Shame Sandwich? School Serves 'Cold Cheese' For Unpaid Lunches
Some parents are criticizing a new policy at a Rhode Island school that gives cold cheese sandwiches to students who fall behind on lunch payments.
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Some parents are criticizing a new policy at a Rhode Island school that gives cold cheese sandwiches to students who fall behind on lunch payments.
They had gathered at the Statehouse, hoping to sing "O Christmas Tree" over Governor Lincoln Chafee's speech.
A man living in Massachusetts pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he and a cohort kidnapped a college classmate as part of a plot to steal his $80,000 Porsche to settle gambling debts.
As part of efforts to encourage breastfeeding, mothers who give birth in Rhode Island will no longer receive free infant formula when they head home from the hospital.
U.S. Coast Guard officials say they have issued violations to a fishing crew after finding a secret compartment on a Massachusetts-based fishing boat off the Rhode Island coast.
The Secret Service has issued a warning about an international "black money" scam in which three people have lost $170,000, so far.
A Rhode Island inmate has grown a 260-pound pumpkin on the grounds of the state prison.
Four alleged members and associates of the New England mafia have pleaded not guilty in Rhode Island to their role in separate extortion schemes and have been ordered held.
Rhode Island authorities are investigating the death of Kolajo Paul Afolabi, a Harvard University graduate student they say may have suffered a fatal head injury in a fall.
The police chief of North Providence, R.I., has been arrested by the state police for allegedly taking money out of a vehicle involved in a police chase.
State police say two teenage girls from Warwick have been killed in a one-car crash in Exeter after visiting the grave of a 19th century teen rumored to have been a vampire.
206 victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks had ties to Massachusetts.
The Coast Guard has rescued a woman who was swept from the rocks at a beach in Narragansett.
T.S. Irene knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers across New England Sunday, and one official said it could be out as long as a week for some of those customers.
An inmate who escaped from a Rhode Island prison has been found 20 miles away in Massachusetts.
With excessive heat warnings across the state, some cities and towns are reporting temperatures in the triple-digits. Weather spotters in over 70 locations throughout Massachusetts--plus more in New Hampshire and Rhode Island--have noted temperatures at 97 degrees and higher.
Gas is around $3.69. Hard to rationalize getting in your car and driving far for a vacation.
Rhode Island and Maine are both getting anxious that Massachusetts may get into the casino gambling business before they do, but as I stated two paragraphs back, we're all losers if any of the three cave-in. It's bad business!!
Former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy and his fiancee plan to be married this week at a private wedding ceremony at the Kennedy family's Cape Cod compound.
Central Falls, Rhode Island is on the cusp of declaring bankruptcy.
A third 4-year-old child has drowned this week after falling into a swimming pool in Massachusetts.
Randolph police say a woman drove through the town's annual parade, narrowly missed spectators and continued to drive to Rhode Island before crashing her car.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has signed into law a bill that allows gay couples to enter civil unions.
A Rhode Island man is behind bars after he admitted to swindling elderly nuns out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Over the past few weeks, three new Broadway shows opened, all with connections to the Boston area.
Massachusetts is extending hunting season on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
A jury has found Massachusetts man Brian Walshe guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife Ana Walshe.
Police on Monday renewed their search for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others.
The two people who were killed in a shooting at Brown University on Saturday have been identified as students Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov.
The jury reached their verdict late Monday morning after about six hours of deliberations.
Police on Monday renewed their search for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others.
The two students who were killed in the shooting have been identified as Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov.
The roommate of one of the students killed in the Brown University shooting said his friend was a "ball of joy."
Massachusetts is extending hunting season on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
In an interview with CBS News, FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary explains what went into the decision to drop the most serious warnings on hormone therapy for menopause.
Amy Cohen is running the New York City Marathon despite living with the painful effects of sickle cell disease.
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have removed a pig kidney from a New Hampshire man 271 days after the innovative transplant.
With two-year waiting lists for a primary care physician, Mass General Brigham is using AI to bridge the gap.
A new study finds that simply having a HEPA air purifier in the classroom may not be enough to keep students safe from respiratory illnesses.
Eight states have laws making police body cameras mandatory. Massachusetts isn't one of them.
A Massachusetts family got stuck with a bill for a damaged tire on their rental car, even though they bought the extra coverage.
I-Team sources say the allegations of misconduct involving Canton Police Sgt. Sean Goode stem from an investigation into former State Police Trooper Michael Proctor.
Customers have been telling the I-Team that the service has not been as advertised with delays and equipment problems.
Advocates for Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital in Canton say the state is failing to keep its promise to keep the facility open.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission unanimously approved regulations to allow for legal marijuana use in public settings.
The model airplane and balsa wood glider company Guillow's has been headquartered in Wakefield for nearly a century.
Ocean Spray is looking into videos that claim to show its cranberry sauce cans full of water instead of jelly.
"Blue laws" in Massachusetts prevent most retailers, including grocery stores, from opening on Thanksgiving.
Two shuttered retailers are set to become supermarkets in southeastern Massachusetts.
Just steps from the water's edge along Lake Winnipesaukee, a spectacular estate mixes modern architecture with breathtaking views.
An innovative craft winery located in downtown Meredith, New Hampshire, Hermit Woods is taking a different approach to winemaking.
Located on the water's edge along New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Mill Falls blends elegant luxury with spectacular vistas.
Kohler Store by Supply New England and an interior designer showcases how beauty and functionality can breathe new life into a project.
James Beard-nominated pastry chef and co-founder of Bakey in Boston gives insight on how to make his world-famous babka.
Quinn Hughes scored in his Minnesota debut and the Wild beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 for their fourth straight win.
Josh Allen threw three touchdown passes, and James Cook ran for two TDs and caught another as the Buffalo Bills rallied from a 21-0 deficit to beat New England 35-31 on Sunday, preventing the Patriots from clinching the AFC East title.
Kickoff between the Patriots and the Bills is set for 1 p.m. at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
President Trump hosted members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team — famous for defeating the Soviet Union in the "Miracle on Ice" — at a bill signing.
David Pastrnak had two goals and two assists, leading the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.
Alex Cornwell's display of nearly 300 Christmas inflatables is attracting visitors from around Massachusetts.
Police are looking for whoever opened fire on inflatable Christmas decorations in Bow, New Hampshire.
Birders are flocking to Scituate, Massachusetts to catch a glimpse of a tropical bird called a limpkin, which has never been spotted in New England before.
A rescue group is blaming a "dangerous" TikTok trend for a surge in skiers getting lost in the backcountry at Vermont's Stowe Mountain Resort.
A North Atlantic right whale spotted off Ireland last year has made an "extraordinary" 3,000-mile journey to Boston, scientists say.