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Landmark Medical Center, on the brink of collapse a year ago, may be finding its road to survival. Jonathan N. Savage, the lawyer who was......
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East Providence High School students demonstrate Friday afternoon at Pawtucket and Taunton avenues in East Providence. Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I.......
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - A New Bedford leather-goods factory raided in 2007 by immigration agents will close its doors by July 31, the company......
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5:12 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 20-year-old Providence man has tested positive for swine flu, the state Department of Health confirmed on Friday. The man, who has......
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4:38 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- A federal judge Friday ruled unconstitutional the state's requirement that new political parties must wait until Jan. 1 of an election year......
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Providence Journal photo and video by Sandor Bodo The worm ladies of Charlestown -- Nancy Warner and Lois Fulton -- promote using worms for......
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QUINCY, MASS. -- Grocery customers can get a full refund for bean or soy sprouts packaged by Chang Farm and bearing certain expired code dates,......
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Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed has filed legislation to overhaul the state Economic Development Corporation, after a review panel criticized the agency as ineffective......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Rep. James R. Langevin expressed concern Friday about whether President Obama has given his new cybersecurity......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The capital city will hold its first Chad Brown Community Day on Saturday. The day will kick off at 10 a.m. with......
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3:20 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Col. Stephen M. McCartney, Warwick chief of police, and Michael J. Healey, spokesman for Atty. Gen. Patrick Lynch, on Friday rejected......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Passengers from Wickford had to change buses on the side of Route 95 Friday morning when the RIPTA bus they were riding......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawyers for the family of a Chinese immigrant who died in custody at the Wyatt Correctional Facility said Friday it looks like......
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2:36 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Six men and three women have been arrested on charges they collected unemployment benefits while still working, defrauding the state of approximately $92,500, Rhode Island......
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NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- On Saturday night, Narragansett officials will dedicate the opening of the new Casino Courtyard park adjacent to The Towers, the 1885-historic structure,......
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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- The city's Child Safety & Protection Festival will be held Saturday at Macomber Field from 2 to 5 p.m. Admission is......
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Journal photo/ Mary Murphy Central Falls Police Maj. Kevin Guindon carries a torch past the Rhode Island State House Friday, as firefighters, police officers......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- "Rhode Island's Creative Community" is hosting a youth talent show to celebrate "World No Tobacco Day", which will be observed around the......
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12:32 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Data on mortgage loans in Rhode Island for the first three months of 2009 shows the delinquency rate -- loans at least 30 days behind......
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12:22 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Ryan A. Saunders, who joined the Chorus of Westerly in 1986 as a boy soprano, has been hired as the executive director of the popular......
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12:09 PM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
CUMBERLAND, R.I. - - The Cumberland Police will ask the attorney general to add embezzlement to charges against Robert and Kevin Legacy, both of whom......
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11:53 AM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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One more college graduation is on the season's calendar here in Rhode Island -- and it's usually the most unusual. The Rhode Island School of......
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11:35 AM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Verizon's residential customers are going to be paying more for some land line phone services, beginning in June. The Public Utilities Commission......
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11:29 AM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Photo courtesy of the Cranston police A bank surveillance photo caught pictures of the man suspected of robbing the Randolph Savings Bank May 20.......
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The Coast Guard reportedly rescued three boaters sailing from Georgia to Newport early Thursday morning after their sailboat ran aground in the fog off Fire......
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10:46 AM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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LINCOLN, R.I. - - Two men were listed in fair condition at Rhode Island Hospital Friday morning after they were injured in an accident near......
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9:49 AM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Mary Murphy Jeanine Gosselin, a parishoner at St. Joseph's Church on Walcott Street in Pawtucket, leaves the church after attending 8 a.m.......
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9:08 AM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- More prosecution witnesses are expected to take the stand in the kidnapping trial of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller. The......
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8:12 AM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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MIAMI (AP) -- The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression has formed off the mid-Atlantic coast, but it's not expected to threaten land. The......
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7:01 AM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Guess what. Rain is again in the forecast for Friday. Showers are likely before 11 a.m. and then there's a chance of......
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Today's front page reports that Governor Carcieri has named Supreme Court Justice Paul A. Suttell to be the court's next chief justice. With the......
