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North Providence, Rhode Island is located in Providence County. Zip codes in North Providence, RI include 02911, 02904, and 02908. The median home price in North Providence is $164,900 which is roughly $112/per square foot. More North Providence information.

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23 hrs ago | Go Local

North Providence #35: RI's Best Communities 2013

North Providence may be one of the state's smallest communities but has the eight-highest population of Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Boston.com

RI to close all 'sheltered workshops' for disabled - Boston.com

Rhode Island is moving to eliminate the type of ''sheltered workshop'' that was found to have violated the rights of disabled individuals for years at a state-licensed employment program in North Providence.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Cybercast News Service

RI, capital settle with feds over disabled rights

The federal government has reached a settlement with Rhode Island and the city of Providence for violating the rights of the disabled by segregating them at a vocational school and an employment program where they were "robbed of years of productivity," a Justice Department official said Thursday.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

The Jackson Sun

Feds: RI, capital city wrongly segregated disabled

Rhode Island and the city of Providence violated the rights of the developmentally disabled for years by unnecessarily segregating them at a city school and a state-licensed employment program where they worked for long hours at low wages, the U.S. Justice Department said.

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The Providence Journal

Singer Jeffrey Osborne presents donation to St. Mary's Home for Children

Singer Jeffrey Osborne, a Providence native, continued to make donations from the more than $150,000 raised for Rhode Island charities from his inaugural Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic golf tournament.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

The Providence Journal

Department of Justice finds Providence, RI put disabled students at risk

The federal Department of Justice has ruled the city and state violated federal law, and the civil rights of disabled students at a Providence school, and one of the state's largest employment programs for people with disabilities.

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Fri Jun 07, 2013

The Providence Journal

Parking garage coming to downtown Providence?

PROVIDENCE _ Legislation has been introduced in the Senate to establish a special commission to study the possibility of building a multi-million dollar parking garage next to the Garrahy Judicial Complex.

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Fri May 31, 2013

The Providence Journal

Judge rejects former North Providence councilman's bid for reduced sentence

A federal judge has rebuffed an imprisoned former North Providence councilman who asked for an adjustment of his sentence based on the argument that his mental health issues made him incapable of pleading guilty to corruption charges.

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Wed May 29, 2013

The Providence Journal

Federal trial of accused ringleader in Navy kickback scheme set to begin in Providence on Wednesday

The accused ringleader in a kickback operation that allegedly received more than $10 million in payments from contractors who received Navy contracts is set to go to trial Wednesday before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Mary Lisi.

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Tue May 28, 2013

The Providence Journal

Montalbano's nomination to Superior Court sails through Senate judiciary panel

Not a critical word was said before the state Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-0 to move Governor Chafee's nomination of former Senate president and current District Court Magistrate Joseph A. Montalbano to the Superior Court bench on to the full Senate.

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Mon May 27, 2013

The Providence Journal

Memorial Day brings meaning of war monuments into sharp focus

Around 7 this Sunday morning, a few dozen people will gather in the back sections of the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, where the Vietnam War Memorial stands near woodland, to remember.

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Fri May 24, 2013

Patch.com

Suzanne A. Desjarlais, 73: Woonsocket Native

Suzanne A. Desjarlais, 73, of Homewood Avenue, North Providence, died peacefully on May 19, 2013.

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Thu May 23, 2013

The Providence Journal

RIPTA buses will run holiday schedule on Monday; one trip of Branch/Bryant bus cancelled

Because Monday is Memorial Day, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will run a Sunday/Holiday schedule on all regular fixed-route buses and trolleys.

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The Providence Journal

Man arrested after woman spots him climbing through her apartment window in North Providence

The police arrested Rawlins Cummings, 35, of 69 Waltham St., Pawtucket, in the hallway of an apartment house at 222 Mineral Spring Ave., Saturday after a resident there said she saw him trying to climb through her dining room window.

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SFGate

More charges in fight involving Brown students

Upgraded charges have been filed against a Brown University wrestler accused of participating in a fight that left a university basketball player critically injured.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Go Local

Lisa Blais: Providence Goes After Water, Homeowners To Fix Budget

Usually, legislation is introduced during the General Assembly session and may languish for quite awhile before a committee hearing is scheduled to consider a bill.

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WLNE-TV Providence

North Providence Police search for bank robber

North Providence Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who robbed the Citizen's Bank on Charles Street shortly before noon on Thursday.

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Tue May 21, 2013

The Providence Journal

Fire heavily damages apartment building in Central Falls, eight displaced

Eight people were forced to flee their three apartments after a two-alarm fire swept through their three-story building around 7 p.m Tuesday.

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Mon May 20, 2013

The Providence Journal

North Providence nursing home throws party for woman's 110th birthday

Born in 1903, the same year the Wright brothers flew, she lived in Providence all her life, except when she was 10 and the family returned to Italy and then moved back to Rhode Island.

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WLNE-TV Providence

Oldest woman in Rhode Island celebrates 110 years

In 1903, Theodore Roosevelt was President and a loaf of bread cost about seven cents.

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