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By Philip Marcelo  Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Taking the first of two required votes, the City Council on Thursday night unanimously approved an ordinance requiring the Dunkin Donuts Center,......
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6:42 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- State Rep. Elizabeth "Betsy" Dennigan announced Thursday night that she has resigned her General Assembly seat of the last 13 years, effective......
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6:40 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- It may be by just a bit, but in the black is in the black, according to city officials, who said......
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5:59 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The father of the youngest victim of a 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people says Rhode Island's top federal prosecutor......
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5:54 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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Governor Carcieri was a key player in dueling conference calls with national media outlets Thursday, serving as the Republican National Committee's latest voice in its......
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4:57 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Imagine a world of peace and harmony, and environmentally beautiful by design. Making this a reality someday is the goal of organizers......
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4:48 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- A Glocester man has been charged with a robbery in June at the Smithfield Lodge of Elks. During the late morning of......
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4:34 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Davis Email
GLOCESTER, R.I. -- It took local carpenters nearly a week to build two living rooms, each one stuffed with a recliner, a couch, family photos......
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4:30 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
A Congressional conference committee has approved $6.4 million for alternative energy, flood prevention and water restoration projects around Rhode Island. The House voted Thursday to......
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4:30 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
The Carcieri administration has confirmed that the membership of Local 400 -- International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers -- has voted to ratify the......
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3:57 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Linda Borg Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- Prompted in part by a recent incident at the high school, school officials are taking a serious look at beefing up security......
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3:46 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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Superior Court Judge Alice B. Gibney is sworn in as presiding justice of the state's Superior Court Thursday afternoon by Governor Carcieri. Her husband, lawyer......
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3:33 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Felice Freyer Email
The first shipment of swine-flu vaccine -- 6,200 doses of live-virus nasal spray -- is expected to arrive in Rhode Island next week and will......
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2:49 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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SEATTLE (AP) - One of the Fort Lewis soldiers accused of a mugging students near the University of Washington was acquitted in Seattle of all......
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2:48 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island has received $1 million in federal stimulus grants under the Strengthening Communities Fund, a new program aimed at helping nonprofit......
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1:45 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Local innovators and institutions working to strengthen Rhode Island's knowledge economy can apply for $100,000 grants now available from the U.S. Department......
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1:38 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 13-week extension of unemployment benefits in the 27 states with the highest jobless rates, including Rhode Island, is being slowed by......
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1:14 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Hill Email
PROVIDENCE -- Lawyers for the city of Central Falls and a man who says his candidacy for mayor was unfairly voided were in federal court......
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1:06 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jennifer D. Jordan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --The board of trustees that oversees the state-operated Rhode Island School for the Deaf says it will reject any attempt to diminish its......
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12:57 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former security guard at Providence Place mall is now accused in a crime he used to be hired to prevent. Johnelle......
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12:43 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
COVENTRY, R.I. -- Two young men are charged with possessing child pornography, and the images of two young boys on a digital camera belonging to......
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12:00 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Email
RIDOT illustration PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- Rhode Island Department of Transportation said it will again reshuffle traffic on Route 95, this time on its southbound lanes,......
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11:58 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Felice J. Freyer Journal staff writer Rhode Island is among 15 states where hospitals could be overwhelmed if swine flu infects a third of......
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11:39 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A day after confirming his plans to leave the rostrum after next year, House Speaker William J. Murphy is saying the General......
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11:29 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. -- The police arrested a man in connection with two break-ins where tenants found the man while he was in the house.......
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11:26 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Karen Ziner Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An overwhelming majority -- 87 percent -- of Providence voters polled recently by Brown University researchers say the city's economy is poor,......
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10:35 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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JAFFREY, N.H. (AP) -- Three 13-year-olds from Rhode Island were injured while hiking Mount Monadnock with classmates and teachers. Monadnock State Park manager Patrick Hummel......
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10:28 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawyers for the bankrupt Twin River slot parlor have filed a request in federal court for permission to "transition" ownership of the......
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9:52 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Four men suffered cuts and bruises and were taken to Rhode Island Hospital early Thursday morning after three men entered their apartment......
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9:44 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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RICHMOND, R.I. (AP) -- Officials at Chariho High School in Richmond say they're banning sexually suggestive dancing at this weekend's homecoming dance. Students will be......
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9:03 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Phipps Email
The New England AP News Executives Association, NEAPNEA, has given projo.com three top awards for sports, community/public service and engagement with its audience. Projo's HSGameTime.com......
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8:59 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Felice Freyer Email
Researchers around Rhode Island are among the recipients of $5 billion in federal stimulus money targeted for medical discoveries. President Obama has announced 12,000 grant......
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8:49 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Writer, educator and activist Jonathan Kozol will speak Oct. 22 at Rhode Island College. He will not speak Thursday, as reported in......
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8:25 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Channel 10, WJAR-TV, has announced the return of longtime meteorologist Gary Ley, who was laid off in March and will now return......
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7:33 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
CRANSTON, R.I. -- If Thursday is trash day on your Cranston street, don't forget to put those recycling bins out with the trash bin. Today......
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7:14 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By News staff Email
Thursday's Providence Journal front page reports that House Speaker William J. Murphy won't seek reelection. The public is invited Sunday to tour land that......
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7:05 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Sheila Lennon Email
Journal arts writer Channing Gray doesn't find Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein the musical as funnny as the 1974 film, but its amusing moments, plenty of......
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7:01 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By News staff Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Expect a mostly sunny, but cooler than normal day Thursday, the first day of October. It was chilly overnight and it's just......
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7:00 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By News staff Email
These are stories The Providence Journal is watching today. padding: 15px;"> Gibney Judge Alice B. Gibney is to be sworn in as presiding justice of......
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6:05 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: The state is forced to draw $25 million out of a temporary disability insurance fund - financed......
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