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October 27, 2008 Archives


Weather update: High winds to hit tomorrow afternoon

6:59 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

There's a chance of rain tonight, but betting on that chance becomes much less of a gamble during the day tomorrow, when the National Weather......



Council: R.I. Veterans Home has turned a corner

6:51 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Gina Macris Journal staff writer BRISTOL -- The Rhode Island Veterans Home, sharply criticized in a recent report for past management practices that intimidated......



Update: Water advisory lifted at URI, with 1 exception

5:55 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

The state Health Department today lifted the boil-water advisory in all but one of the buildings at the University of Rhode Island's main campus in......



Update: Teens arraigned in theft of officer's gun, gear

5:42 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McKinney    Email

A Portsmouth youth who is one of four teens accused in the theft of a police officer's weapon and other gear from a truck parked......



3-day festival of tattoos and rock draws crowd of 9,000

5:23 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By maria caporizzo    Email

By RICK MASSIMO Journal pop music writer The first Rock the Ink Festival, the three-day bonanza of tattooing and hard rock that took over the......



Dedication set for park at former East Greenwich landfill

5:14 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer EAST GREENWICH -- Tomorrow, town officials plan to dedicate a new 13-acre waterfront park at the site of a......



Report: Newport Film Fest needs $100K to avoid closing

5:02 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

NEWPORT -- Organizers of the Newport International Film Festival warn the annual event may be shut down unless they can raise tens of thousands of......



Barrington 5th grade teacher wins $25K educator award

4:58 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Journal staff writer BARRINGTON -- It was billed as a student assembly to celebrate the school's science test scores. But......



Police: 2 men stabbed outside Central Falls restaurant

4:48 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Tatiana Pina Journal staff writer CENTRAL FALLS -- Two men were stabbed early Sunday during an apparent altercation as people were leaving El Chapin......



State sells $25M in bonds to individuals, small businesses

4:40 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Rhode Island sold some $25 million in bonds today to individuals and small businesses in the state, according to General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio's office.......



Father, 23, accused of abusing infant with head injuries

4:26 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PAWTUCKET -- The father of a baby girl has been charged with first-degree child abuse after the infant was hospitalized with serious head trauma, including......



Photo: Art of compassion

CHARITY BLANKET 2 bt NO_WOO.JPG 2:43 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Bob Thayer Tony Medina, 13, a student at the Feinstein Learning Academy in Woonsocket, lifts and folds a finished blanket ready for......



N. Smithfield school bus drivers, aides vote to unionize

2:30 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

A majority of school bus drivers and aides who work for First Student Inc. and serve North Smithfield voted today to unionize. They will form......



Ex-South County legislator suspended from law practice

1:57 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Katie Mulvaney Journal staff writer The Rhode Island Supreme Court has suspended a former state senator accused of mishandling his clients' mortgage money from......



Woonsocket police investigate shooting death

1:53 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

WOONSOCKET -- The Woonsocket Police Department is investigating the Sunday shooting death of a 22-year-old Woonsocket man. Police say preliminary reports indicate that the shooting......



Economists: No end in sight for R.I.'s fiscal woes

1:09 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

By Steve Peoples Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE -- If there was any good news to come out of the State House this morning, it's......



A special place for special needs children re-opens

12:21 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kate Bramson    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Nurse Debbie Beck believes this morning was the first time her young charge, Dante Pendleton, rode on a swing. At the just-named Alan......



Tiverton customers without gas down to 13

12:04 PM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Maria Armental    Email

TIVERTON -- Thirteen National Grid customers remain without gas service in Tiverton following a distribution problem Thursday that resulted in a dramatic gas pressure drop.......



Tonight's demolition work on Rte. 403 bridge put off

11:50 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Tonight's scheduled demolition work on the old Route 403 bridge, at exit 7A over Route 4 in East Greenwich, has been postponed. The state Department......



Choochy the pooch delays flights at Boston airport

11:13 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

BOSTON (AP) -- Just call Choochy the poodle a "runway runaway." The "fast and elusive" poodle scampered across runways and taxiways at Logan International Airport......



Reporter's query: Are you sharing a home to save cash?

10:43 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

Sharing spaces: Have you moved in with family or friends to save money? Has a foreclosure of job loss meant giving up your own space......



Gas prices hit lowest mark since March 2007

10:43 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

Gas prices continue their decline, dropping 24 cents in Rhode Island over the past week, according to AAA Southern New England. The average price for......



It's only a drill at Chariho Regional High School

10:13 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Students, teachers, police and emergency management agencies are practicing the handling of an emergency at Chariho Regional High School in Richmond this morning. A section......



Water advisory at URI remains in effect

8:44 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- A state Department of Health boil water advisory , issued more than a week ago, is expected to remain in effect through......



Today's front page: The Narragansett Pier

8:35 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page features a story about changes at the Narragansett Pier. Download a copy of the front page in .pdf format.......



Teen to be arraigned in theft of police officer's gun

7:38 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Comments (12)
By Maria Armental    Email

PORTSMOUTH -- An 18-year-old Portsmouth man is expected to be arraigned this morning in District Court, Newport, on charges of stealing a loaded semiautomatic handgun......



State to begin selling bonds today

7:09 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE --The state today is scheduled to begin selling $350 million in short-term bonds to residents, small businesses and financial institutions. General Treasurer Frank T.......



It'll be sunny with highs near 65, rain moving in later

7:01 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Today it'll be sunny and seasonally warm. That's fall talk for about 65. Not bad, considering the National Weather Service forecasts rain moving......



Today in history: The Sox win the Series

7:00 AM Mon, Oct 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 2004, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Game 4.......