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Providence Journal photo / John Freidah Lt. David Eagan, left, and Lt. Don Gunning of the Newport Fire Department, assist Alan Sakiqi of Worcester,......
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6:21 PM Fri, Jul 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) -- Two Massachusetts men are held without bail in the shooting death of a man who tried to stop a robbery......
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showTrafficCam(45,200); Courtesy RI DOT JAMESTOWN, R.I. -- A disabled truck is blocking the left lane of Route 138 westbound at the Jamestown Bridge, the......
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By staff and Associated Press reports A Roman Catholic priest who served as youth minister and associate pastor at St. Pius V Church in Providence......
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The affiliation of St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island and Roger Williams Medical Center has been approved by state Health Director Dr. David R.......
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4:28 PM Fri, Jul 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Kent Hospital's interventional radiology department has been put on probation for 6 months, after a Rhode Island Department of Health inspection found......
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4:28 PM Fri, Jul 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I . -- Those dreaming of college now have another weapon to fight the nightmare of debt. The nonprofit agency that helps Rhode Island......
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By Maria Armental Email
GLOCESTER, R.I. -- A Burrillville man is being held on charges he threatened to kill a police officer after he was arrested Thursday on disorderly......
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After her swearing in, new Rhode Island Superior Court associate Justice Kristin E. Rodgers puts on a judicial robe with the help of her father,......
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Governor Carcieri is meeting this afternoon with union leaders to outline a tentative cost-cutting plan that includes furlough days for state workers. The General Assembly......
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2:26 PM Fri, Jul 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Bob Thayer Gilbert Kershaw, of Swansea, Mass., and his granddaughter Tayla Rodrigues, age 11, also of Swansea, were among the many people......
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Journal photo/ John Freidah Cyclists try the new, 2.5 mile shared-use bike path that opened Friday at Quonset Point in North Kingstown. (Right). The......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Are your sideburns so big that they slow you down when you're running? Do birds try to nest in your cheeks? Do......
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- New England Gas Company and 90 Pawtucket residents have reached a confidential settlement that requires the utility to pay an undisclosed sum......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Come up with an alternative game plan if you intend to travel overnight on Route 95 through Providence next week. The Department......
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11:26 AM Fri, Jul 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Enclosed building + floor sealer fumes + humid summer day = street closing for ventilation. The block of Westminster Street between Union......
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NEWPORT, R.I. -- The Coast Guard cutter named after Rhode Island's best-known female lighthouse keeper will get a new commanding officer on Friday, the Coast......
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LINCOLN, R.I. -- Multiple fire crews in town battled a house fire late Thursday night that left the Angell Road home uninhabitable. Five adults --......
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By Jack Perry Email
Friday's Providence Journal front page reports that Rhode Island's jobless rate has hit 12.4 percent. Another story reports on steps that some people have......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Expect a high near 90 degrees Friday in the Providence area. It should be mostly cloudy, but scattered showers and thunderstorms could......
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7:04 AM Fri, Jul 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: U.S. Navy salvage team makes final preparations to raise the sunken Russian missile submarine, Juliett 484, from......
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6:26 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Frank J. Montarano will not seek re-election as president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO in September, ending a reign at the powerful......
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5:16 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
CRANSTON. R.I. -- Two cars collided head-on on Route 10 around 4:30 p.m. after a south-bound vehicle experience steering problems and crossed the grassy median......
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4:46 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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BARRINGTON, R.I. -- A Barrington girl remains hospitalized in critical condition after she nearly drowned while swimming July 5 at a private beach club in......
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Homeless veterans may soon find apartments through a federal program, Sen. Jack Reed said Thursday. The East Providence Housing Authority will administer $239,000 to about......
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3:44 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Everyone is invited to a ribbon-cutting Friday for the new Quonset Shared Use Bike Path from Post Road in North......
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3:37 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Want to go to the beach for free? How's a free boat tour? Or a chance to fly a kite with the......
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3:28 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
The Associated Press reported Thursday that Maya Overseas Foods Inc. is recalling Maya Overseas Foods Golden Raisin products because they contain sulfites not declared on......
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3:06 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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Rhode Island's 51st chief justice, Paul A. Suttell acknowleges the applause of the hundreds in attendance at his swearing in today in the State......
