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ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Three persons were killed and a fourth seriously injured in an accident on Route 95 early Saturday, the state police said. The......
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2:13 PM Sat, Jul 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- All that rain has interfered with something else: The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council has canceled a free river tour that had......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
R.I. Department of Health officials have recommended re-opening Bristol Town Beach in Bristol and Goddard Memorial State Park in Warwick for swimming. According to the......
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6:38 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WESTERLY, R.I. -- The celebrations continue Monday in Westerly, with a free concert and even more fireworks. The night will start with the first concert......
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5:55 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental and Kate Bramson Journal Staff Writers PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A bank-robbery suspect accused of trying to run down a Rhode Island State......
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4:29 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state's three commercial health plans withdrew requests Friday for double digit rate increases for next winter, a move that state Health......
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4:27 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Once again, the well of money to pay basic state unemployment insurance claims is running low and Rhode Island is going to......
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4:23 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Neil Downing Email
The Rhode Island Division of Taxation has sent notices to more than 100 online retailers, letting them know about the state's new law that could......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Projo.com photos / Maria Caporizzo The whole town of Bristol is abuzz in preparation for tomorrow's big Fourth of July parade. Above, folks sit......
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Updated at 3:41 p.m.: At 331 PM EDT National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm with the potential to produce wind gusts......
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3:08 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- After a three-day hearing, the Air National Guard recruiter accused of selling drugs out of the recruiting station was denied bail in......
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2:30 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Journal staff writer Health officials expect most Rhode Island beaches to be open for holiday swimming on Saturday, but conditions can change......
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2:19 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A strain of the fungus that caused the Irish potato famine of the 1840s is on the loose in Rhode Island and......
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By Rick Massimo Email
The first folk festival in Newport was 50 years ago this summer, and we're looking for stories from longtime attendees for possible inclusion in a......
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Brace yourself -- they're headed this way again. From the National Weather Service: Special Weather Statement Statement as of 1:32 PM EDT on July 3,......
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1:53 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer The flood of legislation never materialized from the State House this week, but the water did. From the men's......
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1:20 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - New Bedford is celebrating more than just Independence Day as the city welcomes the full-time opening of the Ocean Explorium.......
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12:47 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management announced Friday that test results from traps set statewide during the week of June 22 gave......
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By Jack Perry Email
Financial problems recently forced three Rhode Island communities to cancel their Fourth of July fireworks, but the shows go on in several cities and towns.......
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12:25 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A memorial tribute to Michael Jackson is to be held Saturday at the Cape Verdean Progressive Center, 329 Grosvenor Ave. The......
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11:23 AM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- As relatives and friends readied themselves for this afternoon's wake for longtime Kingston volunteer firefighter Allan "Pickles" LePage, the state......
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7:51 AM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - There's a little confusion on Smith Hill about when the state will officially celebrate Independence Day. July 4, as most of us......
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7:18 AM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
The wild weather could continue Friday, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms that could produce small hail, heavy rain and frequent lightning, according to......
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By Jack Perry Email
Friday's Providence Journal front page reports that Fidelity Investments plans to add 500 new jobs in Rhode Island. Spectators have enjoyed the Fourth of......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Two people are dead and a third severely injured after a fiery plane crash at Newport State Airport. The single-engine Piper......
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10:20 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Rick Massimo Email
BY RICK MASSIMO Journal Pop Music Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- There was a lot of talk about miracles Thursday night at the Arena at the......
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9:29 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
Providence Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez Firefighters and police officials surround a small plane that landed on its belly Thursday night at T.F.......
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9:11 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A small aircraft made a belly landing at T.F. Green Airport on Thursday night, a Warwick Fire Department dispatcher has confirmed. Initial......
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7:18 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Email
JOHNSTON -- The Town Council's proposal to add two more commissioners to the Johnston Housing Authority has hit a roadblock in the General Assembly, where......
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6:14 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Making good on an earlier warning, Governor Carcieri has vetoed legislation allowing Twin River to......
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5:48 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Journal Staff Writer NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The Electric Boat employee who was fatally injured in an accident at the submarine builder's......
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4:50 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Neil Downing Email
Mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments of Boston plans to bring hundreds of new jobs to Rhode Island, Governor Carcieri said Thursday. The move is part......
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4:12 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The lawyer for Anthony M. "The Saint" St. Laurent Sr., who is accused of trying to recruit fellow inmates to kill a......
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3:59 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The town has canceled the fireworks extravaganza that usually takes place in Governor John A. Notte Jr. Park on Independence Day.......
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3:55 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In the e-mails he sent to his big brother and sister, and the note he left on his pillow at a private......
