Judge demands to know what the hell Customs agents were thinking when they disobeyed both past practice and his order and deported a doctor who had just landed at Logan

By adamg - Sun, 03/16/2025 - 4:07pm

A federal judge today ordered that federal prosecutors tell him why Customs agents at Logan Airport decided to detain a Providence doctor with an H1-B visa, held her at the airport and then shipped her out of the country on Friday before she could even make the case to stay. Read more.

Train travel to Providence used to be pretty sleek and Zeppelin-based

Ad for the Comet, a streamlined, three-car train that ran between Boston and Providence
By adamg - Mon, 07/31/2023 - 12:23pm

In 1935, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad introduced its Comet service between Boston and Providence: A streamlined, diesel-powered three-car train to shuttle between the two cities without any need to turn around because it had engines at either end. Read more.

Phoenix Media empire gets even smaller

By Ron Newman - Fri, 10/10/2014 - 12:50am

WPRI reports that [url=http://wpri.com/2014/10/09/providence-phoenix-to-p... Providence Phoenix will publish its final issue next Thursday[/url], ending nea