[CREDIT: U.S. Department of the Interior] A poster showing the voyages of Christopher Columbus from 1492-1504. Many states have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day. Columbus Day in RI is celebrated.

Columbus Day in RI: What’s Open?

By: Rob Borkowski on October 9, 2023 in Good Times, News to You

Today marks Columbus Day in RI, a federal holiday honoring Italian icon and explorer Christopher Columbus, credited with discovering the Americas, slavery and other atrocities, a litmus test of communities’ […]

The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI.

Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking in Warwick, Conspiracy to Traffic Heroin

By: Rob Borkowski on November 24, 2015 in Good Times

Damien Beverly, 29, of Providence pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to charges that he trafficked two women from Boston to Warwick for sex, and conspired to traffic heroin to give them in exchange.