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By Paul Edward Parker  Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Nearly all of the 1,700 state jobs that have been paid for by federal stimulus money come from five departments, state officials......
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4:18 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alisha A. Pina Email
The deadline to take out declaration papers for former Rep. Elizabeth "Betsy" Dennigan's seat was 4 p.m. Friday. Over the last two days, four candidates......
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4:02 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
Surveillance photo released by Lincoln police LINCOLN, R.I. -- The Lincoln police have released a surveillance photo of a woman wanted in the robbery......
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3:37 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Considering a career in public service? Or are you simply a political junkie? Head over to Rhode Island College Oct. 25-27 for......
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3:16 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Lakesha Garrett collapses as the sheriffs try to hold her up, at her arraignment in District Court in......
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3:14 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Email
WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- The West Warwick Police Department will soon have radio frequency devices available for families who have members suffering from Alzheimer's disease,......
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2:48 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Journal file photo/ Kathy Borchers Students with wooden tools and fish they are preparing to fry at the Pilgrim and Native American village in......
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2:43 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (AP) -- A forensic accountant says a Rhode Island man accused of killing his wife during a 1999 scuba diving trip......
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1:35 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Philip Marcelo Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The City Council on Thursday approved two ordinances, one that prevents minors from working in adult-entertainment businesses such as strip clubs and......
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1:26 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Michael Janusonis Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- "Mistaken Identity,'' the independent film starring Seth MacFarlane of TV's "Family Guy,'' which was originally scheduled to begin shooting in Wickford, East......
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1:23 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Cold and drizzly, perhaps, but the farmers' market must go on. Shoppers may brave the weather and head to Kennedy Plaza to......
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1:21 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katie Mulvaney Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A Superior Court judge on Friday denied convicted murderer Robert Payette's motion for a new trial. Judge Edwin J. Gale set......
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1:16 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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Bob Thayer Quahogger Michael Ouelette, of Bristol, carefully paddles his dinghy from his skiff in a stormy Barrington Harbor Friday. He says getting the......
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12:39 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - House leaders have posted notice of a hearing Wednesday on a bill to allow binding arbitration as a means of settling intractable......
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12:17 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management said on Friday that the fire tower at the Division of Forest Environment's Chopmist Headquarters in......
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12:03 PM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bruce Landis Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Transportation said it has put off most of the highway changes associated with its Route 195 relocation project......
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11:57 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
WOONSOCKET, R.I. -- The call came in at 9:18 p.m. Thursday for a burglar alarm at the Harris Public Library. When the Woonsocket police got......
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11:50 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alex Kuffner Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Carcieri administration is urging National Grid and Deepwater Wind to resume negotiations over an agreement for the utility to buy electricity......
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11:42 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Fire crews were called to a multi-family building on Dexter Street Thursday night for a boiler fire, one of about 15 to......
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11:42 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tatiana Pina Email
WARWICK, R.I - A woman ordered to leave Kent Hospital on Wednesday after yelling at staff members was seen shortly afterward speeding near the entrance......
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11:21 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A clothing drive to assist the people of Samoa, which was hit by a damaging and fatal earthquake and tsunami on Sept.......
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11:03 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
Rhode Island met the federal government's Oct. 15 deadline for devising a plan to encourage the use of energy-efficient home appliances, which will make about......
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10:07 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Richard Salit Email
A women's health clinic to be held on Saturday in Providence will provide free vaccinations for the flu and cervical cancer In addition to offering......
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10:01 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A woman is being taken to an area hospital with minor injuries after a one-car accident on Route 95 north in the......
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9:45 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- Some 2,900 National Grid customers in Barrington lost power Friday morning. Residents in Barrington were reporting power failure in the area of......
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8:41 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOURNE, Mass. (AP) -- Newport resident Richard Hatch was released from a Massachusetts jail this morning. The "Survivor" winner completed a sentence for evading taxes......
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7:53 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
Live local radar More weather... WEST GREENWICH, R.I. -- If you thought it was extra cold and wet on Thursday for this time of......
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7:03 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By News staff Email
Download a copy of Friday's front page in .pdf format. Friday's Providence Journal front page reports that the Rhode Island unemployment rate has hit......
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6:05 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
On the local front: A year ago today: Rhode Island's recession deepens as employers slash payrolls for the ninth straight month and the state unemployment......
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