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October 23, 2008 Archives


Police: E. Providence officer fires at car aimed at him

7:45 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer EAST PROVIDENCE -- The police have taken two men into custody after an undercover officer fired two shots in......



Update: Getting gas back in Tiverton may take all night

7:35 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

TIVERTON -- Getting gas service restored for some 826 affected North Tiverton customers -- both residences and businesses -- is a task that apparently will......



Photo / Video: After 65 years, they gather once again

7:10 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By News staff    Email

Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Susie Cerroni, left, talks with Ann Upshall at the Mount Pleasant High class reunion today. Twenty-three members of Mount......



Traffic disrupted, police cars gathered in E. Providence

5:57 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

A car -- apparently related to an incident in which shots were fired at East Providence police this afternoon -- was stopped in the exit......



NJ man gets 2 years in prison for money laundering in RI

4:34 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- A New Jersey man today was sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison for money laundering, after immigration agents last year followed him......



Traffic alert: Backups on Rte. 95 north near exit 23

4:09 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Traffic appears to be backing up on Route 95 north through Providence, where the state Transportation Management Center reported at 3:45 p.m. that a car......



Update: Natural gas service out in Tiverton as freeze nears

4:00 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

TIVERTON -- "Many" residences and businesses that have natural gas heating here have been affected today by a disruption to a portion of National Grid's......



Person shot on Lenox Ave. in Providence

3:52 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- A person was reported shot in the vicinity of 220 Lenox Ave. today. Providence rescue was sent to the area at 12:50 p.m.,......



Carcieri forum seeks ideas on pulling R.I. 'out of recession'

3:20 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Mike McKinney    Email

At a time when Rhode Island holds the dubious distinction of having the highest-in-the-nation unemployment rate, Governor Carcieri says he will convene an economic forum......



Warwick home invasion under investigation

2:46 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

WARWICK -- The police are investigating a home invasion yesterday at 195 Country Club Drive. Sgt. Robert Bentsen said two people got into the house......



Update: URI probes computer messages about Obama

2:23 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (10)
By Kate Bramson    Email

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- University of Rhode Island police have been asked to probe what the school's provost calls "insensitive, inappropriate, and degrading messages relating to......



New section of Rte. 403 improves access to industrial park

2:22 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

NORTH KINGSTOWN -- Rhode Island motorists have a new way of reaching the Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown. The state Department of Transportation Thursday......



Oil spill in store shuts part of Taunton Ave., E. Providence

1:22 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

EAST PROVIDENCE -- Police and firefighters have responded to a report of a spill of about 70 gallons of home heating oil inside a Taunton......



Lincoln teen to be tried as adult in fatal car crash case

12:35 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Andrew T. Bessette, a Lincoln teenager charged in a 2007 car accident in which his 15-year-old cousin died, will be tried as an......



Drunk-driving stop puts convicted murderer back in ACI

12:27 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (6)
By News staff    Email

By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer WEST WARWICK -- A convicted murderer has been sent back to prison as a parole violator after police say......



Providence woman imprisoned for drugs, fraud

11:10 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- A Providence woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug distribution and health care fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced today.......



Boil-water advisory remains in effect at URI

10:57 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kate Bramson    Email

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- The University of Rhode Island's Kingston campus continues to rely on bottled water as the boil-water advisory issued Sunday remains in effect.......



R.I. remembers its victims of Beirut bombing / Video

10:45 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Maria Armental    Email

Journal photo/ Frieda Squires The Marine Corps colorguard stands at attention for the Pledge of Allegiance during a memorial service at the Portsmouth Historical......



Roger Williams Park Zoo opens its African exhibit

9:15 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Africa is back, in full force, with the opening of the updated African exhibit today at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. There's no......



N. Providence man killed in crash on Route 95, Hopkinton

9:09 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (4)
By Maria Armental    Email

HOPKINTON -- A North Providence man died after he lost control of his car while going to work late last night, the Rhode Island State......



Mass. police criticized for paid holiday on 9/11

7:22 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Jack Perry    Email

BOSTON (AP) -- To Wayne Nichols, the idea of police in Peabody getting a paid holiday each year on the anniversary of the Sept. 11......



Cold at first, but sunny by mid-day

7:01 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Grab that coat, scarf and gloves ... We have a cold start. But temperatures should be picking up by mid-day, reaching a high......



Today in history: Beirut bombing

6:58 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

On Oct. 23, 1983, a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon killed 241 U.S. Marines and sailors -- nine from Rhode Island; a......



Today's front page: Solutions for the economy

6:51 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On today's front page, business and community leaders suggest what Rhode Island, which has the highest unemployment rate in the country, should do to boost......