By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
Hundreds of music lovers fill Providence's Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul for what would be for most a once-in-a-lifetime experience, a live encounter with Benjamin Britten's monumental "War Requiem."
5 years ago today:
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton rides a record voter turnout to victory in Rhode Island's Democratic presidential primary, crushing Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and rolling up big margins in communities from the coast to the Blackstone Valley.
25 years ago today:
Acting on evidence obtained through a court-ordered wiretap, state police shut down a $100,000-a-week gambling operation, arresting eight men in a series of raids in Providence, Johnston, Cranston and North Providence.