By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
The U.S. Supreme Court rejects a request by Governor Chafee and accused killer Jason Wayne Pleau to halt Pleau's federal prosecution until they can seek a high court review.
5 years ago today:
Street by street, lot by lot, city inspectors are undertaking a painstaking survey of boarded-up and vacant buildings in Providence, a count of the casualties of a foreclosure and lending crisis that has cost many people their houses and has inspired others to walk away from loans and from homes they cannot afford.
25 years ago today:
Union workers go on strike at the Robert E. Derecktor shipyard, closing the shipyard that does multimillion-dollar work for the military.