Projo 7 to 7 News Blog

A year ago today: More than 1,000 revelers gather at Bryant University in Smithfield to ring in the Chinese New Year amid pounding drums, gyrating dragons and rich Asian culture. The new lunar year is designated the "Year of the Rat" on the Chinese calendar.

5 years ago today: Cranston Mayor Stephen P. Laffey issues an executive order forbidding all city employees to accept gifts from individuals or businesses with whom the city has dealings. Laffey issues the order after Building Official Ben Nascenzi's disclosure last week that his policy was to accept holiday-season gifts but only from "reputable" builders and only if everybody in his office received the same gift.

25 years ago today: The Peterson-Puritan Co. begins pumping out a polluted aquifer that the company concedes helped contaminate three of Lincoln's municipal wells. The wells, now closed, provided 45 percent of Lincoln's water supply. A Peterson-Puritan official said last fall the job may take several years and cost more than $1 million.

On the international front:

On this day 66 years ago, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces.

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