Kevin Lawrence

The demise of the Swansea Mall continues, just few years ago Wal-Mart separated from the mall. Now the owners of the Swansea Mall want to separate the vacant Apex building from the mall — and later demolish it — with plans to develop that 12.2-acre site for senior housing.  That will leave Sears and Macy’s […]

A thumps up to the owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox for announcing that plans to move the PawSox out of Pawtucket have been put on hold. In a joint-letter to fans, PawSox chairman Larry Lucchino and Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien say the club has repaired relations with city officials. The letter says, “The primary focus this year […]

It’s official: Today is the warmest Feb. 1 on record for Providence, breaking the previous high temperature of 64 degrees set back in 1989. Last February we struggled to get above 32 degrees, and could not melt the many feet of snow we received.  What a difference a year makes!

A Rhode Island Political Era has come to an end today with the passing of Buddy Cianci.  He wasn’t perfect, but he was a transformational mayor for city of Providence.  Buddy was the best salesman the city ever had.  Although his marriages never worked out, he did have a mistress; it was the city of Providence. Buddy […]

You may bump into a Hollywood celebrity in the New Bedford area soon. Emmy-winning actor James Spader purchased a home in Marion for more than $1.1 million.  Spader is no stranger to SouthCoast. He grew up in North Andover, Mass., but spent summers in Marion as a child.

Got cabin fever this weekend, and my wife and I took in a movie in Swansea.  We went to see Dirty Grandpa starring Robert De Niro and Zac Efron.  Let me just say this had to be one of the worst movies I’ve seen in years.  Thank god it was only and hour and forty minutes long.  […]

Rhode Island gets another new restaurant chain. We have Sonic, Chick-fil-a, and now we can welcome Smashburger to the list. It’s one of the fastest growing fast casual restaurants in the US, celebrating the opening of its first RI location at 1000 Bald Hill Road. The restaurant also serves handspun shakes, root-beer floats in frosted mugs and […]

Fall River is going high tech for this weekend’s snow storm… One-hundred private snow plow drivers will be carrying GPS boxes that will allow Fall River to track their locations on iPads. With the GPS system, they’ll be able to see the location of the contractors throughout the city and in real time. The system […]

Goodbye Sam’s Club in Fall River, Seekonk, and Warwick. I did the grand opening broadcast from the Fall River location in 2013, and at the end of the remote my car battery died. The great workers at Sam’s helped me out that day putting in a new battery on the spot. I wish all the […]