Two children were taken to Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence with minor injuries after a multi-vehicle accident occurred on Kingstown Road in South Kingstown on Sept. 23 at 3:25 p.m. A school bus taking 19 students home from West Kingston Elementary collided with two passenger cars, according to Tom Reed, Kingstown Fire District fire chief….
A $10 million dollar deficit in Rhode Island Transportation Authority’s budget reduced service to University of Rhode Island campus, starting Sept. 27, according to a September press release from RIPTA. Routes 66 and 69 – which connect URI students between Providence, Narragansett, Galilee and the Community College of Rhode Island – now operate with reduced…
Residents of Narragansett are dealing with an ongoing rotten egg-like odor, which Town Council President Alexander Menzies and President Pro Tem James Durkin are working to resolve. After over 20 years of odor, the Narragansett Town Council is pursuing a permanent solution to fixing the wastewater treatment facility causing the smell, according to Durkin and…
The Rhode Island 2026 fiscal year budget included $2.3 million to support campus accessibility improvements around the University of Rhode Island’s campus over the next five years. The university barely meets the Americans with Disabilities Act minimum requirements, according to Annette Bourbonniere, co-owner of Accessibility & Inclusion Consulting LLC and URI Disability Advocacy Group co-founder….
The University of Rhode Island’s men’s rugby team has been suspended for hazing for the duration of the 2025-2026 academic year according to the URI website. In response to a request for comment from The Good 5 Cent Cigar, Dawn Bergantino, assistant director of communications for URI, gave the following statement: “The University received and…
University of Rhode Island police responded to property damage, five vehicle accidents and seven reports of suspicious activity in the past week. University police investigated three reports of suspicious activity on Thursday, Oct. 2. Police responded to a report on Upper College Road at 8:36 a.m and cleared the scene by noon. The second occurred…
The University of Rhode Island student senate met with Envision Strategies to discuss the future of campus dining, recognized two new student organizations, heard updates from various committees and discussed changes to the student organization recognition policy. External Affairs Chair Arpan Singh spoke to a recent comment made at a Narragansett Town Council meeting, claiming…