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2:48 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I -- A Providence man is being held without bail as a violator after he was arrested Wednesday on charges of possession of child......
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2:45 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Citizens Bank has named the Rhode Island Foster Parents Association its 2009 Third Quarter Champion, and......
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2:05 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State transportation officials have imposed weight limits that exclude many trucks and school buses from five......
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2:03 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The City Council is poised Thursday night to adopt new requirements for filing a foreclosure with the city and added regulations on......
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1:12 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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WEST GREENWICH, R.I. -- The state police arrested the Lake Mishnock deputy fire chief on embezzlement charges after a six-month investigation, the state police announced......
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12:53 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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A construction crane lifts an abandoned car out of Waterplace Park. Journal photo / John Freidah By Thomas J. Morgan and Amanda Milkovits Journal staff......
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12:39 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
Providence Journal photo / C. Eugene Emery Jr. Demolition of part of Cole Middle School is well under way. EAST GREENWICH, R.I. - Classrooms......
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12:09 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city has been awarded a $565,000 federal grant to install diesel emissions-reducing technology on 42 city trucks, Mayor David N. Cicilline......
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11:53 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Nicholas Manocchio, director of the Laborers' New England Region Organizing Fund, has agreed to plead guilty to receiving gifts from an FBI......
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11:46 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A pizza delivery man escaped a robbery attempt Friday night when he was accosted by a man as he tried to deliver......
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11:40 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes soared by nearly 15 percent in the first half of......
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10:32 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The Pawtucket Police are looking for a man who tried to convince two teenage girls to get into his car Monday afternoon.......
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9:28 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
FREETOWN, Mass. (AP) -- Freetown police say a man asking for $25 to find loving homes for people who can no longer afford their dogs......
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9:25 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
BOSTON, Mass. -- The four crew members rescued from a New Bedford fishing vessel that ran aground Wednesday on Brenton Reef off Newport, R.I., have......
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8:16 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - The big red bus equipped to deliver $60 million worth of free health screenings will be in Providence Thursday as part......
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7:39 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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Have you set up a business or are you doing something creative or unusual to make ends meet during the recession? If so, contact John......
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7:19 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports that residents of Providence's tent cities have been told to move by August. Trying to remove a car......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It looks like thunderstorms and showers will interrupt that stretch of sunny, comfortable weather we've enjoyed over several days. Showers and thunderstorms......
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6:00 AM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: A work crew begins demolishing the 19th-century building on Washington Street in Coventry that once housed the......
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10:47 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A local dentist reported to police Saturday that someone broke into his office at the Atwood Medical Center between July 3rd and......
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7:10 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
BOSTON -- The Coast Guard said Wednesday that rescuers plucked four people from a New Bedford fishing vessel that had run aground on Brenton Reef......
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5:17 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse hailed a key Senate committee's action Wednesday on a blueprint......
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3:42 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
A vehicle allegedly taken for a joy ride that wandered down to WaterPlace Park -- and down about 20 steps -- was left abandoned next......
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3:35 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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BRISTOL, R.I. -- A formal apology from the chairman of the Bristol Fourth of July Committee to the Rhode Island Tea Party about "any miscommunication"......
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3:24 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Human remains found in East Providence last November are those of Joseph "Joe Onions" Scanlon, the Rhode Island Department of Health confirmed......
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3:22 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence/Newport water taxi has canceled service until further notice. Service was scheduled to resume today for the season and run through......
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3:02 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- A Cranston woman and a West Warwick man have been arrested in connection with a series of robberies in Cranston, Warwick and......
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2:39 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Edward Fitzpatrick Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Pasco "Pat" Picano Jr., administrative clerk of the Rhode Island Superior Court, died Wednesday. He was......
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By Peter Lord Email
URI oceanographer Kate Moran aboard the research ship Oden during May 2006 research into the arctic environment 55 million years ago through core samplings from......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A brand of bean sprouts that was distributed in Massachusetts, Connecticut and several other states is being recalled, according to The Associated Press. Chang Farm......
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12:07 PM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The city police have charged the owner of a convenience store with offenses that include selling cigarettes that lacked a Rhode Island......
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11:51 AM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse warmly praised Judge Sonia Sotomayor Wednesday as President Obama's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court faced a second day......