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3:55 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It rained so hard Thursday morning that for the first time all year, the state's massive, $350 million combined sewer overflow tunnel......
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
Everybody out of the water -- almost. Because of high bacteria counts, the Rhode Island Department of Health Thursday afternoon recommended closing the following beaches......
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1:46 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Supreme Court has sided with the City of Providence in a long-running dispute over demolition of the former Grove Street......
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1:16 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management has announced that two coastal ponds in South County are closed to shellfish harvesting as of......
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1:09 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By News staff Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- About 1,000 National Grid customers were still without power at noon Thursday after as many as 12,000 customers lost power in the......
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1:03 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Pedestrians caught in this morning's deluge try to stay dry with jackets as they make their way across Eddy Street in Providence. Providence Journal photo......
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12:01 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A lightning strike knocked out the business phone lines at the Providence Public Safety Complex Thursday morning for about an hour, but......
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11:32 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
In addition to to a close call after a lightning strike in North Kingstown, this morning's storm system brought down a large tree limb on......
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11:27 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Middletown High School administrator will be the next principal of the state's largest high school. From 21 applicants for the......
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11:22 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A man held up the Subway sandwich shop on the Providence city line a few minutes before 10 p.m. Wednesday, getting away......
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11:17 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
The Pawtucket Red Sox have announced that they've sold all box seats and general admission tickets for the Thursday and Friday night games at McCoy......
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10:55 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donna McGarry Email
The town of Smithfield has announced that the Fireworks & Independence Day Celebration in Deerfield Park originally scheduled for Thursday has been rescheduled to the......
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9:28 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tim Barmann Email
Providence Journal / Timothy C. Barmann Projo.com staffers Kate Bramson and Jack Perry work at a computer on backup power in the darkened Providence......
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8:12 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- You'd think it was nighttime in downtown Providence, where the skies have gone dark gray. The wind is whipping, and the rain......
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7:50 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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This special weather statement was issued by the National Weather Service for the Rhode Island area as of 7:22 a.m. Thursday: At 720 am EDT......
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7:04 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After thunderstorms soaked Rhode Island Wednesday, we're in for more showers and thunderstorms Thursday, and the National Weather Service has issued a......
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By Jack Perry Email
Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports on the flooding and other problems caused by the heavy thunderstorms that hit Rhode Island Wednesday. Lt. Governor......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: One year ago today: The Turk's Head building buzzes as a swarm of thousands of bees stops traffic and mystifies camera-wielding......
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10:33 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 47-year-old Scituate man pleaded guilty to federal charges of bankruptcy fraud and tax evasion Wednesday in connection with his failing to......
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10:18 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A U.S. District Court jury has convicted Stiven F. Polanco of drug trafficking for his attempted sale, in early December, of 100......
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8:01 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Department of Health has issued a lengthy advisory to all operators of summer camps on steps to take to......
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7:04 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN R.I. -- The funeral for volunteer firefighter Allan "Pickles" LePage, who died Tuesday from injuries suffered Monday at the Kingston Fire District station......
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5:09 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
Tuesday marked the last day for Jack R. Warner, Rhode Island's higher education commissioner since 2002. With his departure, Rhode Island lost three education leaders......
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4:38 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- Five bills dealing with sex offenders are in limbo while the Rhode Island General Assembly is in recess. To reach the governor,......
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4:33 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Middletown High School administrator may be the next principal of the state's largest high school. The School Committee will interview......
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4:09 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- A liquor store owner foiled a would-be robber Tuesday after a struggle during which the holdup man stabbed himself. Woosocket PD photo......
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3:41 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts will not run for governor in 2010, according to a statement issued Wednesday afternoon. The first-term lieutenant governor said that instead......
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By Katherine Gregg PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Backers of the successful drive to legalize the sale of marijuana for medicinal purposes have now won Senate support......
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3:00 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Superior Court jury has found that Roger Williams Medical Center was negligent in allowing a Providence man to fall from his......
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2:31 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
About 100 yards of Cadillac Drive in Providence was flooded all the way across in up to 2 feet of water, leaving drivers no alternative......
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By Donita Naylor Email
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- An employee of Electric Boat was fatally injured in an accident at the company's Quonset Point manufacturing plant at 7:25 a.m.......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline announced Tuesday that he has appointed Paul J. Thomas, West Warwick's public works director, to lead the city's......
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1:26 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE -- Following Senate approval on Tuesday, state law will now require that natural gas companies consult with homeowners about planned utility upgrades, and give......
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By Gina Macris Email
TIVERTON, R.I. -- A limited clean-up of toxic soil on 50 acres in North Tiverton is expected to begin in September and wind up by......
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1:06 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- Police have identified the victim of a stabbing Tuesday as Evan Botelho, 18, of LIncoln, who is in stable condition in......
