By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
Sixty percent of the retired police officers and firefighters in the bankrupt city of Central Falls were granted disability pensions that allowed nearly all of them to collect two-thirds of their salaries tax-free, costing the city millions of dollars over the past three decades.
5 years ago today:
Four months after vowing to cut 1,000 state jobs, Gov. Donald Carcieri announces plans to lay off 414 state employees.
25 years ago today:
Russell J. Ducharme II, one of two men charged in a series of sniper attacks is ordered held without bail. Ducharme and co-defendant Peter T. Trepanier face arson charges from the burning of a Glocester house on June 1.