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Tadatoshi Akiba, mayor of the Japanese city that was leveled by U.S. atomic bomb during World War II, spoke to mayors Saturday about the dangers......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Speculation that Vice President Joe Biden was to address mayors was still rampant Saturday morning, the second full day of the U.S.......
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By Bruce Landis Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- City firefighters gathered this morning to continue their protest against Mayor David N. Cicilline that has kept top federal officials away from......
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Journal photo/ Ruben W. Perez Alicia Pantoja, of Providence,and other DARE members protest the U.S. Conference of Mayors conference Friday in front of Providence......
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PROVIDENCE -- Union members protested the layoffs of more than 200 Head Start workers Friday, calling the firings unfair. Parents, employees and supporters -- including......
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By John E. Mulligan PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As President Obama's senior advisor offered mayors conciliatory invitations to come to the White House later this month,......
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By Katherine Gregg Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Three days after the Senate confirmation of a new state chief of health and human services......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- He's back. Barry Blair, the nightclub impresario who kept the mirror ball spinning and the dance beat booming for nearly 30 years......
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By Gregory Smith Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With some city police officers seething over their treatment by Police Chief Dean M. Esserman, the police labor union has called a......
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The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal from The Providence Journal seeking to see questionnaires filled out by prospective jurors in one......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Most of the picketing off-duty firefighters and police officers departed when rain grew heavy at 4:40 p.m.......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin will ordain two men to the priesthood -- deacons Albert P. Marcello III and Andrew Messina......
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Journal photo / Frieda Squires Former Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr., a frequent critic of successor Mayor David N. Cicilline, greets firefighters Friday......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- About 20 firefighters riding motorcycles paraded past the demonstrators with their engines rumbling Friday afternoon. Dressed in heavy leather jackets, with "Firefighter"......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For the third time this year, the chief disciplinary counsel for the Rhode Island Supreme Court has filed ethics charges against lawyer......
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3:32 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Federation of Teachers, a teacher union representing 11 districts including the state's largest, Providence, wants to launch a more......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Largely through the efforts of the local YMCA and three area churches, the public will get a chance to take a "stroll"......
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By Richard Salit Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Attorney Gen. Patrick Lynch is calling state Health Commissioner Christopher F. Koller's decision to hold a public forum on double-digit rate hike......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Bryan Rourke Journal staff writer Santa Mamba, Los Sugar Kings and Infusion Experience have been named the winners of Sound Search '09, part of......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- A robber grabbed cash from the AAA Gas Station and Convenience Store, 717 Park Ave., and fled Thursday evening. Police said the......
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - As expected, Republican Governor Carcieri has vetoed legislation allowing the creation of marijuana dispensaries to provide the drug to sick people......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Bryan Rourke Journal staff writer Theatre by the Sea will be presenting cabaret shows after its theater shows on weekends, June 19 through Sept.......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.i. -- A section of Post Road in Warwick will be closed five nights next week to allow overnight work near T.F. Green Airport.......
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1:35 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police have identified the person shot and killed during an attempted robbery on Federal Hill......
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By Bryan Rourke Journal staff writer David Cook, winner of last year's American Idol show, will be performing at Foxwoods this summer, the casino announced......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Cessna Aircraft Co., the nation's largest builder of corporate jets and a unit of the Providence-based Textron Inc., said Friday it......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The schools superintendent has sought special permission to let Greystone School end its school year on Thursday, June 18 after 176......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
Richard Dreyfuss an Academy Award winning actor and civics education activist will champion his civics education cause when he addresses the Rhode Island Bar Association's......
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12:27 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence Mayor David N. Cicillne made no reference to his battle with city firefighters during a panel presentation on green jobs at......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Head Start, Children's Friend, SEIU, Providence...
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BOSTON (AP) -- A German man who called himself Clark Rockefeller and spun fantastic stories about himself during three decades in the United States has......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
LITTLE COMPTON, R. I. -- Fire Chief Robert Hay Wimer apparently resigned Thursday during an annual performance review by the Town Council after only one......
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11:37 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
The United States Conference of Mayors announced Friday morning that USMayorTime with Tom Cochran is live on the Web, featuring U.S. mayors sharing the story......
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11:17 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The driver of the Dodge Stratus that crashed on Route 295 North in Smithfield early Wednesday and killed two back-seat passengers is......