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By Jack Perry Email
By Paul Grimaldi Journal Staff Writer Online diamond and jewelry retailer Blue Nile Inc. (NILE:NASDAQ) has terminated contracts with Rhode Island advertising affiliates over legislation......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- There's a little confusion on Smith Hill about when the state will officially celebrate Independence Day. July 4, as most of us......
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12:23 PM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Narin Kheng, of Cranston, is arraigned in Superior Court before Judge William E. Carnes and held without bail.......
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By Richard Salit Email
Tolls at the Claiborne Pell Bridge may be going up for motorists who don't own an E-ZPass transponder purchased in Rhode Island And the Mt.......
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By Kate Bramson Email
LINCOLN, R.I. -- A Central Falls Councilwoman, whom the police say was driving erratically on Great Road in Lincoln Friday night with a juvenile male......
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The Blue Angels say they've changed their plans for a low-level photo flight over the USS Constitution in Boston. A spokesman for......
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By Jack Perry Email
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- A suspected rabid fox attacked a 76-year-old woman and went after a man who tried to help her, forcing a Worcester......
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By Kate Bramson Email
EXETER, R.I. -- The Rhode Island State Police have arrested three men for trespassing at the abandoned Ladd School, the former hospital building that was......
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By Jack Perry Email
Download a copy of today's front page in .pdf format. Wednesday's Providence Journal reports that top executives of Harrah's Entertainment visited Rhode Island to meet......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A 32-year-old man who fled Rhode Island after allegedly wounding three people when he opened fire inside the Sportsman's Inn strip......
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7:05 AM Wed, Jul 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Showers and thunderstorms are again in the forecast Wednesday. The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for a line......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Warwick officials are asking the public to heed posted warnings and stay off the long sandbar at Conimicut Point after four......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Town Council approved a 17-percent increase in the tax rate Tuesday night after officials held a final hearing on their......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 19-year-old New York woman was arrested Friday on a charge of receiving stolen goods after police found her driving a......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- After listening to two hours of cross-examination of a state police trooper involved in the investigation into a Rhode Island Air National......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Katherine Gregg Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri Tuesday urged the General Assembly to give voters a chance to extend the state's......
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By Maria Armental Email
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- A North Smithfield man is being held at the Adult Correctional Insitutions without bail on multiple counts of child molestation. Coventry......
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Senate on Tuesday approved a bill in which registered sex offenders who temporarily live in the state for at least......
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By Benjamin N. Gedan Email
Brown University is partnering with the Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, Mass., to strengthen its energy research, the university announced Tuesday. Scientists from the nonprofit laboratory......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Damon Foster, 34 of New York City, has pleaded guilty to possessing firearms after having been convicted of a felony. Acting U.S.......
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Katherine Gregg Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, .R.I. -- The Senate has voted and sent to the governor a bill to allow round-the-clock gambling, seven......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Health Tuesday recommended the closure of Conimicut Point Beach in Warwick to swimming due to high bacteria counts.......
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By Tom Mooney Email
A firefighter hangs a black wreath outside the fire station at 35 Bills Road in South Kingstown Tuesday as a memorial to a firefighter......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Andrew Snead, 35, of Providence, was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison Tuesday for possession of crack cocaine and cocaine......
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By Jack Perry Email
By Steve Peoples State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri said Tuesday afternoon he's signed into law a $7.8-billion budget package that raises Rhode......
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence lawyer, who is the subject of an investigation into the mishandling of clients' money, has voluntarily agreed to be disbarred,......
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal staff writer Three businesses were chosen Tuesday morning to represent businesses owed money by the Twin River slot parlor in the......
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By Bryan Rourke Email
Festival Ballet Providence announced its line-up for its 32nd season, which begins in the fall. This year the company has dropped one usual performance component,......
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By Felice Freyer Email
Despite optimistic projections a month ago, Landmark Medical Center has not yet reached agreement with a potential partner to acquire the financially troubled Woonsocket hospital.......
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By Karen Ziner Email
Widespread racial profiling by law enforcement agents "continues unabated" in Rhode Island and remains pervasive throughout the United States, according to a new report by......
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Journal photo / Frieda Squires Jan Jones from Harrah's Entertainment was at the Rhode Island State House Tuesday for a meeting with House Speaker......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Supreme Court has vacated a lower court ruling that placed the daughter of a Narragansett Indian in the care of......
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By Talia Buford Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that the Department of Corrections is not shielded from liability for distributing a potentially contaminated product......
