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6:38 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental Email
WESTERLY, R.I. -- The celebrations continue Monday in Westerly, with a free concert and even more fireworks. The night will start with the first concert......
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5:55 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Maria Armental and Kate Bramson Journal Staff Writers PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A bank-robbery suspect accused of trying to run down a Rhode Island State......
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4:29 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Peter Lord Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state's three commercial health plans withdrew requests Friday for double digit rate increases for next winter, a move that state Health......
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4:27 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Once again, the well of money to pay basic state unemployment insurance claims is running low and Rhode Island is going to......
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4:23 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Neil Downing Email
The Rhode Island Division of Taxation has sent notices to more than 100 online retailers, letting them know about the state's new law that could......
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4:17 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Projo.com photos / Maria Caporizzo The whole town of Bristol is abuzz in preparation for tomorrow's big Fourth of July parade. Above, folks sit......
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3:42 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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Updated at 3:41 p.m.: At 331 PM EDT National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm with the potential to produce wind gusts......
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3:08 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Talia Buford Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- After a three-day hearing, the Air National Guard recruiter accused of selling drugs out of the recruiting station was denied bail in......
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2:30 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Journal staff writer Health officials expect most Rhode Island beaches to be open for holiday swimming on Saturday, but conditions can change......
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2:19 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A strain of the fungus that caused the Irish potato famine of the 1840s is on the loose in Rhode Island and......
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2:01 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Rick Massimo Email
The first folk festival in Newport was 50 years ago this summer, and we're looking for stories from longtime attendees for possible inclusion in a......
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1:55 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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Brace yourself -- they're headed this way again. From the National Weather Service: Special Weather Statement Statement as of 1:32 PM EDT on July 3,......
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1:53 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
By Cynthia Needham Journal staff writer The flood of legislation never materialized from the State House this week, but the water did. From the men's......
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1:20 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alan Rosenberg Email
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - New Bedford is celebrating more than just Independence Day as the city welcomes the full-time opening of the Ocean Explorium.......
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12:47 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The state Department of Environmental Management announced Friday that test results from traps set statewide during the week of June 22 gave......
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12:35 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Financial problems recently forced three Rhode Island communities to cancel their Fourth of July fireworks, but the shows go on in several cities and towns.......
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12:25 PM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A memorial tribute to Michael Jackson is to be held Saturday at the Cape Verdean Progressive Center, 329 Grosvenor Ave. The......
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11:23 AM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- As relatives and friends readied themselves for this afternoon's wake for longtime Kingston volunteer firefighter Allan "Pickles" LePage, the state......
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7:51 AM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kate Bramson Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - There's a little confusion on Smith Hill about when the state will officially celebrate Independence Day. July 4, as most of us......
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7:18 AM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
The wild weather could continue Friday, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms that could produce small hail, heavy rain and frequent lightning, according to......
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7:16 AM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Friday's Providence Journal front page reports that Fidelity Investments plans to add 500 new jobs in Rhode Island. Spectators have enjoyed the Fourth of......
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6:00 AM Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Thomas J. Morgan Email
A year ago today: Two people are dead and a third severely injured after a fiery plane crash at Newport State Airport. The single-engine Piper......
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10:20 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Rick Massimo Email
BY RICK MASSIMO Journal Pop Music Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- There was a lot of talk about miracles Thursday night at the Arena at the......
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9:29 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
Providence Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez Firefighters and police officials surround a small plane that landed on its belly Thursday night at T.F.......
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9:11 PM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Donita Naylor Email
WARWICK, R.I. -- A small aircraft made a belly landing at T.F. Green Airport on Thursday night, a Warwick Fire Department dispatcher has confirmed. Initial......
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