Projo 7 to 7 News Blog

Taking the news pulse of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, by Providence Journal and projo.com staff, from 7 to 7, every business day

Get the 7 to 7 on your mobile at www.projo.com. Twitter: projo | RSS | Email alerts

November 20, 2008 Archives


Tonight: Catch some laughs at Twin River

6:47 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Catch some laughs with amateur comedians tonight at 7:30 at Twin River in Lincoln. Amateur comedians compete for $100 prizes and spots in the finals......



Head of Center for Hispanic Advocacy & Policy resigns

6:44 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Karen Lee Ziner Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Three months after the Center for Hispanic Advocacy & Policy's board of directors fired its executive......



Scituate man charged with illegal dumping at RI landfill

5:31 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Mark Reynolds Journal staff writer JOHNSTON -- A 26-year-old Scituate man was arrested this morning and charged with dumping waste from Massachusetts at Rhode......



Update: Bush considers mental health bill 'historic'

5:29 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By News staff    Email

By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- President Bush today told the sponsors of a landmark mental health bill -- including Rep. Patrick......



Cranston officer hit by car; fires shot at suspects' vehicle

5:25 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer CRANSTON -- A police patrol officer who was struck yesterday as he tried to make a traffic stop, fired......



Pawtucket to hold drill on dispensing medicine quickly

4:21 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PAWTUCKET -- The city Emergency Management Agency is conducting a drill on Saturday morning to test the agency's ability to quickly dispense medicine to hundreds......



Forecast: New England sliding into 'significant recession'

3:27 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE -- New England is sliding into a "significant recession" and is expected to lose a quarter-million jobs during the rest of the decade. Economists......



Update: Babysitter tells of Delestre hitting toddler T.J.

12:37 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The babysitter for Thomas J. Wright on the night he was allegedly beaten to death by his aunt and her boyfriend told jurors......



Convicted murderer, 21, gets 40 years in jail / Photo

dmello.jpg 12:08 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

Journal photo / Bob Thayer David Mello, left, stands to say he was sorry for the pain caused to the family by the death......



Reporter's query: Thanksgiving 'chefs' with experience

11:44 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

Journal staff writer G. Wayne Miller wants to profile -- both story and video -- the head of a family who every year bakes and......



Wheelbarrows roll in Beaujolais Nouveau/ Photo

winerace.jpg 11:22 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

Journal photo/ Steve Szydlowski Waiters representing Providence restaurants take off on the 21st annual Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau Wheelbarrow Race on the Providence River......



Bank of America's skating rink opens tomorrow

10:58 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Bank of America City Center skating rink opens for the season tomorrow at 6 p.m. General admission is $6 for adults and $3......



Photo: Man arraigned in Providence murder

Bliss 1 KB.JPG 10:57 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers Kendell Bliss was arraigned in District Court this morning before Judge Pamela Woodcock Pfeiffer for the murder of Leonardo Manzano......



Assembly considers making R.I. attractive to business

9:00 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Maria Armental    Email

LINCOLN -- Members of the state House Finance Committee this morning will tour several Rhode Island-based manufacturers, leading to a discussion this afternoon on how......



State marks 20 years of emergency 911 system

8:08 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Twenty years ago, Rhode Island adopted the E-911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System, an emergency call system that provides direct access to police, fire......



Pawtucket man charged with stealing computer equipment

8:03 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

MENDON, Mass. (AP) -- Mendon police have charged a Pawtucket man with stealing more than $330,000 worth of specialized computer testing equipment from his employer......



Fall River man cleared in murder of rival gang member

7:58 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- A Fall River man has been acquitted of murder in the death of a rival gang member. Jurors in Fall......



Massachusetts pension fund off 13% in October

7:36 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter Phipps    Email

BOSTON -- Officials say the Massachusetts public pension fund lost about 13 percent of its value or about $5 billion in October. The Pension......



The cold spell continues and chance of flurries

7:05 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The cold spell continues today. The high temperature today will top off at 34 degrees. Factor in the windchill, the "feels like" temperature,......



Today in history: the Nuremberg trials

7:02 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On this day in 1945, twenty-four Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Read more about today in......



Today's front page: The homeless, a 30-year-old mob hit

7:00 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

Today's front page looks at Rhode Island's homeless problem as the coldest weather of the season moved into the area. There is also a report......