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July 13, 2009 Archives


South Kingstown man wanted on theft charges

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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......



Suspected bank robber caught in Boston

7:00 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Amanda Milkovits    Email

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,......



Station fire plaintiffs, defendants said close to agreement

6:55 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Those involved in the Station nightclub fire lawsuit are close to agreement on a release form that the plaintiffs will have......



Barrington High students will face breath tests before dances

5:42 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (7)
By News staff    Email

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......



Plea agreement reached in 2007 reckless-driving death

4:54 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (3)
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......



Catholic group Voice of the Faithful faces financial crisis

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By Maria Armental    Email

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......



Tribes seek more time to apply for R.I. Navy-surplus land

3:54 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
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......



Fung picks police force veteran to be new chief

3:17 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (3)
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......



Update: Whitehouse defends Sotomayor at hearing

3:02 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (14)
By News staff    Email

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......



Carcieri: North Providence complies with stimulus rules

2:25 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
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......



Update: Conn. boater thought missing calls Coast Guard

2:20 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (4)
By Kate Bramson    Email

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......



Update: Police ID S. Kingstown woman dead in cycle crash

2:06 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (16)
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......



Fall River police accept pay cut to avert more layoffs

1:36 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

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.......



Cranston mayor to name new police chief

1:29 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
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......



State announces plan to reduce food stamp backlog

1:12 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
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......



Cicilline's revised budget would hike property tax

12:48 PM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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.......



Judge: Hatch can't travel to Survivor 10-year reunion

10:56 AM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (4)
By Katie Mulvaney    Email

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......



R.I. gasoline prices drop for third straight week

10:48 AM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Jack Perry    Email

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......



Providence police seeking suspect in Sunday's homicide

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By Kate Bramson    Email

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......



Burrillville police identify victim of presumed drowning

9:34 AM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Kate Bramson    Email

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......



Cicilline to unveil new Providence budget

9:27 AM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
By News staff    Email

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......



Monday's Providence Journal front page

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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......



Body in Mass. river confirmed as missing Conn. man

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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......



Sunny, a high near 82

7:00 AM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
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......



Today in history: Remnants of King Philip's war

6:00 AM Mon, Jul 13, 2009 | | Write a comment
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......