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Who held Rhode Island's first low-numbered license plates? 1906 directory has the answers
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoRhode Islanders' fascination with low-numbered license plates goes all the way back to 1904, when...
Have you ever heard of Shoo Fly Village in Providence? Here's its almost-forgotten story
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe question started with a hazy memory, of being a kid in Providence, no older than age 11, and a...
An unclaimed body no longer: Alan Clarke wouldn't allow Gwen Bowers to be forgotten
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoScanning the obituaries in The Providence Journal the other day, Alan F. Clarke, who is 83, found an...
Top stories this week: Missing Warwick woman; Cranston councilman arrested; Raimondo's mom
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHere's a look at some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of May 14,...
South Kingstown, Providence College basketball star Ray Johnson dies at 76
The Providence Journal via Yahoo Sports· 4 weeks agoRay Johnson, the basketball star who helped lead a dynasty at South Kingstown High in the 1960s and...
Two Providence men charged with murder in 2021 shooting death of 24-year-old Warwick woman
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPROVIDENCE – Two Providence men have been indicted in the death of a 24-year-old Warwick woman who...
East Providence man gets two life sentences for 2020 shooting. What to know.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPROVIDENCE – A Superior Court judge has sentenced an East Providence man to double life terms behind...
Providence woman pleads guilty to manslaughter for providing 'lethal cocktail of narcotics'
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA Providence woman was sentenced to serve three to five years in prison Friday after she pleaded...
Matos has 94% of nominating signatures tossed in Jamestown. How did other campaigns compare?
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCollecting signatures for candidate nomination papers can be sloppy business, but one campaign...
Tony Freitas, who wore a wire to bring down a corrupt Cianci administration, dead at 73
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPROVIDENCE − Antonio Freitas, the irate city contractor who willingly accepted an FBI invitation to...