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October 14, 2009 Archives


Animator gives Hoxsie students glimpse of Disney world

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By Barbara Polichetti    Email

Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy Lon Smart, an East Providence native and animator and artist with Disney, draws a Mickey Mouse for a......



Mediator joins Brown University, food service union talks

6:50 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

By Bruce Landis Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A federal mediator has joined Brown University and its food service employees as they continue to......



Providence dance club still in jeopardy with regulators

6:43 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Gregory Smith    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The city Board of Licenses wants to hear more in an effort by the Police Department to close a downtown dance club......



R.I. releasing $15M for energy-saving stimulus projects

6:38 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Peter Lord    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, which has received tens of millions of dollars in federal stimulus funds in recent months......



R.I. unions end court fight over government shutdown

6:12 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (2)
By Katherine Gregg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state of Rhode Island and its major employee unions have officially ended their court fight over Governor Carcieri's aborted plan to......



Report: Tiverton firefighter who died in rescue was drunk

5:56 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (14)
By Gina Macris    Email

TIVERTON, R.I. -- An off-duty firefighter who died during an attempted scuba diving rescue in Stafford Pond in 2008 had a blood alcohol level......



Dow passes 10,000 for first time in a year

4:11 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrial average has reclaimed 10,000 for the first time in a year. The Dow crossed five figures in......



N.K. man charged with domestic assault and rape

4:00 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

WARWICK, R.I. -- A North Kingstown man is being held without bail on charges he assaulted a woman with kitchen knives and raped her. Justin......



Providence man charged with computer access fraud

3:18 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

WARWICK, R.I. -- A Providence man turned himself in to the Warwick police -- cash in hand -- after seeing his photograph flashed on the......



BankRI returns TARP money, plus some

3:15 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Bruce Landis    Email

PROVIDENCE _ BankRI returned the $30 million it received from the federal government under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP -- plus some additional......



Warwick man arrested for fleeing accident scene

3:07 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

WARWICK, R.I. -- A city man has been arrested on charges he left the scene of an accident last week that seriously injured two women,......



Boy, 9, had BB rifle at Scituate Arts Festival, police say

3:01 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Thomas J. Morgan    Email

SCITUATE, R.I. -- The police confiscated a BB rifle that they said a 9-year-old boy was carrying around at the Scituate Arts Festival during the......



Artist charged in assault on Journal photographer

3:01 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (4)
By Thomas J. Morgan    Email

SCITUATE, R.I. -- A Connecticut artist pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault Wednesday in Kent County District Court after she allegedly tried to......



Rhode Island College opens new center for disabilities

2:41 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Linda Borg    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island College will open its newly renovated Sherlock Center on Disabilities Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m. The new $3.3-million facility,......



Providence police to hold annual commendation awards

2:39 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Maria Armental    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence Police Department Commendation Award Ceremony will be held Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Rhode Island School of......



Hospitality Economic Outlook: slow and steady recovery

1:11 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Lisa Vernon-Sparks    Email

WARWICK, R.I. -- Rhode Island's hospitality industry has sustained some serious blows during the economic downturn, but experts say it can expect a slow but......



Recovery money may allow Warwick school to fix roof

1:04 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Barbara Polichetti    Email

WARWICK, R.I. -- It looks like low interest borrowing made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) may provide the long-awaited solution to......



Stimulus grants go to 7 Providence senior centers

12:04 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Philip Marcelo    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Seven city senior centers hit hard by state budget cuts will get an infusion of $226,541 in federal stimulus money, Mayor David......



Warwick man arrested after fight with family, police say

12:01 PM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Tatiana Pina    Email

WARWICK, R.I. - A 33-year-old Warwick man was arrested Monday after he had an argument with his 12-year-old son and ended up assaulting family members......



Station fire memorial plans move ahead in W. Warwick

11:38 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (6)
By Peter Lord    Email

WEST WARWICK, RI -- Plans to transform the site of the Station nightclub fire that killed 100 people into a permanent memorial are moving along......



ACLU sues Pawtucket over athletic field use

10:56 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (16)
By Mike McKinney    Email

PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing Pawtucket in federal court, alleging the Parks and Recreation Department......



RI's math scores improve on national test

10:23 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (3)
By Jennifer D. Jordan    Email

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Expert alleges R.I. man behind wife's BVI scuba death

9:28 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By News staff    Email

DAN O'CONNOR Associated Press Writer TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands -- A forensic specialist testified Tuesday that he believes a Rhode Island man accused of killing......



'Godfather' singer Al Martino dies in Pa. at 82

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By Kate Bramson    Email

AP file photo Al Martino performing in 2003 SPRINGFIELD, Pa. (AP) -- Singer Al Martino, who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane......



Wednesday's Providence Journal front page

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By News staff    Email

Frank J. Williams, the former chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, was barred on Tuesday from visiting or having any other contact......



A chilly start to a cool day

7:00 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By News staff    Email

Live local radar More weather... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's a chilly morning in Southern New England. It's just 34 degrees shortly before 7 a.m.......



Today in history: Man rescued off Beavertail Point

6:05 AM Wed, Oct 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Thomas J. Morgan    Email

On the local front: A year ago today: The state's Office of Energy Resources says the average price of gasoline in Rhode Island is $3.01......