A day after Frank J. Williams, the former chief judge of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, took to the airwaves to describe his godfather role in the family of his former driver, the husband in the case, Frank DosReis, spoke on the radio, too, to dispute Williams' version of' [...]
JOHNSTON, R.I. -- A redevelopment and project plan, part of a developer's $8.4-million public financing proposal for the revitalization of blighted properties on Hartford Avenue, won unanimous approval from the Town Council Monday night.
The plan describes Jeffrey Saletin's proposal for financing a $40-million project that would bring a hotel, retail [...]
There has been near unanimous support, in the media, for a law making its way through Congress that would protect journalists from revealing confidential sources. And this scribe is inclined to cheer on the bill. But there's an interesting contrary view at Slate from Jack Shafer who notes that the proposed law is [...]
Freedom doesn’t get very good press in America these days.
What a meaningless sentence, even for you. I wonder what the people who work for you think about that? Of course, if your definition of freedom is what Roy Smith describes in his op-ed [...]
By Lynn Arditi
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing Tuesday at 4 p.m. on a new bill intended to close a nearly 30-year loophole in Rhode Island law that allows prostitution that occurs indoors.
The bill, described as a compromise between the House and Senate [...]
NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- One of the 14 Americans who died in helicopter crashes in Afghanistan was a resident of North Attleboro, The Attleboro Sun Chronicle reported on Monday.
The victim was identified as Marine Capt. Kyle VanDeGiesen.
The newspaper described him as a 1998 North Attleboro High School graduate.
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Key: Green = Brown-owned buildings, Red = Lots Brown is pursuing, Blue = Lots Johnson and Wales University is pursuing.
The Brown Daily Herald has launched a five part series they describe as:
A five-part Herald series examining [...]
By Mason Marcus
Associated Press Writer
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (AP) -- A former Jamestown, R.I., councilman accused of drowning his wife during a 1999 scuba-diving trip choked back emotions as he described the deadly dive in court Wednesday, saying he cried over her lifeless body after his efforts to save [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Senate panel heard testimony Tuesday about how a Coventry couple was driven into bankruptcy proceedings - including what they viewed as a "humiliating'' round of credit counseling - by the medical bills stemming from their son's fatal illness.
Kerry Burns described to senators the 13-month illness" [...]
Just so we are all clear on this — Pan’s Labyrinth is not a children’s movie. Not even close. The Providence Public Library is holding an open house today from 1pm to 4pm. Almost every event described at the library website [...]