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11:32 AM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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Oct. 2008: Director of sales operations Ray “Buzz” Alexander shows off one of the electric vehicles. Providence Journal file photo / Frieda Squires Vectrix Corporation,......
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11:13 AM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Someone shot into the house where a gang associate's mother lives, the police said, striking the walls inside the living room Tuesday......
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10:45 AM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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BURRILLVILLE, R.I. -- The police have charged two teenagers after they apparently took weapons from the younger boy's father's gun safe and fired shots in......
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10:08 AM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Federal Hill man is being arraigned Wednesday morning on a charge that he tried to lure a 12-year-old girl into his......
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By Jack Perry Email
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) -- Two Massachusetts Indian tribes say they are frustrated that federal officials have not properly addressed their concerns about an energy-generating wind......
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9:41 AM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) -- A Taunton man accused of publicly abusing a pit bull puppy had planned to plead guilty to the animal cruelty charge,......
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9:19 AM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Scituate's perfect for privacy-loving Yankees, and historical relics in the town of Glocester thrive with a modern-day twist, according to a ranking by CNNMoney that......
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By Jack Perry Email
DANIELSON, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut state police have filed new charges against a Rhode Island woman in the highway death of a Massachusetts woman. Thirty-eight-year-old......
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8:17 AM Wed, Jul 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Emerging from an hour-long meeting with his chief of police, Mayor David N. Cicilline said Tuesday he is "incredibly proud" of the......
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By Kate Bramson Email
WESTERLY, R.I. -- The police are warning residents not to be tricked into letting people into their homes if they knock on the door and......
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By Jack Perry Email
Wednesday's Providence Journal front page reports that Rhode Island will benefit when Massachusetts starts taxing beer, wine and alcohol Aug. 1 to help balance......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After a long stretch of rainy weather, it looks like another beautiful summer day is in store Wednesday. We'll have sunny skies......
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On the local front: A year ago today: The Barrington School Committee declines to reverse its approval of a wind turbine at the high school,......
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5:58 PM Tue, Jul 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The beach at Camp Grosvenor has been reopened after water samples showed bacteria within acceptable limits, the Rhode Island Department of......
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5:40 PM Tue, Jul 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The questioning of U.s. Supreme Court nonminee Sonia Sotomayor proceeded at such a stately pace......
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4:57 PM Tue, Jul 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires A fire at this house at 26 Wilson St., Providence, appears to have been set. PROVIDENCE, R.I. --......
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4:56 PM Tue, Jul 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Four days after a man was shot while sitting on the porch at 86-88 Althea St., narcotics detectives raided the house and......
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By Paul Davis Email
In a move to cut costs and consolidate services, Planned Parenthood organizations in Rhode Island and Connecticut will merge this summer. The move comes as......
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
CRANSTON, RI -- How strange it all would have seemed: The dignitaries, the kind words, the flowers. On Tuesday, state and local officials joined human......
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man is being held without bail on charges that he murdered another city resident, 19-year-old Kasean Benton. Donald Young, 20.......
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Two members of Rhode Island's General Assembly are getting an up-close view of history in the making today. State Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A city man may be facing federal prosecution after he was caught carrying more than a kilo of cocaine as he stepped......
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The organizers of George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55, to be held in Newport Aug. 7-9, announced Tuesday that singer Chaka Khan would perform at......
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By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer Providence College has just announced that it will be extending the contracts of basketball coach Keno Davis and athletic......
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By Alex Kuffner Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Coastal Resources Management Council has approved applications from Deepwater Wind to install a meteorological tower and other data-gathering equipment on......
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man trying to grow marijuana in his basement in the Charles neighborhood instead nearly burned his house down late Monday morning.......
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The Woonsocket Fire Department is investigating a fire that occurred at an unoccupied two-family house at 19-21 Bell St. early this morning,......
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WEST WARWICK, R.I. - - The West Warwick Police are looking for a man who attacked an 18-year-old woman with a knife while she was......
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By Jack Perry Email
AP Photo Chrysler dealership owner Jim Tarbox, at his dealership in North Kingstown, plans a trip to Washington Tuesday to fight for his franchise.......
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Monday's Providence Journal front page reports on the growing number of underemployed in Rhode Island. The state is adding staff to address a backlog......