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11:15 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The loudest applause from the picketing firefighters Friday morning as for the Budweiser truck that blasted its horn as it passed by.......
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By Rick Massimo Journal music writer FOXBORO, Mass. -- And so it begins, not with a bang but a wristband. At some point next year,......
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10:25 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Standing amid about 100 firefighters on Sabin Street across from the Rhode Island Convention Center, the staff representative for the Rhode Island......
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Journal photo / Bob Thayer Providence firefighters protesting their lack of a contract stood behind jersey barriers Friday morning, on Sabin Street, across from......
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Friday's Providence Journal front page reports that U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, a public face of recovery from addiction since an automobile accident drove......
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Providence Journal graphic / Tom Murphy PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- On Thursday, June 18, the state DOT will move what's known as the "95 north-south split"......
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7:46 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Amid public policy discussion on crime reduction, job creation, and environmental protection during the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Annual Meeting that is......
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7:43 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- From the looks of the parking lot, attendees at Thursday's Financial Town Meeting could tell it was going to be a thin......
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7:03 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Nope, it's not gonna get much better today. The forecast calls for showers, and even a possible thunderstorm, as well as patchy......
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6:00 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Portsmouth's proposed wind turbine moves a step closer to reality with a groundbreaking for the foundation that......
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9:56 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It what it termed its final offer, the Cicilline administration said it presented a contract proposal Thursday to Paul A. Doughty, the......
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5:48 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE -- Despite an extreme pinch in cash flow, Town Hall will pay all employees Friday by rerouting about $380,000 in federal stimulus money......
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5:25 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Katherine Gregg Journal State House bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The state Senate has approved a bill forcing the owners of the Twin River greyhound......
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5:14 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted former Roger Williams Medical Center president Robert A. Urciuoli's request that he remain out on bail pending......
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4:24 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri's office said Thursday that he supports the new Senate version of a bill that would pave the way for National......
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4:18 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Four teenagers have been charged with desecrating a cemetery after they allegedly smashed gravestones at Riverside Cemetery. Barbara Brooks, a spokeswoman......
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4:15 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The number of cases of H1N1 influenza virus in Rhode Island has tripled in less than a week, reaching 59 cases by......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fireworks will light the night sky at Roger Williams Park on Monday beginning at 9:30 p.m., Mayor David N. Cicilline announced on......
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By Peter Lord Email
Government buildings across Rhode Island should become more energy efficient and cost less to operate, if $14.5 million in federal stimulus money earmarked for......
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By Benjamin Gedan Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has canceled a meeting with Colombian President Álvaro Uribe that had......
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By Kate Bramson Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The Rhode Island State Police were "quite surprised" to learn that a fifth teenager was in the Dodge Stratus that crashed on......
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Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires Providence firefighter Stephany Blackwell, who works with Rescue 4, was among those who gathered at the firefighters' Local......
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By Richard Salit Email
On the day before the start of the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting, activists gathered on the steps of the State House to urge......
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2:34 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The two "bounty hunters" who tangled with police and ended up under arrest after they plied their new trade in Woonsocket by......
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2:13 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The opening of a major section of Route 195 next week will initially make traffic worse,......
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By Tom Mooney Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Over the years, Rocky Hill School has invited the son of a Soviet leader, celebrities and journalists to speak at commencement. On......
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By Channing Gray Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Brown University Orchestra has picked up yet another ASCAP award for adventurous programming, after a season showcasing new music. This is......
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By Tim Barmann Email
U.S. Senate photo / Jeff McEvoy Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., meets with Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, in an office......
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1:05 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
SCITUATE, R.I. -- Looking for a great view of the state? The state Department of Environmental Management has just the thing. The DEM said Thursday......
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12:59 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Andrew Bessette reads his statement in court and apologizes his family for the death of his front-seat passenger and......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Sarunn Phan, a member of the Oriental Rascals street gang, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison this morning on weapons......
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12:20 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Randal Edgar Email
PROVIDENCE, RI. -- The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union is calling on the city to abandon its efforts to have people......
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By Alex Kuffner Journal Staff Writer WARWICK, R.I. -- State business leaders joined Governor Carcieri at T.F. Green Airport this morning to voice support for......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The town's School Committee has reached a three-year contract deal with local teachers, ending a lengthy and difficult bargaining process. The agreement,......
