Jimmy Bentley is the field editor for Patch covering Rhode Island He spends most of his time covering Cranston, Coventry, Newport, Narragansett, South Kingstown, Newport, Portsmouth, North Kingstown, Bristol, Warren, Tiverton and Little Compton. He was a reporter at the Plympton-Halifax Express and interned for Patch while earning his master's at Emerson College. In his free time, Jimmy hits concerts (sometimes reviewing them for Patch), watches movies and plays in a kickball league.
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Also: 4 new electric school buses; a local Elks Lodge donates to school's music program; a chance for snow flurries; new grants for police.
Chris Hiener of the Elks Lodge, a parent whose daughters went through the music program, helped spearhead the donation.
The tree lighting ceremony will also include food trucks, live entertainment and a visit from Santa.
Bus company First Student says replacing just one diesel bus can reduce greenhouse emissions by 54,000 pounds each year.
The ticks feed mainly on deer and raccoons but have also been found on dogs and cats, cattle sheep, goats, horses, squirrels, and more.
The following people were arrested by Cranston police between Nov. 13 and Nov. 18.
South Kingstown police's proposal was one of only 33 awarded the highly competitive U.S. Department of Justice Connect and Protect grant.
Joseph Lennon-Tierney, 29, of Narragansett, had three passengers in his car when he drunkenly struck a tree, South Kingstown police say.
Temperatures are expected to drop into the mid 20s on Tuesday and Wednesday night in Rhode Island.
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Expect a cool and sunny weekend in Rhode Island, but rain is expected to come in on Monday morning.
November’s full moon is called the beaver moon because it’s the time of year when the namesake semiaquatic mammals move to their lodges.
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APPEAL: Nuttall Properties, Plat S, Lot 90, 11 Defelice Road, of a Notice of Violation of the Town's zoning ordinances issued by the Zon ...
Newport Police Chief Ryan Duffy thanks nine officers for sacrificing Thanksgiving with their families to arrest Zachary McCray, 24.
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