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Fighting fires and responding to alarms since he was a teenager, Patrick Campion has climbed his way to the top of the ladder after being chosen as the next chief of the North Kingstown Fire Department.

Improvements to Maugans Avenue between U.S. 11 and Interstate 81 should be largely finished by the end of October, Washington County Public Works Deputy Director Robert J. Slocum said Tuesday.

To say there is room for aesthetic improvement along Post Road would be an understatement, but with new zoning regulations going into effect next month, officials hope to revitalize the town's main commercial ...

As he looked out his office window over Maugans Avenue, Andrew J. Clemmer weighed the pros and cons of the construction happening below.

For two weeks, the top of Terry Biser's driveway has been filled with pebbles. He sweeps it occasionally, but the rocks keep rolling off Leiters Mill Road onto his property, the result of a new road repair ...

"The road just keeps getting worse"

By ANDREW SCHOTZ Washington County has scheduled "full-depth reclamation," a type of road replacement, for Gapland Road in fiscal year 2011, said Robert J. Slocum, the county's acting deputy director of public ... via Herald-Mail

Governor Carcieri will host a public celebration of Rhode Island Independence Day at Camp Fogarty in East Greenwich on Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. All units of the Rhode Island Militia - Gloucester ... via Providence Journal

"He's doing a lot of running and running double what he would [usually] run"

When Jason Pisano entered his first marathon, 14 years ago, no one thought he would finish. via Providence Journal

Residents of several towns cannot use the Division of Motor Vehicles online registration renewal service because of a quirk in the way those towns certify taxes. via WPRI-TV East Providence

"The state is discussing with Ms. Fairweather what role, if any, she will have in continuing to provide legal services to the administration. No decisions have been made."

Patty Allison Fairweather, who has been at the center of a string of controversies while serving as the top legal counsel at the state Department of Environmental Management, has left the state agency. via Providence Journal

"Until then, they think, 'How does a global issue affect my life?' But when it's concrete and right in front of you, such as the price of gas, it makes the abstract realistic."

Join the party. Honor Mother Nature. Earth Day approaches. "This is the planet's birthday," says Jeff Hall, senior director of advancement at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. via Providence Journal

"It's a novel concept in the family law area"

Gay couples had to struggle mightily to win the right to marry or form civil unions. via WPRI-TV East Providence