R.I News Digest: College Planning Center extends hours

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College Planning Center extends hours

The College Planning Center of Rhode Island has extended its hours to accommodate students and parents scurrying to get their Free Application for Federal Student Aid — more commonly referred to as the FAFSA — and other financial aid forms submitted prior to college deadlines.

The office hours at the Warwick Mall are noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Bristol office hours will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Cumberland will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday; and Providence office hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information, call (401) 736-3170.

Journal Staff

NORTH PROVIDENCE

Clothes dryer blamed for pizzeria fire

A clothes dryer caught fire early Monday morning in a pizzeria, causing minor water and smoke damage. The North Providence Fire Department received a call of a fire at 2:30 a.m. at Twin’s Pizza, 1000 Mineral Spring Ave., said Battalion Chief Gerald Capaldi.

When the firefighters arrived, there was a fair amount of smoke coming from the building, Capaldi said. The fire did not damage the building, Capaldi said; there was just minor smoke and water damage.

BRYAN ROURKE

LINCOLN

Fire in gym forces evacuation of apartments

Residents of six apartments in Lincoln were evacuated early Monday morning when a fire broke out in a gym on the first floor.

The Manville Fire Department received a call of a fire shortly after 1 a.m. at 2-6 Main St, said Capt. Eric Rousseau. The building has six apartments on the second floor, he said, and Four Corners Gym and Manville Market on the first floor.

“The fire was inside the wall,” Rousseau said. “We had to open the wall up to get at it. We stopped it before it got to the second floor.”

And all the residents, except one, who lived in the apartment directly above the gym, were allowed to return to their homes.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

BRYAN ROURKE

Richmond

California men indicted on drug charges

A Washington County grand jury has indicted two California men on drug and motor vehicle charges.

Felix R. Gonzalez, 41, and Martin Midence, 25, both of Hollywood, Calif., were each indicted on charges of possessing cocaine with intent to deliver.

Gonzalez was also accused of driving with a suspended license and operating a motor vehicle while possessing a controlled substance, heroin.

The alleged incidents took place in Richmond, the attorney general’s office said in a news release.

The suspects are to be arraigned in Washington County Superior Court on Jan. 24.