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PC awards faculty research grants
The Providence College Committee on Aid to Faculty Research awarded faculty research grants to three area educators for the 2012-2013 school year.
Prison escapee found in Bristol 30 years later
Rhode Island police arrested a man they say escaped from a South Carolina prison facility on Christmas Day more than three decades ago.
Smithfield woman turns T-shirts into keepsakes
Everybody has them - those cotton T-shirts collected from sports teams, fund-raisers or events that sit folded and unworn in drawers for years, unable to be thrown away because of sentimental value.
Dan Kelley named High School Principal of the Year
High School Principal Dan Kelley says it's easy to be proud of his high-achieving student body - the local graduation rate is sixth highest in the state, after all - but equally on his mind are those who find learning more of a struggle.