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No Fluke: Scallops are in Nantucket for now

This is about a bushel and a half of Nantucket bay scallops. It took two people about 2 hours to catch and will net about twelve pounds of scallop meat.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

WHJJ-AM Providence

Judge Hears Arguments On House Sticker Law

Marc DeSisto, a lawyer for the town, said noisy parties among student and seasonal renters have been an ongoing problem.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Providence Journal

Narragansett policy targeting nuisance houses challenged in court

Cities and towns have grappled for decades with how to tamp down student partying in neighborhoods.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

WJAR-TV

URI students ask judge to reject noisy house rule

PROVIDENCEa 'University of Rhode Island students will ask a federal judge this week to reject as unconstitutional a Narragansett ordinance allowing police to put orange stickers on unruly homes.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Providence Journal

High court voids drunk-driving conviction

The Supreme Court on Friday overturned the conviction of a woman convicted in a drunken-driving crash that shattered a Narragansett man's leg, saying that the trial justice inappropriately questioned two witnesses and prejudiced the jury.

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Providence Journal

R.I. says developer falls short in federal lawsuit

The developer that owns what historians believe is one of the most significant Native American archaeological sites on the East Coast says it has been trying for more than two years to get permission from the state to build houses.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Providence Journal

Fire victim remembered as kind, loving husband, father

Meredith Ashworth, his wife of 11 years, talked about his love and kindness as a husband and father, and how much he cared for children in town.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Providence Journal

U.S. House panel holds hearing on tribal land ruling

On the eve of a presidential gathering with tribes from around the country, the Obama administration has detailed its support for congressional action to reverse a Supreme Court ruling that denied the Narragansett Indians a special status for land they own in Charlestown.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Providence Journal

Florida fraud suspect transfers ownership of two Narragansett, R.I. houses

A prominent Florida lawyer and political donor now at the center of a multimillion-dollar fraud investigation transferred ownership late in October of two Narragansett houses he owned - valued at $4.5 million - to a limited liability corporation, town records show.

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Providence Journal

Outsiders' no more after meeting

Matthew Thomas has felt like an outsider all his life. So when he heard the president of the United States tell hundreds of Native American leaders Thursday, "I know what it's like to be on the outside looking in," the chief sachem of the Narragansett Indians was moved.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Providence Journal

URI students take Narragansett to court over a orange stickera policy

Arguments in the University of Rhode Island Student Senate's legal fight to outlaw the Town of Narragansett's controversial orange-sticker policy will unfold at the state's only law school later this month.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

WLNE-TV Providence

Lynch Joining Fight to Prevent Electricity Rate Hikes

Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch is stepping in to fight Narragansett Electric's request to raise electricity distribution rates by nearly 30 percent.

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Providence Journal

Locally produced Death Force finally hits the screen

"Death Force," a Rhode Island-produced post-apocalypse thriller, finally makes its debut this weekend, thanks to the persistence of writer/director Ricky Laprade and cowriter Corey Gomes.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Providence Journal

Kennedy: Land status for Narragansetts may be OK'd

Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy said Thursday that he believes that a bill to reverse a U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking special land status for the Narragansett Indians could become law during this Congress.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Providence Journal

Narragansett Indian excused from trial

Narragansett Tribal Councilman Randy Noka will not have to testify in a child-custody trial being heard in Family Court following an agreement reached by the tribe and the father's lawyer.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Providence Journal

Prosecutors fight mayor's brother's bid for prison release

Prosecutors are fighting disbarred lawyer John M. Cicilline's bid to win early release from prison, arguing that the federal Bureau of Prisons alone has discretion to decide where and how an inmate is held.

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Providence Journal

E-Citation just the ticket to help police do it right

A new computer program is making it easier and faster for police officers to give you a ticket.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

The Day

Love is like a bottle of gin

Over at the big house on Broad Street Jon Lender highlights something I neglected to in our new stories about Jodi Rell's pollster of choice, UConn professor Ken Dautrich.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Providence Journal

Full House OKs ban on indoor prostitution

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill to outlaw indoor prostitution Wednesday night, paving the way for a final debate on the Senate floor Thursday.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Providence Phoenix

Ghoulish grooves

Rock and roll on the cuff courtesy ofA MARK CUTLER & FRIENDS THURSDAY at Nick-a-Nee's in the Jewelry District, or head south to the historic Greenwich Hotel with THE THROTTLES , a new duo featuring Greg Burgess and former Amazing Crowns bassman Jack Hanlon .

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