Woonsocket News

Cumberland, Rhode Island Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network Expansion

TMCnet - Fri Nov 21

In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Providence County, Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site.

Wal-Mart set for Dowling Village

Valley Breeze - Cumberland and Lincoln Edition - Thu Nov 20

Bucci Development is denying it, but the president of the Valley Alliance for Smart Growth is claiming the firm has a signed lease agreement in place to bring a super Wal-Mart store to North Smithfield's ...

Killing of toddler was accidental, defense asserts

Providence Journal - Wed Nov 19

The defense lawyer for Gilbert Delestre - charged with beating his girlfriend's 3-year-old nephew Thomas J. Wright to death - said Delestre hit the boy, causing him to fall down the staircase of their ...

Reed backs extended unemployment assistance

The Providence Phoenix - Wed Nov 19

From an op-ed by the senior senator in today's Call of Woonsocket and Times of Pawtucket: The average benefit to Rhode Island job seekers is $309 per week and may usually be collected for up to 26 weeks.

Toddler Murder Trial Starts Wednesday

WHJJ-AM Providence - Tue Nov 18

Gilbert Delestre is charged in the October 2004 death of ``TJ'' Wright. His girlfriend has already been convicted in TJ's murder.

Jury selection to start in RI toddler death case

Boston.com - Mon Nov 17

Jury selection is underway in the trial of a man charged with fatally beating a 3-year-old toddler to death because he was angry the child made a mess.

Second trial to begin in R.I. toddler's beating death in 2004

The Day - Mon Nov 17

The second trial stemming from the 2004 beating death of a 3-year-old toddler starts this week, with Gilbert Delestre hoping to avoid the same murder conviction and life sentence imposed on his girlfriend ...

Trial to begin in RI toddler death

Turnto10.com - Sun Nov 16

The second trial stemming from the 2004 beating death of a 3-year-old toddler starts this week, with Gilbert Delestre hoping to avoid the same murder conviction and life sentence imposed on his girlfriend ...

R.I. man guilty of molesting girl

Turnto10.com - Fri Nov 14

A jury has convicted a Woonsocket man of child molestation after the first trial against him ended with a hung jury.

A Woonsocket man was convicted of first-degree child molestation on Wednesday.

WHJJ-AM Providence - Fri Nov 14

A man from Woonsocket was charged with one-count of first-degree child molestation on Wednesday, Novemeber 12.