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By Jack Perry Email
By Paul Grimaldi Journal Staff Writer CVS Caremark Corp., of Woonsocket, has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to the state of California to settle......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Breaking history news: The Rhode Island Historical Society has joined the modern world with a blog of its own, A Lively Experiment. In keeping with......
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/ Mary Murphy These birds were seen trotting along Middle Highway in Barrington this morning. We initially identified them, in an 8:42 a.m.......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Largely through the efforts of the local YMCA and three area churches, the public will have a chance next week to stroll......
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By Kate Bramson Email
SOMERSET, Mass. -- The Massachusetts State Police have identified the 51-year-old man who died Wednesday night when his car crashed on Route 195 as Kenneth......
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By Jack Perry Email
Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports that last-minute negotiations between Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline and the Providence firefighters failed to avoid planned pickets......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Here we go again. Another gray, rainy day. The forecast calls for a slight chance of showers before 10 a.m. and patchy......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Michael Corrente says that he will begin shooting his long-planned film about former Providence Mayor Vincent A.......
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11:40 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The City Council gave unanimous preliminary approval Wednesday night to a budget that would impose about an 8-percent tax increase next......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
SOMERSET, Mass. -- A 51-year-old man died when his car left the road and crashed into trees alongside Route 195 shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday,......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Identical bills that would pave the way for National Grid to set up long-term contracts to purchase renewable energy unanimously passed key......
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8:31 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 43-year-old immigrant from Cape Verde was arrested on charges of domestic family assault Sunday after family members said they saw......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are investigating three house breaks, including two that yielded thousands of dollars in jewelry and cash. Kenneth Boocock, of......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch is declaring his strong opposition to proposed legislation that would turn over some of the......
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By Cynthia Needham Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With the Red Sox and Yankees battling it out at Fenway Park, baseball rivalries on Smith Hill are running just as hot.......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- The Town Council will hold a second Financial Town Meeting on June 25 and expects to present a new spending plan......
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By Steven Peoples Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An angry crowd of about 500 people converged on the steps of the State House Wednesday......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court has suspended the licenses of 23 lawyers for their failure to pay bar association dues. In an......
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
WEST WARWICK, R.I -- West Warwick has received $562,000 in federal stimulus money earmarked for repairs and improvements at intersections along federally designated roadways, town......
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4:10 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After denying rumors that there was a meeting scheduled this afternoon, Mayor David N. Cicilline's office has just confirmed that Cicilline did......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Health on Wednesday recommended a swimming ban at the Atlantic Beach Club in Middletown due to high bacteria......
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline planned to meet Wednesday afternoon with Paul A. Doughty, president of the firefighters union local that has said it will......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- On Tuesday night, an on-duty Woonsocket police officer on Sunrise Avenue and Dawn Boulevard saw a prowler he didn't expect. A black......
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By Peter Lord Email
Ocean explorer and University of Rhode Island Oceanography Professor Bob Ballard has been given the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
PROVIDENCE -- A North Providence woman convicted of second-degree murder in the death of her newborn will not receive a new trial, Superior Court Judge......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The Audubon Society of Rhode Island is seeking butterfly enthusiasts for the 6th annual North American Butterfly Association (NABA) Butterfly Counts. The......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gerald Diodati, a Seekonk contractor indicted in a kickback scheme last year, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal conspiracy charge......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- The official cause of death for the 3-year-old boy who was found unconscious in his mother's car on Sunday afternoon is still......
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BARRINGTON, R.I. - - The house hunter showed no interest in the price of the house or how many bedrooms. She was more interested in......
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By Lynn Arditi Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A bill pending in the General Assembly to criminalize prostitution in Rhode Island is being opposed by groups who say it will......
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WARWICK, R.I. - - On October 28 2008 at 1:42 a.m., Melissa Paiva, 31, of Coventry, was riding on Centerville Road at the off ramp......
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By Tom Mooney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- About 45 city residents called on the local firefighters union Wednesday to drop its plans to picket this weekend's conference of U.S.......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
By MARK REYNOLDS Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Julie Robat, the North Providence woman convicted of second-degree murder in the death of her newborn,......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The president of the city firefighters' union did not show up to a scheduled meeting with Mayor David N. Cicilline at City......
