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Two Providence police officers are being investigated "in relation to their response" to a standoff with an armed man.

July 21, 2021 10:29 pm PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Two Providence police officers have been suspended with pay amid an investigation into the use of force during an incident earlier in July. Providence police tell ABC6 the incident happened on July 9. Three teenagers were driving in a car, allegedly pointing and shooting BB guns at people, including a police officer. This led to a brief chase that ended with the teenagers crashing into a fire hydrant. The three teens were arrested. An investiga...

Local poke shop opened in 2018 Ting said she is just glad she can be back at the business she helped build from a incubator kitchen at Hope & Main in Warren and a mobile food cart. The restaurant opened at 185 Camp St. in 2018. Ting’s winning bid secured her the restaurant name, location and food truck. She wasn’t able to reopen until April because she said she had to reincorporate to get all new permits, accounts and to buy some new equipment. Ting and Brady’s  restaurant ownership was ...

PROVIDENCE — Theres good news that Armando Bisceglia, the amiable owner of Bacco Vino & Contorni, is on the road to recovery. After several weeks on a ventilator suffering with COVID-19, he took to social media Wednesday to post a 30 second video. "Were doing okay. Were going to be alright," he said. "Today was a good day." Though clearly weak and still receiving oxygen, Bisceglia took time to say thanks for all the messages sent his way while he was critically ill.  "We’re going to ...

He fought hard to hold on, scrappy and passionate like the state he embraced. But now this. Word went out this week that Armando Bisceglia is so ill with COVID that he’s on a ventilator. He’s a reminder of the toll the virus still takes. I first met him as manager at Zooma when, selflessly, he urged me to write about a compatriot named Billy Manzo, a “master pizzaioli” constantly pushing for the Holy Grail of the genre at Manzo’s two restaurants, Federal Hill Pizza of Warren and Provi...

They are Marias Cucina in Providence, Giusto in Newport and Blackies in Smithfield. Blackies will be back with the creativity of chef Angie Armenise and the steady hand of manager Jeanine Iannucci as they reopen Wednesday, March 17. Their large restaurant at 280 George Washington Highway in Smithfield has been closed since September. "Even though we are Italian we are hoping for the luck of the Irish," said Iannucci. As they reopen for the second time, she said they streamlining the menu and g...

PROVIDENCE Wait no more. March 3 is the day Bubbies opens for a Passover pop-up in a 30-foot hallway in what will be their permanent home at 727 Hope St.  Owners and chefs Jeff Ingber and Freda Ronkin are no strangers to the world of kosher cooking, catering and products. They are both elated to begin the next chapter in their careers with Bubbies Market & Deli full of freshly prepared foods and a deli counter.  But for now the low-tech pop-up, as Ingber describes it, will offer the grocer...

Two Providence restaurants made Yelps Top 100 Places to Eat in 2021: Los Andes at No. 23 and Bacco Vino & Contorni at No. 97.  Last fall, Yelp put out the call to their Yelpers to tell them about their favorite restaurants. After thousands of suggestions were submitted, last week Yelp, which publishes crowd-sourced reviews, released their list. Los Andes, owned by the Curi family, has made the list three times before. Named after the mountain range in South America, the restaurant sp...

From a decade owning his East Providence restaurant Avenue N American Kitchen, Nick Rabar knew what kind of crowd and sales hed have on any given day. He could look back and know what to expect on holidays such New Years Day or even any day of the week.  "Then, this sneaks in," he said, adding, "Every day is unique."  "This" is the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended every aspect of business, and llfe. He said it exposed the fragility of both. "The greatest challenge is not knowing whats com...

BRIDGEWATER — Two Providence, Rhode Island, men have been charged with using a firearm to threaten a woman who they had recently sold a dog to over social media and met Monday to refund the purchase after she learned the dog was ill, police said. Police say Marcus Mangum, 37, and Steven Mangum, 41, have both been charged with illegally carrying a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm without a license and possession of ammunition with a license. Marcus Mangum was additionally charged with assau...