Reed Touts New Newport-Based Cutters
By: Rob Borkowski on August 24, 2022 in News to You
NEWPORT, RI — Two Famous-class U.S. Coast Guard cutters whose keels were laid in Middletown in the 1980s are making their new base in Rhode Island, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed […]
USGS Reports 2.0 Newport Earthquake Sunday Night
By: Rob Borkowski on December 2, 2019 in News to You
NEWPORT, RI — The United States Geological Survey recorded a 2.0 magnitude earthquake in Newport Sunday at 11:46 p.m. The quake was recorded about 2.5 miles southeast of the […]
Vella-Wilkinson Bill Grants State Benefits to Gay Vets Discharged ‘Undesirable’
By: Rob Borkowski on March 20, 2017 in All Politics Are Local
Rhode Island, site of one of the first recorded controversies involving homosexuals in the military in Newport in 1919, may grant state benefits for gay veterans discharged under the military’s “Undesirable” designation if Rep. Camille F.J. Vella-Wilkinson’s (D-Dist. 21, Warwick) bill is successful.
State Police: Newport Teen Arrested for ‘Robo’ Threats to Warwick Vets
By: Rob Borkowski on February 16, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI — RI State Police report they’ve arrested a Newport teen, charging him with making threatening ‘robo’ calls to Warwick Veterans High School on Jan. 3 and Feb. 9, […]
Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Cooking Meth, Selling In Warwick
By: Rob Borkowski on November 14, 2014 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI – A Pawtucket man who pled guilty in July to cooking meth in Newport then selling it in Warwick was sentenced to eight years in federal prison Wednesday.
Spectators Watch Obama Fly in, out at TF Green Airport
By: Rob Borkowski on August 29, 2014 in All Politics Are Local, News to You, Uncategorized
Warwick, RI – When President Barack Obama’s plane landed at T.F. Green Airport promptly at 6:10 p.m. Friday, small groups of people were gathered along the air field’s fence and businesses on Airport Road to watch.
Man Caught in Warwick Meth Arrest Pleads Guilty, Faces 100 Years in Prison
By: Rob Borkowski on July 23, 2014 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI – A Pawtucket man cooking meth out of a Newport hotel room and selling it in Warwick pled guilty to manufacturing and distribution charges July 23, carrying a possible sentence of up to 100 years in prison.