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Despite mounting talk on local blogs about Rhode Island House Minority Whip John Loughlin's plan to challenge U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy for his congressional seat,......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An 18-year-old woman was stabbed in the upper chest by another 18-year-old woman during a fight Tuesday over a stolen vacuum cleaner,......
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WARWICK, R.I. - - A man wearing a black hoodie wielding a knife robbed the Quaker Lane Shell station at 1190 Quaker Lane just before......
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By Kate Bramson Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The Rhode Island State Police believe the four 19-year-old Massachusetts men involved in a crash on Route 295 that killed two of......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A 32-year-old Warwick man is due in court Wednesday on a felony drug charge of possessing cocaine and with driving while intoxicated......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Massachusetts has topped 1,000, while three more Boston schools are closing for one week......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Globe is reporting that The New York Times Co. has hired Goldman Sachs to manage the possible sale of the......
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By Talia Buford Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- A misunderstanding means that the School Department can count on more than $200,000 in Medicaid reimbursements it thought would never make it......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Another gray day is in store for residents of Southern New England. We'll have patchy fog, and there's a chance of drizzle......
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By Jack Perry Email
The front page of Wednesday's Providence Journal reports how the city is preparing for protests during the U.S. Conference of Mayors, which opens Friday......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: A bank robbery suspect trying to escape police after an extended foot chase through Valley Falls jumps......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- For the ninth year in a row, the Financial Town Meeting failed to attract a required quorum, allowing the Town Council's......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Smithfield may be the only municipality that does not have a formal agreement with the university it hosts, but legislators Tuesday were......
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By Mike Stanton There's trouble at the Salty Brine Broadcast Center, Rhode Island's self-proclaimed talk-radio capital, where accusations of guest poaching by the state's most......
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By Bryan Rourke Journal features writer Ethan Rosenberg, a 2005 graduate of Toll Gate High School in Warwick, appeared Monday night on The Late Show......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Amid unanswered questions about how much he relied on Medicaid reforms conceived and sold to federal officials by a failed GOP......
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The state Department of Health has confirmed 39 cases of H1N1 swine flu in Rhode Island as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, twice as many as......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Even the United Way, an organization that helps the hurting, is now feeling the economic pinch. The United Way of Rhode......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- In the moments after a 3-year-old boy was found unconscious on the floor of his mother's car, the police say it was......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Work is scheduled to resume Tuesday evening on the Henderson Bridge, according to the state Department of Transportation. The activity is the......
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The Narragansett Indian Tribe has formally asked to acquire -- for free -- close to 400 acres of surplus Navy land on Aquidneck Island that......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After nearly a decade of effort by advocates for the sick, Rhode Island is poised to create the state's first medical marijuana......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- One of the two finalists for superintendent of schools in East Greenwich has withdrawn from contention, but the School Committee plans......
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Photo courtesy Woonsocket Police: Cervantes, left, and Johnston WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- Call it a mutiny on the bounty hunters. Woonsocket police said on Tuesday......
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By Peter Lord Email
The long-running legal feud over plans by Champlin's Marina to expand in Block Island's Great Salt Pond is going to the state Supreme Court, possibly......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez will be in Providence this week to address members of the 77th annual U.S. Conference of Mayors,......
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Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Jersey barriers are installed along Sabin Street at the Westin Providence and Rhode Island Convention Center in preparation......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The police are investigating whether an 11-month-old boy from the West End, brought to the hospital with broken arms, legs and thighs,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The couple was so drunk that they could barely talk, the police said, and in her intoxication, the woman even urinated on......
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By Paul Davis Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Jose Gonzalez sleeps in his living room on a mattress under a faded picture of Jesus.......
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JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The town should explore the possibility of saving money by collecting trash every two weeks instead of once per week, according to......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The man who was trapped and injured while working in a tree Monday afternoon is in critical condition at Rhode Island......
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Members of the East Greenwich Town Council Monday night questioned why consultants and members of its Fields Construction Committee neglected to......
