By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
About two dozen of Providence's more than 4,300 retirees have volunteered to give up their pensions' cost-of-living adjustments to help the city with its financial troubles.
5 years ago today:
A body pulled from the Blackstone River in Cumberland appeared to have been in the water for some time.
25 years ago today:
Police in West Greenwich and Coventry are investigating incident in cemeteries that may be the work of cults. Investigators found a stuffed animal burning in St. Joseph's Cemetery on Route 3 in West Greenwich. In Coventry, police arrested five juveniles in Manchester Cemetery. Investigators found candles in an open crypt, along with some rope and the bones of a dead cat.