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Saturday | Providence Journal

Special master: Landmark talks ongoing

Despite optimistic projections a month ago, Landmark Medical Center has not yet reached agreement with a potential partner to acquire the financially troubled Woonsocket hospital.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Providence Journal

Woonsocket store owner pulls gun on knife-wielding man

A liquor store owner foiled a would-be robber Tuesday after a struggle during which the holdup man stabbed himself.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

WLNE-TV Providence

Suspect Arrested After Alleged Woonsocket Knife-Point Robbery

On Tuesday June 30th at about 10:30 pm a store clerk at U-Save Liquors on 399 Clinton Street reported a person later identified as Kevin Mortimer entered his business.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Providence Journal

School's now in session for state's new education chief

Deborah A. Gist, Rhode Island's new commissioner of elementary and secondary education, is so excited about her new job that she began a day early, attending a news conference Tuesday morning to announce the launch of five summer learning programs in urban districts.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Providence Journal

RI Supreme Court upholds Irons in ethics case

The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld a lower-court ruling on behalf of former Senate President William V. Irons, saying that state legislators cannot be prosecuted by the state Ethics Commission for their votes or official legislative actions.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Boston Herald

Gay marriage stalls as RI lawmakers wrap up

Rhode Island seems almost certain to remain the only New England state that does not recognize gay marriage after measures legalizing same-sex unions stalled just before the part-time General Assembly ended the bulk of its annual work.

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ChowHound

Vintage, Woonsocket RI: New Chef?

I've read that the new owner of Vintage has hired a new exec chef for both Blue Grotto and Vintage.

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Warwickonline.com

Mercurio leaving Warwick to lead E. Greenwich schools

Victor Mercurio, director of secondary education, will be leaving the Warwick School Department to become East Greenwich Superintendent of Schools.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

MyFoxBoston

Inmate found dead in cell

Authorities are investigating the apparent suicide of a man being held at the Rhode Island state prison in Cranston.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Providence Journal

R.I. lawmakers pass bill allowing Woonsocket dress code

The Rhode Island House of Representatives on Tuesday night voted 64 to 4 to approve a bill allowing the school committee in Woonsocket to establish a dress code for public-school students.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Providence Journal

Sex offender arrested for not registering in Woonsocket

The Woonsocket Police arrested a convicted sex offender Sunday on a warrant from Westerly for failure to register as a sex offender.

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Providence Journal

Homes out of reach in 30 of 39 R.I. communities for median-income families, study says

A family earning the state's median income can afford a home in just nine of the state's 39 cities and towns, a new housing study says.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

The Boston Globe

RI store owner charged with evading cig sales tax

Police have arrested a Woonsocket store owner accused of evading the nation's highest cigarette tax, the first such case brought since an April tax hike.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Providence Journal

Woonsocket's e-learning program helps at-risk students make grade

Two weeks ago, 18-year-old Juan Segura, a student at the Woonsocket Area Career and Technical Center, picked up his maroon graduation gown.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

WLNE-TV Providence

Convenience Store Owner Busted on Alleged Tax Violations, Drug Charges

On Friday, June 19, 2009, members of the Rhode Island State Police Detective Bureau, along with investigators from the Rhode Island Division of Taxation arrested Dung H. Le, age 35, of 172 High Street, Woonsocket, Rhode Island for: 1.Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver; 2.Forgery and Counterfeiting - Tampering - Reuse of Stamps or ...

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WLNE-TV Providence

GROUP: Median Income RI Families Can't Afford to Live in Most of State's Cities

An affordable housing advocacy group says a Rhode Island family earning the state's median income can afford a home in just nine of the state's 39 cities and towns.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

WHJJ-AM Providence

CVS reaches Settlement over Expired Product Complaints

The Settlement, with California Attorney General Jerry Brown, would require the company to make sure expired products are not sold in its stores.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Earth Times

RI Housing Project for Low-Income Seniors Honored

CHICAGO, June 10 NEF-housing-project CHICAGO , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Rhode Island affordable housing development designed to meet the needs of low-income seniors in and around North Smithfield has been recognized as one of the top projects in the country.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Variety

Hachi: A Dog's Story

A Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group presentation of an Inferno, Stage 6 Films production, in association with Opperman Viner Chrystyn Entertainment, Hachi, Grand Army Entertainment, Scion Films.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

News Observer

Ailing factory towns face tougher road to recovery

Tim Holt was among the men and women who wove fabric and prosperity here for generations, until the textile factories left town in a global manufacturing shift that the rest of the country hardly seemed to notice.

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