PAWTUCKET – John Costa is 89 years old now and still lives in the house on Crane Street that he grew up in during the 1920s and 1930s.
“We had nine people in this house … my mother and father, five boys and two girls,” the World War II veteran was saying a few days ago. “My twin sister Rose and I are the only ones still living. Rose lives out in Rehoboth.”
Costa joined the National Guard in 1940, at the age of 18, admittedly “looking for a little excitement.”
WOONSOCKET - YWCA Northern Rhode Island is taking a stand – the Stand Against Racism initiative – and invites local organizations to be a part of the effort.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization located in Montgomery, Ala., the number of hate groups operating in the United States has grown by 56 percent in the last eight years to nearly 1,000. The center’s Intelligence Report sites “immigration fears and a failing economy” as the factors that have fueled the increase.
BURRILLVILLE - The University of Rhode Island in Kingston and Yawgoo Valley Ski Area and Sports Park in Exeter came out on top in the Atlantic States Rural Water & Wastewater Association's (ASRWWA) Annual Drinking Water Taste Test competition held Wednesday at Wright’s Farm Restaurant.
There were four entries in the Water With a Disinfectant Division and six entries in the Water Without a Disinfectant Division.
