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4:29 PM Sun, Jul 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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BRISTOL, RI - The cause of a blaze the leveled a sprawling vacant waterfront house on Poppasquash Road is being investigated jointly by the Bristol......
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4:39 PM Tue, Jul 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The Federal Aviation Administration has refused Mayor Scott Avedisian's request for a second community meeting on the proposed runway expansion at T.F.......
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7:10 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- With the City Council refusing to increase the local share of school spending for the new fiscal year that begins July 1,......
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5:17 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, RI -- He's back. Barry Blair, the nightclub impresario who kept the mirror ball spinning and the dance beat booming for nearly 30 years......
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4:44 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Trisha Smith, owner of the adult lingerie and novelty store that made waves in Portsmouth last year, is back in business and......
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7:37 AM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK -- Mayor Scott Avedisian's $280.8 million budget and an accompanying 73-cent tax rate increase will go into effect July 1 after the City Council......
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11:20 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- In the middle of Monday night's heated hearing on the school budget, Mayor Scott Avedisian was surprised when his cell phone went......
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11:04 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Almost every aspect of school spending was questioned last night as the City Council dug deep during a public budget hearing aimed......
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6:20 PM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- School officials in Warwick say they knew they wouldn't win any friends this month when they made the decision to save money......
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5:15 PM Fri, May 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- If there's growth in commercial cargo flights in and out of Rhode Island, it is better suited to the airport at Quonset......
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2:09 PM Wed, May 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Cutting city spending and level-funding local support of the school budget is not enough to spare residents a tax increase next year,......
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10:38 PM Tue, May 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- There is another school building that might close next year in addition to the John Greene Elementary School, which officials last week......
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5:03 PM Fri, May 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK --- Police say they are investigating the closure of Strand Jewelers and resultant complaints from customers, some of whom say the business shut its......
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4:25 PM Mon, Apr 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARREN -- Federal stimulus aid was felt on Main Street on Monday as Jamiel's Shoe World -- a local business for 72 years -- celebrated......
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4:24 PM Thu, Apr 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- A special study panel is recommending that the John Greene Elementary School be closed next year as the School Department looks to......
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2:54 PM Wed, Apr 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Archaeologist Jay Waller and state workers Michael Maselli, Patrick Maguire, Paul Campbell and Wayne Lotito place headstones on the......
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6:06 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence Journal photo / Kris Craig PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It took Dominique Dawes a long time to feel comfortable in front of a crowd......
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2:50 PM Thu, Mar 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Bryant University held its 12th annual Women's Summit Thursday, titled this year "Champions in a Changing Environment." This morning,......
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3:47 PM Wed, Mar 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK _ More than 80 students at Gorton Junior High School were given repeated opportunities to complete portions of state tests in a clear violation......
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3:03 PM Mon, Mar 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. _ The South Kingstown Chamber of Commerce announced that it will honor all local gift certificates despite the collapse last week of......
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6:34 PM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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Some Rhode Island merchants and consumers who were trying to support the local economy may get stung by the collapse of a national company that......
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5:58 PM Mon, Mar 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, RI -- This hefty March snow did more than foul traffic and close schools in the city -- it put an indefinite hold on......
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1:04 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, RI -- If William D. McCaffrey, director of the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center, gets his wish, there will be a little white......
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