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6:00 AM Fri, May 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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On the local front: A year ago today: A special commission created by the Providence City Council has delivered a comprehensive report of the causes......
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9:34 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- Just two days after the police say surveillance cameras showed him shoplifting $811 worth of Prilosec, Advil and other over-the-counter drugs from......
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8:31 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The police have charged two men with assault and disorderly conduct in connection with a fight at a party late Sunday night......
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8:10 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- House lawmakers have approved legislation that could make Rhode Island the ninth state requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls,......
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8:07 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- A man charged in the robbery Wednesday of the Garden City Bank of America Branch is being held without bail as a......
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7:30 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- The police have arrested a man they say robbed the Citizens Bank branch at 965 Oaklawn Ave. at noon Thursday. It is......
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6:52 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 39-year-old local man who was first arrested two years ago as a result an investigation of a child-pornography collector in Switzerland......
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6:48 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A female student at the University of Rhode Island was the victim of a alleged rape last fall that led to......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri nominated Supreme Court Justice Paul A. Suttell Thursday to be the next chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.......
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4:38 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
PROVIDENCE R.I. --On Saturday, peace activists will gather at noon in Memorial Square on South Main Street to protest torture and terrorism, something they have......
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4:35 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- While other cities and towns are engaged in hand-to-hand combat over school spending, Barrington voters decided to increase the school budget over......
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4:12 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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JOHNSTON, R.I. --- Whether the baby whose dead body was found May 19 was alive at birth or stillborn is the crucial question as the......
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2:47 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- A man was found apparently shot to death Tuesday near the parking lot at police headquarters, the Police Department announced Thursday. Deputy......
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1:36 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Scituate man accused of driving under the influence and causing an accident that killed a mother of six was referred to......
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1:12 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Pawtucket residents -- and friends -- are invited to the city's seventh Neighborhood Summit, which will be held on June 2 at......
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1:02 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Town Hall only has about $4 million to pay $5 million to employees and cover other bills that will come due......
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12:40 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Brooke Astor's estate lawyer says the philanthropist wanted her vacation property in Maine to be passed down to her grandson one......
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12:15 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bryan Rourke Journal staff writer Cirque du Soleil, the artful, acrobatic and theatric circus-like production, will be making its first visit to Rhode Island......
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11:58 AM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal/Kathy Borchers Andrew Bessette, left, with his attorney William Murphy, center. At right is Assistant Attorney General Jay Sullivan. By Michael McKinney Journal Staff......
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11:56 AM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Tent cities for the homeless, like this one off South Water Street in Providence, have popped up around......
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11:50 AM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Cape Air is offering another season of nonstop service from Providence to the Cape and islands, the Rhode Island Airport Corporation announced......
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11:23 AM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Elaine Woo Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES -- Rolf K. McPherson, a major figure in the Pentecostal movement who was born in Providence and for......
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10:32 AM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are investigating the third shooting in the capital city in 36 hours. In each, the men who were shot sustained......
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9:50 AM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. - - The police are looking for a man who tried to lure an 11-year-old girl into his car Wednesday. The girl had......
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9:27 AM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Some Powerball-playing Rhode Islanders might feel like bridesmaids, not brides, Thursday morning after the $232.1 million Powerball jackpot was hit in South......
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8:49 AM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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UXBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- A Rhode Island man who was missing for three months just before he was charged with stealing from his Massachusetts-based employer......
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8:37 AM Thu, May 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- Prosecutors are expected to depict the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller as a calculating father who planned his daughter's kidnapping for......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A computer simulation that mimics the growth of gliomas, the type of brain cancer afflicting Sen. Edward Kennedy, may help doctors develop......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Drizzle and rain are again in the forecast Thursday. Look for drizzle before 10 a.m. then a chance of showers after 10......
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By Jack Perry Email
Thursday's front page reports that bankruptcy filings are soaring as people try to save their homes. A Brown University poll shows that most Rhode......
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On the local front: A year ago today: The Coast Guard rescues three people from a Point Judith-based fishing boat that took on water about......
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11:55 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Hoping to gets its dormant Zoning Board of Review back in action, the Town Council on Wednesday night appointed Jodi Gladstone......
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11:49 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. _ Voters last night approved a $57.7-million budget without batting an eyelash. In the end, the much-anticipated backlash to the school budget never......
