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Hazardous household waste collection to be held Saturday in Warwick
By Barbara PolichettiWARWICK, R.I. -- Don't do it. Don't throw those burnt-out light bulbs, old pool chemicals, shoe polish, or even Fido's old flea collar in the trash. MCT Photo Everyday, Rhode...
View ArticleBlackstone Valley Prep Middle School's students to attend Obama rally in New...
By Richard C. DujardinLINCOLN, R.I. -- An estimated 200 students from the Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy Middle School were expected to depart their school at 6:30 a.m. Thursday to watch their...
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Race heats up for Cranston State Senate Seat
By Paul Davis Providence Journal photo / Kris Craig GOP Senate candidate Sean Gatley (left) and Democratic School Committeeman Frank Lombardi, take their seat to before Wednesday night's debate at...
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Photo Gallery: Pumpkins with a purpose
By Visuals staff Providence Journal photo / Bob Thayer Steven Valdez of Cumberland picks out a pumpkin on the lawn of St. John's Episcopal Church in Barrington. All proceeds from the pumpkin sale...
View ArticleFirefighters battle fire involving two boats in Pirate's Cove in Portsmouth
By Richard C. DujardinPORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- Firefighters battled a fire involving two large boats in the Pirate's Cove Marina Wednesday night off Point Road. Firefighters were at the scene for more than...
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PolitiFact R.I. rules Doherty claim about Mass. Sen. Brown's voting record True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- During their WPRI-12/Providence Journal debate Tuesday, Democrat U.S. Rep. David Cicilline said Republican Brendan Doherty shouldn't be elected to Congress...
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Convicted child killer Woodmansee seeks absentee ballot
By Richard Salit AP Photo/Rhode Island Department of Corrections WOODMANSEE SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Michael Woodmansee, who was convicted of killing five-year-old Jason Foreman in South Kingstown in...
View ArticleToday in RI history: 2 in soccer crowd shot to death
By Thomas J. MorganA year ago today: Former Rhode Island House Minority Leader Robert A. Watson pleads not guilty in Superior Court in New Haven, Conn. to driving under the influence and...
View ArticleProfanity mistakenly attributed to Dalai Lama
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The Dalai Lama didn't curse at a Brown University event, the college swears -- even if the closed captioning said differently. A closing comment Wednesday by the...
View ArticleFox, Binder state their cases to represent House District 4
By News staffPROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Faced with an audience of his East Side constituents Wednesday night, House Speaker Gordon D. Fox, D-Providence, argued that his leadership of the state House of...
View ArticleWarwick man's death not suspicious
By Maria ArmentalWARWICK, R.I. -- The death of a 47-year-old Warwick man whose body was discovered Wednesday morning at his apartment is not suspicious, the police said. Officials said the 47-year-old,...
View ArticleFire that damaged boats at Portsmouth marina under investigation
By Maria ArmentalPORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- Investigators are returning to Pirate Cove Marina Thursday morning to determine the cause of a fire that badly damaged two boats docked at the marina Wednesday...
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Photo: Floating in the mist
By News staff Journal photo/ Mary Murphy Fog engulfs the boats and the Warren waterfront as seen from Mathewson Road in Barrington early Thursday morning. The morning fog is burning off, leaving the...
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Second suspect arrested in W. Warwick home invasion
By Maria Armental West Warwick Police Allen D. Prout WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- A Cranston man has been arrested in connection to a home invasion in West Warwick last month, the police said. Allen D. Prout,...
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Baby delivered after mother's death in East Greenwich crash dies
By Tatiana PinaSOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - - A baby boy delivered shortly after his mother was killed in a car crash last month has also died. WPRI photo SULLYNETTE SANCHEZ Daryel Noah was delivered after...
View ArticleJudge rejects Pawtucket's appeal in quest to fire officer convicted of...
By Amanda MilkovitsPAWTUCKET, R.I. -- For want of one day, the city has been thwarted -- again -- in its costly attempt to fire a police officer convicted of exposing himself. Officer Nichalas Laprade...
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413-foot wind turbine rises in North Kingstown
By Andy Smith Wind Energy Development LLC NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Structural work on a controversial 413-foot wind turbine in a residential development call North Kingstown Green, off Ten Rod Road,...
View ArticleChemical worker in East Providence injured in explosion
By Donita NaylorEAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A worker in a chemistry lab at 46 Amaral St. was injured Thursday afternoon when a glass flask exploded in his hand, the fire marshal said. Fire Marshal Capt....
View ArticleNorth Kingstown detective uses Facebook to help with unsolved killing
By Donita NaylorNORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Police Detective John Urban Jr. has created a Facebook page to help generate clues for a cold case from 1980. On Feb. 16, 1980, the body of Joanne Lee Reynolds,...
View ArticleAnother win for gay rights advocates in fight for equal treatment under law
By Andrea PancieraWASHINGTON -- Gay-rights advocates won another victory in their fight for equal treatment under law Thursday, when the U.S. appeals court in New York struck down a key part of the...
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