By Andrea Panciera
Polls
What did readers of providencejournal.com respond to the most in 2012? Here's a list of our most-viewed breaking-news stories, photo slideshows and polls. (You'll notice some trends.)
Stories
- Cranston bans father-daughter dances as violation of state law
- WPRO staffer sues talk-show host DePetro, alleging sexual harassment
- No prison time for Lincoln police officer who kicked woman / Video
- Federal judge orders 'immediate' removal of Cranston school prayer mural
- Nicole Cianci, daughter of former mayor, found dead
Slideshows
On Oct. 31, Providence Journal photographer Kris Craig took to the sky to capture aerial shots of superstorm Sandy's impact on Rhode Island's southern shore. In this photo are the Sandy Shore motel (left) and Paddy's Wigwam (blue building) restaurant on Atlantic Avenue in hard-hit Misquamicut.
- Hurricane Sandy devours southern R.I. coastline / Aerials
- Hurricane Sandy: R.I. rides out the storm
- In the wake of Hurricane Sandy
- Hurricane Sandy: The aftermath in Rhode Island
- At Carpenter's Beach, Sandy didn't dampen their spirits
Polls
- Poll: Did the Cranston School Department do the right thing in banning "father-daughter" dances?
- Poll: Did Judge Lagueux get it right in ordering the Cranston West prayer banner be removed?
- Poll: Do you think R.I. needs more or less separation between church and state?
- Poll: Florists refuse to deliver to Cranston West student: Which florist would you patronize?
- Poll: Do you support in-state college tuition rates for undocumented RI high school graduates?