By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
Twice as many people took the train from T.F. Green Airport in Warwick from January to March 2012 compared with last year. Mayor Scott Avedisian says officials wanted to see more passengers taking the train by now.
5 years ago today:
Providence and Johnston police detectives raid a house and find drugs and a submachine gun. "This is quite unique," said Johnston Police Chief Richard S. Tamburini. "You don't get guns like that."
25 years ago today:
The New England Naturist Association asks U.S. District Court in Providence to bar the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from closing Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown in piping plover nesting season.