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JOHNSTON, RI. - - A 49-year-old man faces several charges including felony assault after he pulled a shotgun on one of two officers who went......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Cranston lawyer, who has since been disbarred, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to stealing $2.5 million from homeowners who......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOURNE, Mass. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $1.4 million contract to design a planned expansion of the national veterans......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 44-year-old man struck by a vehicle that fled the scene was taken to Rhode Island Hospital early Tuesday morning after he......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Union members at The Boston Globe narrowly rejected steep cuts in their pay and benefits, but now face even deeper reductions as......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A stretch of rainy weather that's expected to last through the work week begins Tuesday. Showers are likely Tuesday and thunderstorms are......
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By Jack Perry Email
Tuesday's front page reports that mayors still plan to attend a conference in Providence this week, although members of the Obama administration and other......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Fresh from his hospitalization for an aggressive surgery on a cancerous brain tumor, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Portsmouth woman escaped serious injury Monday evening when her car collided with a tractor trailer on eastbound Route 195 then......
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Michael Zajac, principal at the Archie R. Cole Middle School for nearly two years, is leaving to assume the principalship of......
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LINCOLN, R.I. -- With time running out on the legislative session and a bill in the works to thwart their plans to end greyhound racing,......
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Classes have been canceled at the Greystone Elementary School through Friday due to an outbreak of swine flu, Schools Supt.......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline Monday made public the contents of his current contract offer to the city firefighters union, which includes a......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man was flown to Rhode Island Hospital after becoming seriously injured while working in a tree Monday afternoon. The man,......
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Providence Journal file photo / Glenn Osmundson The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has begun a maintenance project to make the riding surface of......
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The child found dead Sunday in his family's parked car died of heart failure due to overheating, Major Joseph H. Tavares of......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Monday again reinstated the conviction of Jason Ferrell in connection with the 1995 murder of John......
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CRANSTON, R.I. -- The Cranston Police arrested four teenagers carrying backpacks and riding bicycles along Park Avenue at 4:30 a.m. Sunday and charged them with......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Wild turkeys appear to be on the decline in Rhode Island, and the state Department of Environmental Management has turned to the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With the full state Senate poised to vote Tuesday on the confirmation of Gary Alexander as the chief of the state's......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- The biggest question about Tuesday night's Financial Town Meeting is, "Will it be held?" If 250 voters come out at East......
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By Tracy Breton Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Monday today upheld a $500,000 medical malpractice verdict against Barrington urologist Jacques G. Susset. The case......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The kidnapping case of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller is in the hands of a jury. Rockefeller, whose real name......
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By Talia Buford Journal staff writer WARWICK, R.I. -- A 69-year old man pleaded no contest to mistreating animals Monday in Kent County District Court.......
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Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, back to camera, listens Monday to Felice Fleury, left, talk about her problems with......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline says that he does not intend to bow to the Providence firefighters and police unions' request that......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
It was around 7:03 p.m. Sunday when the family of three arrived at William R. Dutemple Elementary School on Garden Street, where they were planning......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices in Rhode Island increased nine cents in the past week and have now climbed for eight consecutive weeks, according to......
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By Kate Bramson Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- The man who died in a Sunday car crash was a passenger in the back seat of a 2000 Jeep Wrangler traveling......
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By Tatiana Pina Email
WARWICK, R.I. - - The police have identified the man who was killed in a motorcycle accident off West Shore Road Sunday night as David......
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By MICHAEL P. MCKINNEY Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Lincoln teenager who was expected to plead no contest Monday morning to charges in......
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By Jack Perry Email
TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) -- A man who died after falling into the Taunton River Saturday evening had suffered a leg cramp before losing his balance......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Associated Press Photo / Seth Wenig Oskar Eustis, center, and the cast of Hair accept the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical at......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi is headed to court to answer to public corruption charges. DiMasi and three associates are......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Members of The Boston Globe's largest employees union will vote on whether to accept deep concessions in wages and benefits designed to......
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Monday's front page tells the story of Pawtucket architect John F. O'Malley, who designed many of the city's major buildings, and O'Malley's influence on......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Monday could prove to be the best day of the work week, since it's the only day without rain in the forecast.......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: A man who jumps from an Atwells Avenue overpass onto Route 10 in Providence survives the fall......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- An administrator in the Warwick school system and the superintendent in Scituate, Mass., are the two finalists for the superintendent's position......
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Two-and-a-half years after voters approved spending up to $6 million to rehabilitate the high school's athletic fields and add two more......
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