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October 9, 2008 Archives


Tonight: Another Part of the Forest in Warren

7:05 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Head to Warren to catch a production of Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest. The performance will start at 8 p.m. It is a......



Dunkin' Donuts tries Portuguese-inspired sandwich

5:07 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- A spicy staple of Portuguese cuisine is the inspiration for a new menu item at Dunkin' Donuts. The company is marketing a chourico......



Attleboro police seek suspect who tried to lure teen

4:40 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- A teenage boy had gone outside from his Holden Street residence late this morning when a stranger tried to pull him toward......



ACLU challenges W. Warwick political-sign rules

4:15 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (4)
By Mike McKinney    Email

The American Civil Liberties Union's Rhode Island affiliate filed a lawsuit today accusing the town of West Warwick of discriminatory enforcement of an ordinance that......



Cranston man gets 5 years in prison in DUI case

3:24 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- A Cranston man has been sentenced to five years at the Adult Correctional Institutions after pleading no contest to charges of driving under......



Lynch wins one primary; Alves' election request awaits Oct. 23

3:16 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (9)
By Mike McKinney    Email

The state Supreme Court has deferred a decision in the case brought by Stephen D. Alves in West Warwick's Senate District 9 until Oct. 23,......



Photo: Sunny, warm fall day in Rhode Island

2:57 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Maple trees begin to work their magic above the footpaths in Slater Park in Pawtucket. Journal photo / Bob Thayer Have you been outside......



Providence Landmark Fain's plans to close

2:44 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Fain's Carpet & Rug, a fixture on North Main Street in Providence since the 1920s, will close at the end of the year, according to......



High court mulls Alves' request for a new election

1:12 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (6)
By Mike McKinney    Email

The Rhode Island Supreme Court met in conference this morning to discuss whether to hear arguments from state Sen. Stephen D. Alves, who is calling......



Suspect sought in Swansea, Mass. stabbing

12:53 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

SWANSEA, Mass. -- The police are looking for a suspect who broke into a woman's Lafayette Street house and sliced her neck with a knife......



Man accused in Smithfield slaying faces bail hearing

12:31 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

A bail hearing is scheduled today for an 18-year-old accused of stabbing another man to death in Smithfield. The police say Aaron Menard, of Burrillville,......



Coventry police talk to man who prompted search

11:32 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

Coventry police last night spoke to a man whom they believe made a threatening phone call that prompted a police search, the closing of some......



DEM: Watch for invasive Asian beetle in cord wood

11:23 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- State environmental officials are asking Rhode Islanders to watch out for small, shiny invaders from Massachusetts. The Department of Environmental Management said Wednesday......



There's still time to claim a federal rebate check

10:33 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

More than $5 million is still available to Rhode Islanders who have not claimed their federal economic stimulus rebates, according to the Internal Revenue Service.......



Reporter's query: Is your house 'under water'?

9:48 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By maria caporizzo    Email

Is your house "under water" ? If you bought your house within the last 5 years, you may be among those Rhode Islanders who now......



Gloucester, Mass., giving teen birth control if parents OK

9:16 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- The Gloucester school committee has voted to allow contraceptives to be distributed at the high school's health clinic with parental consent.......



Traffic Alert: Route146 in Providence

7:53 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

An accident has a lane closed on Route 146 this morning. The accident is blocking the left land on the southbound side of roadway a......



Brandie's wake-up call: Then and now

7:16 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

J.J. Barnes comes from a long line of Detroit soul singers. Here he does "Chains of Love." Here, another band, the Dirtbombs, one of the......



Don't worry, the sun is on its way

7:01 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Brandie Jefferson    Email

It can't be sunny and in the 60s all the time. Today we've got scattered showers this morning, but as the day goes on, the......



Today in history: Roger Williams banished from Mass.

7:01 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1635, religious dissident Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Read more about today in history.......



Today's front page: Falling energy prices, the rat hunter

6:47 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page features a story about the upside of the financial meltdown -- a drop in energy prices. There's also a news feature on......