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By Alisha A. Pina  Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- City Manager Richard M. Brown was repeatedly criticized Tuesday night for his budget proposal because it included the closure of East......
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6:41 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- A 100-year-old patient found dead in her bed at a local nursing home was manually strangled, an autopsy revealed. The death of......
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6:37 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
NORTON, Mass. -- A Woonsocket, R.I., man died Wednesday morning and his passenger was seriously injured after his car crashed on Route 495, the Massachusetts......
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6:12 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard C. Dujardin Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Travel & Leisure magazine has listed Providence among the top 10 cities in the United States in the categories of neighborhood joints,......
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6:11 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Toll Gate High School started collecting a $5 annual fee Wednesday from juniors and seniors who want to park on the school......
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6:01 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Phillip Markoff, 23, the alleged "Craigslist killer" who is being held without bail in Boston, was indicted Tuesday by a Kent County......
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5:55 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Neil Downing Email
By NEIL DOWNING Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Carcieri may propose reforms to Rhode Island's tax structure as part of his budget for......
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5:00 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Amanda Milkovits Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Someone broke into Jade Castro's apartment in Cranston early Sunday, stealing her things -- and her little dog, too. Two days later,......
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4:26 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Edward Parker Email
Recent numbers from the U.S. Census find Rhode Island on a dubious Top 10 list, according to a coalition for affordable housing in the Ocean......
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3:48 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
AP Photo David Swain, center, arrives in handcuffs escorted by prison guards to the High Court building in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. By Dan......
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2:47 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Reynolds Email
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The town has gone to court to seek a judge's ruling on Mayor Charles A. Lombardi's ability to reduce the size......
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2:47 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- Plan USA is increasing aid to earthquake-ravaged Indonesia to an estimated $2.8 million, the Warwick-based international children's development agency announced in a......
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2:46 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Barbara Polichetti Email
WARWICK, RI -- The scenario is all too familiar for families who have a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's or other cognitive impairment. They come......
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2:41 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE--- After giving it some thought, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch has decided to join his staff - and the state's other general officers -......
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2:39 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Burrillville man was sentenced Wednesday to 51 months in prison for tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States, the......
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1:20 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The East Bay Bike Path will be designated as a Rail-Trail Hall of Fame trail by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy on Friday, it......
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1:08 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Features staff Email
NYT photo Jeff Kinney displays a drawing of Greg Heffley, cartoon star of his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, in his Plainville, Mass.,......
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12:44 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
A special election has been scheduled for Dec. 29 to fill the General Assembly vacancy created when state Rep. Elizabeth "Betsy" Dennigan abruptly resigned last......
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11:46 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer State revenue collections are short an alarming $30.2 million -- or 4.7 percent -- since the fiscal year began......
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11:17 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Once an avowed opponent of casino gambling, Governor Carcieri now says he would not oppose a 2010 ballot question to turn the......
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10:36 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Twin River slot parlor has withdrawn a request made to a federal judge for permission to pay about $1.3 million in......
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9:11 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal photo/ Mary Murphy An SUV crosses through the barrels set up to split the exit to Route 195 east off of Route 95......
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9:04 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Brown University's Alpert Medical School plays host Wednesday and Thursday to a bone marrow donation drive. Surgery is not required, with most......
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8:00 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
These are stories The Providence Journal is watching today. Ten and a half years after his wife, Shelley Tyre, drowned on a scuba-diving vacation, David......
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7:06 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Download a copy of Wednesday's Providence Journal in .pdf format.......
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7:00 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Expect showers and possibly thunderstorms Wednesday. Some of the showers could produce heavy rainfall, according to the National Weather Service. The high......
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6:05 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Judges from the federal appeals court based in Boston hear arguments in Providence as part of the......
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