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10:35 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The School Committee isn't giving up yet. After the Town Council slashed $500,000 from the School Department's budget appropriation earlier this month,......
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10:26 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An 18-year-old woman was injured shortly before 9:30 Wednesday night when her car struck a pole at North Main and Charles streets.......
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By Gregory Smith Email
Two men and a woman each have been indicted on a charge of raping a University of Rhode Island student on campus last September. The......
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6:34 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are looking for a man who tried to steal from a Dunkin' Donuts store at 1075 North Main St. Tuesday......
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6:15 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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Cranston police gather in front of the Bank of America branch on Hillside Road in Garden City Wednesday afternoon after a bank robbery. Cranston Police......
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6:09 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- Police are investigating the shooting of a man in the area of Union and Webster Avenues Wednesday afternoon near the Cranston line. According......
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6:04 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Rich Lee Email
Manuael Martinez baits a hook for Ramon Guzman on the Seekonk River in Providence Wednesday. About two dozen fishermen were lined up along the......
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5:02 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
BRISTOL -- Town Adminstrator Diane C. Mederos says that all five of the town's bargaining uits have agreed to waive their salary increases until June......
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4:57 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- Over 400 taxpayers have sued the Town of Barrington and are requesting that the court throw out the property valuations recently set......
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4:19 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Journal staff writer ABC World News visited Rhode Island Wednesday for a special segment on the federal stimulus package, which took effect......
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3:54 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental and Kate Bramson Journal Staff Writers CRANSTON, R.I. -- Maj. Ronald T. Blackmar, the Cranston police department's second in command, is retiring......
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3:38 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Harold L. Tillinghast Jr., a former organizer with the Laborers' International Union of North America in Rhode Island, pleaded guilty Wednesday......
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3:15 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The town might accommodate a "trash-to-energy" facility at the state's Central Landfill, but only if the plant meets the required health and......
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- An inmate's alleged assault on another inmate Wednesday morning has led to the lockdown of the maximum security section of the......
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By Andy Smith Email
Two surveys of the Rhode Island housing market show that median housing prices in the state continue to decline. The median price of a single-family......
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By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau A just released poll from Brown University shows solid support for same-sex marriage in Rhode Island, with 60......
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12:22 PM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- A jury has been picked for the kidnapping trial of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller. Prosecutors and defense lawyers finished......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Seek solace from your work day, with The Mid-day Music series at All Saints' Memorial Church at 674 Westminster St.. Wednesday's performance,......
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- There is some chance that U.S. combat troops will be asked to remain in the troubled......
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10:37 AM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Even if the legislature fails to act, the Carcieri administration has assured the owners of......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- The town police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a Providence teenager in an attempted robbery Feb. 12 of the Cumberland Farms......
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10:29 AM Wed, May 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The East Providence Police say the 3-year-old boy who fell out of a second story window Tuesday is doing well. The......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Eighty-one percent of the state's public elementary, middle and high schools are making progress in bringing all students to proficiency in math......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. - - A man is being treated at Rhode Hospital after he was shot in the leg Tuesday afternoon after he and three......
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By Kate Bramson Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. - Nearly 3,000 customers lost their electrical service in the Nayatt Point and Rumstick sections of town Wednesday when a power line......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --A 27-year-old Providence man is expected in District Court, Providence, Wednesday morning on two charges of assault with a deadly weapon after a......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Unions that represent mailers and printers at The Boston Globe have agreed to concessions they hope will keep the 137-year-old newspaper......
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 12-year-old Providence girl tested positive for swine flu, the state Department of Health announced Tuesday. The girl, whom the department did......
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Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer It may have been chilly Tuesday, but 19-month-old Logan Meehan of Warwick still found something to shout about......
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By Jack Perry Email
Will Joe Sixpack have to pay more for his brew? A front-page story reports that lawmakers are considering increasing the excise tax on beer.......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: A former Johnston police officer is sentenced to 60 days in prison. Marc A. Zaccagnini, Sr., 36,......
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CHARLESTOWN, R.I. -- "ALERT -- Sen. Picardo is NOT a friend of Charlestown," that's the message an anti-casino group is sending town residents. The mass......