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By Peter Lord Email
The federal government has authorized spending $3 million to complete six high-priority fish passage projects on the Ten Mile and Pawcatuck Rivers that will allow......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Starting today, surgeons in Rhode Island will follow the same procedures before their surgeries, no matter which hospital in the state......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- General Treasurer Frank Caprio says Rhode Island raised more than $54.6 million in bond sales to pay for technology upgrades, energy......
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- An aborted proposal to build a budget-busting irrigation pond for the new athletic fields at the high school will drain the......
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By Jack Perry Email
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) -- The owners of a day care center in Fall River have been charged with child endangerment after a 17-month old......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A Providence man said a group of men abducted him from his hotel room along the highway late Monday night, binding him......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- There's a chance of showers and thunderstorms, primarily after 1 p.m. Thursday. The weather service warns that some of the thunderstorms could......
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By Jack Perry Email
Download a copy of Tuesday's front page in .pdf format.......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: The Division Street Bridge in Pawtucket is being reopened to two-way traffic, seven months after it became......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- The Town Council approved a 3-percent increase in the residential property tax rate Monday night as taxpayers begged officials to take more......
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By Neil Downing Email
A group of unemployed workers met with officials of the state Department of Labor and Training on Monday primarily to seek more help in finding......
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Internet giant Amazon.com has severed ties with all Rhode Island businesses, a move intended to shield the massive online retailer from......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
FOXBORO, Mass. -- State troopers from the six New England states as well as New York will join with two members of the New England......
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- The University of Rhode Island's School of Oceanography will soon be overseeing the scheduling of the nation's 22 academic-research vessels under a......
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Citing financial constraints and a desire to strengthen academic programs at the state's three public colleges, the Board of Governors for......
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By Maria Armental Email
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- The police are looking for a man who allegedly broke into a Bridgetown Road house Monday morning. Detective Lt. William McGovern said......
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By Felice Freyer Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A surgeon anesthesized the incorrect eye of a patient about to undergo eye surgery at the Miriam Hospital earlier this month, but......
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE , R.I. -- The state is asking the court to sentence the teenager who admitted he struck and killed his friend with a boat......
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By Mike Stanton Email
Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy In May, former State Sen. William Irons, leaves the courthouse with family members and Victoria Almeida, right, one......
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By Maria Armental Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Four Warwick men were arrested Sunday night after they broke into one the house of one of their relatives following her plea......
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By Maria Armental Email
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. -- The police are alerting residents to a so-called "grandson scam" that reportedly operates across the U.S.-Canada border. Under the fraudulent scheme, a......
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By Maria Armental Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An East Providence man whose motorcycle crashed Friday in North Smithfield died of "multiple blunt injuries of torso and extremities," according......
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By Gina Macris Email
TIVERTON, R.I. -- Construction began this morning on Sandywoods Farm, which started several years ago as the vision of gentleman farmer Joseph Bossom for a......
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By Maria Armental Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Emergency vehicles have responded to the area of Route 1 and Moonstone Beach Road for a reported rollover. Several people were......
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By Peter Lord Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State Attorney General Patrick Lynch and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse held a news conference Monday in front of a Providence house where......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two firefighters were injured while battling a Sunday night fire in a vacant building that investigators believe was suspicious. It's the second......
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Supreme Court on Monday overturned the conviction of a former Rhode Island state trooper who was accused of assaulting a......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The commencement of water taxi service between Providence and Newport has been delayed, according to the operator, NextMarine LLC. The company said......
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man who was shot early Saturday morning after leaving Club Elements in downtown Providence is in fair condition Monday morning at......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices in Rhode Island fell by a penny this week, the first time gas prices have fallen in 11 weeks, according......
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The police have identified a 19-year-old Providence woman who was stabbed in the lower left abdomen Saturday afternoon during an argument in......
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By W. Zachary Malinowski Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. - The final tally of guns handed in during the city's gun buyback program on Saturday was 225 -- 147 rifles and......
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By Jack Perry Email
HANOVER, Mass. (AP) -- A 26-year-old Hanover man is expected to appear in court on charges that he kidnapped a 6-year-old girl and put her......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- General Treasurer Frank Caprio says Rhode Island will repay the $350 million it borrowed from residents and other investors to fund......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rain is in the forecast again Monday, but the good news is, we should get most of it out of the way......
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By Jack Perry Email
Monday's Providence Journal front page reports that consumers are falling victim to bogus health-care cards. And Christopher Hill, a Moses Brown graduate, faces new......
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By Jack Perry Email
By Katherine Gregg Journal State House Bureau PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- While the legislative Web site signaled the likelihood of a Senate session on Monday, the......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Fire code and environmental issues are forcing Brown University to close its Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, in......
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fire, its cause not immediately determined, raged through the upper floors of a three-story apartment building on Arch Street Sunday night.......
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