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The sky is bright blue at 6:47 a.m., but clouds will increase Tuesday and thunderstorms are possible later, according to the National......
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By Neil Downing Email
The parent company of the Golfers' Warehouse store in Cranston has asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court for protection from creditors as it works on the......
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: The price of home heating oil in Rhode Island sets a new high, yet another indication that......
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By Maria Armental Email
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. -- The police are looking for Joseph McBride, 23, of South Kingstown, on charges he burglarized three properties in Charlestown. (See photo on......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man wanted for robbing banks in Newport and Providence last week was arrested in Boston Sunday night. Dennis R. Tasker,......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Those involved in the Station nightclub fire lawsuit are close to agreement on a release form that the plaintiffs will have......
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By Linda Borg Journal Staff Writer BARRINGTON, R.I. -- Barrington High School students will have to submit to a breath test at school dances this......
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By Talia Buford Email
NEWPORT, R.I. -- Rebecca Faulkner, the woman who caused a chain-reaction car crash at a local gas station in 2007 that left one driver injured......
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BOSTON (AP) -- Voice of the Faithful, the lay Catholic group founded in the worst days of the church's clergy sex abuse scandal, says it......
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By Richard Salit Email
The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs has requested an extension of a federal deadline in its quest to acquire surplus Navy land on Aquidneck Island......
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By Randal Edgar Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- He graduated from Cranston High School East, he was highly decorated as a patrolman and he went more than 15 years without......
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By John E. Mulligan WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse defended President Obama's first Supreme Court nominee Monday by criticizing what he called "the......
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE -- An investigation by state and federal education authorities has found the town of North Providence has complied with rules governing the use......
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NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- A Connecticut boater was quite surprised Monday morning to hear his own name broadcast over the marine radio as the U.S. Coast......
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By Kate Bramson Email
RICHMOND, R.I. -- The police have identified the victim of a motorcycle crash Sunday as Kimberly G. Barbera, 20, of 81 Stewart Way in South......
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FALL RIVER, Mass. -- The Fall River Police Patrolman's Association has agreed to an 8-percent pay cut for the fiscal year that started July 1.......
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By Randal Edgar Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- Mayor Allan W. Fung says he will name a new police chief at 3 p.m. Monday in a news conference at City......
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By Paul Davis Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- The state will use federal stimulus money to hire three food stamp workers and buy a new telephone system, a move expected......
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline will seek a tax-rate increase this year even as he proposes to cut $25 million from city spending.......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal judge has denied Survivor winner Richard's Hatch request to travel to Samoa to star in the 10th anniversary of the......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have fallen another four cents and have now dropped for three straight weeks, according to AAA Southern......
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By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Providence man who's been shot at several times in the last year is now wanted......
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BURRILLVILLE, R.I. -- The police have identified a 29-year-old man who is presumed to have drowned at Spring Lake Beach Sunday as Gregg Goyer, who......
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Mayor David N. Cicilline will unveil his revised budget for the next fiscal year Monday at a 10:45 a.m. news conference in......
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By Jack Perry Email
Monday's Providence Journal front page reports on efforts to take guns off Providence streets. A new study calls Providence the second-most neurotic state and......
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7:08 AM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (AP) -- Authorities say a body recovered from the Hoosac River in North Adams has been identified as a missing Connecticut......
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7:00 AM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Now this is summer. After a cool start -- it's just 55 degrees at 6:50 a.m. -- the temperature should warm to......
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6:00 AM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: The state's highways and bridges need so much expensive work, and the state has so little money......
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10:32 PM Sun, Jul 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
BURRILLVILLE, R.I. -- The body of a man, apparently a drowning victim, was found floating off Spring Lake Beach on Sunday evening. The body was......
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10:03 PM Sun, Jul 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
RICHMOND, R.I. -- Two people were injured, one critically, Sunday evening when a motocycle crashed into a tree near 133 Beaver River Rd., the police......
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4:29 PM Sun, Jul 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
BRISTOL, RI - The cause of a blaze the leveled a sprawling vacant waterfront house on Poppasquash Road is being investigated jointly by the Bristol......
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1:44 PM Sun, Jul 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Khorey Email
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. - The Coast Guard was searching Sunday for a Connecticut boater after he failed to rendezvous with friends at the Great Island boat......
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