until they found someone hiding in a tree.
That person was Joyce Smith, owner of the farm and a member of Search Dogs... more
Woonsocket mayor lets go of finance director
Officials say replacement is coming from Taveras administration
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WOONSOCKET – Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt on Thursday ended the city's relationship with a highly regarded finance director who has... more
Lincoln elementary schools switching to trimesters, new report cards
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LINCOLN - As students return from vacation this fall, elementary schools in Lincoln will move from quarters to trimesters and start... more
McKee, school board find tentative common ground
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CUMBERLAND - School Committee Chairwoman Lisa Beaulieu called Mayor Daniel McKee "juvenile" at last week's school board meeting.
But... more
Cumberland, Lincoln area
- Social Security benefits for longer work hours - McKee's offer for teachers
- Lost dog sent to Cumberland shelter
- Cumberland photographer 4th in Yankee Magazine contest
- Polling places under review before this fall's elections; McLaughlin school near limit
- CHS alum runs to raise money for Crohn's Disease
- Vernal Arts & Music Festival brings new event to Chase Farm
- Lincoln parents urge school officials to lower class sizes
- Two Diamond Hill Park projects advancing
Woonsocket, North Smithfield
- Front building in Le Moulin complex condemned, businesses search for new home
- New plan for full-day K suggests more classrooms in elementary schools
- Mayor, House speaker hash out final plans for World War II Park
- Dionne inducted to state Hall of Fame
- Brodd, Mathews could leave City Hall next month
- Schools look to use $450K in health care savings to retain sports
North Providence
- Meat prices on the rise, with no relief expected by summer
- Team KJ raises money in honor of classmate with cancer
The Observer, Smithfield & West
- Budget proposal will require no property tax increase
- Town accepts Bryant's latest offer on campus calls
- Grant eases Smithfield's all-day K expense in fall
- ACLU sues Police to allow anonymous political writing