By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
With 10 mayors and managers at his side, Governor Chafee unveils a package of bills that would rewrite the rules on local pensions, school budgets and labor agreements, giving "severely distressed" communities broad powers to cut costs.
5 years ago today:
An Amtrak train strikes and kills a person a half-mile away from a New Hampshire station a day after another train accident killed a track worker in Providence.
25 years ago today:
The Lincoln Town Council agrees to pay $100,000 to a corporation backed by Raymond J. "Junior" Patriarca toward a sewer line across a subdivision the reputed New England crime boss is developing.