The Rhode Island School of Design is a nationally renowned institution in Providence dedicated to the ... that ride along the tracks of the Old Colony Railroad, built in 1862.

On April 29, 2016, the Rail Users’ Network (RUN) held a conference in Boston with the theme: “Who’s Looking Out for You? The ...

After years of oppressive British policies which stifled commerce in Narragansett Bay and surrounding communities, the Colony of R.I. and Providence Plantations renounced allegiance to the Crown on ...

Raylene Hinz-Penner here, a Liberal, Kansas native, retired English professor now living in Newton, with a glimpse into Wordy ...

John de Nugent was born in 1954 in the city of Providence, R.I. According to the biography he publishes on his website, he is descended from Thomas Angell, a co-founder of the original Rhode Island ...

PROVIDENCE – For the first time in Rhode Island, Providence is on track to add a designated LGBTQ+ landmark to the National ...

France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense ...

Here's the story of the first elementary school in Rhode Island. According to the Portsmouth Historical Society, the site of The Southermost Schoolhouse traces back to 1716, when the town of ...

The global energy company Shell has completed the acquisition of a power plant located just outside of Providence, which the ...

The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals. The ...