By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
State Sen. Frank A. Ciccone III threatened Barrington police officers with legislative retribution and tried to pull strings to get Senate Majority Leader Dominick J. Ruggerio off the hook after Ruggerio was pulled over on suspicion of drunken driving, according to a police report released after The Providence Journal filed an open-records request.
5 years ago today:
Legislators, education advocates and even the medical community are blasting Governor Don Carcieri for calling Head Start a "waste of money" and a "dismal failure."
25 years ago today:
Voluntary blood tests on nearly 400 inmates at the Adult Correctional Institutions have found that 1 in 6 have been exposed to the AIDS virus.