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 3-year-old boy was taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday after he fell from a second-story window, fire......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Harold L. Tillinghast Jr., a former organizer in Rhode Island for the Laborers' International Union of North America, is scheduled to appear......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- A Superior Court judge today ordered Troy Lassiter, a convicted murderer, held without bail for providing the state police with a false......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Police have identified the man who was found burning in a Main Street parking lot next to a can of gasoline......
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Providence Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach A red-winged blackbird chooses a tall reed and teams take to the turf Tuesday on the first day......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are investigating a shooting on Manton Avenue, near the intersection with Salmon Street. Detective Capt. James Desmarais said a man......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The town should not court a takeover of its finances, the town council president said Tuesday after he spoke with Rhode......
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By Richard Salit Email
NEWPORT, R.I. -- Bikini ogling in the City by the Sea will remain free this summer, now that a charter boat owner has canceled plans......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- An office made out of shipping containers, the state's first, will open in the city's Olneyville section in March, on the site......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The police have charged a Providence man with breaking into a house on Friday. Major Ralph Bubar III said on Tuesday that......
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PROVIDENCE , RI -- With the sunbathing season almost here, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) announced Tuesday morning he was renewing his effort to push the......
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By Tatiana Pina Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man who struck a state trooper with his motorcycle in 2007 and led police......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new study published Tuesday in the journal Obesity provides further evidence that strict maternal control over eating habits, such as determining......
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Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Dr. Phil Brown, left, professor of sociology and environmental studies at Brown University, speaks during the protests by......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, whose seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee will put him in the deliberations over federal appeals court Judge Sonia......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is on a tour of Southwest Asia during the Memorial Day congressonal recess, visiting war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan, and neighboring......
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By Paul Edward Parker Journal staff writer WARWICK, R.I. -- The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday announced it is backing a plan to extend the......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are searching for a man who held up the Irving Gas Station on Wampanoag Trail on Saturday. Capt. Walter......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Fire officials are investigating a fire that occurred in a vacant house on 284......
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11:09 AM Tue, May 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A motorcyclist whom a witness says was riding "in a wheelie position" with its front tire up in the air crashed into......
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10:51 AM Tue, May 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence arson investigator driving east on Smith Street (Route 44) to the report of a fire in an occupied dwelling was......
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10:18 AM Tue, May 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices took another big jump over the last week. The typical price at the pump for self-service regular gasoline hit $2.46......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The number of single-family homes being sold in Massachusetts and the price of those homes dropped last month when compared to the......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller is headed to trial. Jury selection in Rockefeller's kidnapping trial starts Tuesday in Suffolk Superior......
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By Jack Perry Email
Expect a sunny day with a high near 65 degrees Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Enjoy the sunshine while you can. Rain is......
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By Jack Perry Email
Tuesday's front page reports on a partnership between Bradley Hospital and East Providence schools for special needs programs. The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Street by street, lot by lot, Providence city inspectors are undertaking a painstaking survey of boarded-up and......
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4:35 PM Mon, May 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
LINCOLN -- The state police arrested two men early Monday on drunken driving charges. Windsong S. Hadley, 26, of 105 Canton St., Providence, was......
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4:26 PM Mon, May 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE -- An East Providence man was arrested this afternoon for shoplifting several packages of meat from a Providence supermarket, the state police said.......
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By Karen Bordeleau Email
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) is unveiling a new bill tomorrow to strengthen sunscreen safety standards. Reed will be joined by Dr. Pat Sullivan, a......
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12:10 PM Mon, May 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE _ Workers from National Grid responded to the Brown University campus shortly after 11 a.m. on Monday morning after a stake apparently punctured......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
The 7 to 7 Breaking News Blog staff is off duty on Monday, Memorial Day. But projo.com will be updated in the event of major......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum is offering a $500 reward to anyone who can help in the......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man wielding a knife robbed the Irving gas station on Wampanoag Trail at about noon Sunday, the police said. He......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Steady rain and a forecast of thunderstorms has caused Seekonk Speedway to postpone its Memorial Day celebration, presented by the Army National Guard, to Monday,......
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By Bruce Landis Email
WARWICK, RI -- The body of a man found floating in Greenwich Bay near the Aqua Vista Marina Saturday will be autopsied, but there was......
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