By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
The police in Pawtucket and Providence are collaborating in the investigation of a number of holdups at convenience stores and Family Dollar stores in their cities.
5 years ago today:
Brown University President Ruth Simmons has been named one of America's best leaders in the Nov. 19 issue of U.S. News and World Report.
25 years ago today:
A surprise snowstorm is the first in 42 years to keep Rhode Island radio institution Walter "Salty" Brine from getting to the WPRO studios in East Providence. Brine, whose announcements of "no school Foster-Glocester" are as familiar as a cup of morning coffee, found himself snowed in at his Narragansett home.