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Former Major Leaguer Speaks to Barrington Team

Barrington Patch Announcements

The Rhode Island Thieves, a local AAU Baseball Team comprised mostly of Barrington youth, were treated to a visit from Rocco Baldelli, former center fielder for both the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Boston Red Sox.  Rocco was a guest of Barrington Resi... »

Chafee backs Providence in retiree benefit suit

Local News For Turnto10.com

The city wants to move police and fire retirees to Medicare when they reach 65. »

Ratepayers Should Hear BCWA Report

Barrington Patch

A few months ago at a tri-town BCWA meeting, it was decided that there would be one monthly BCWA director report, in writing, composed by Allan Klepper of Barrington, and distributed to all three town councils.  The reasoning being that this way all th... »

Helen M. Desmomd

Narragansett Patch Announcements

Helen Foley Desmond, formerly of Newark and Toms River, N.J. died peacefully in skilled nursing facility in Wakefield, R.I. Mrs. Desmond, widow of Leo F. Desmond who died in 1982, leaves 3 daughters: Maureen Godzieski of York, South Carolina; Laura Tho... »

Claim Your Business Listing on Easton Patch [VIDEO]

Easton Patch

When Patch launched in Easton in October 2010, editors and contributors ventured to local businesses to collect information for our directory. The result: Patch Places. Patch Places is the spot to find descriptions, hours, accepted payment methods and ... »

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‘Save Chocolateville’ Launch Today

Providence Daily Dose

Finally, fundraiser chocolate bars that don’t suck, not at all! Head over… »

New Republic piece puzzles out why RI passed a voter ID law

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The pension overhaul wasn’t the only surprising-for-a-blue-state policy Rhode Island enacted in 2011. Another that passed to liberals’ dismay was the new law requiring that voters show an ID before they cast a ballot. The New Republic’s Simon van Zuyle... »

Friars Links 2.7.12

A Providence Friars Basketball Blog

Boston Herald: Nerlens Noel at Everett? He’s went back to Everett to review transcripts blah blah blah (which he actually disputed via Twitter). The end of the article is what’s... »

Nobody felt worse about economy in ’11 than Rhode Islanders

WPRI.com Blogs

Cheer up a bit, Rhode Island. You’re going to bum everybody out. Just 5.4% of Rhode Islanders described economic conditions in the United States as excellent or good in 2011, the smallest share in any state, according to Gallup polling. That was down f... »

Happy 34th anniversary of the Blizzard of ’78, Rhode Island

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My colleague Tony Petrarca reminded me this evening that today marks 34 years since the Blizzard of ’78. Remember when it used to snow here? Providence got a record-breaking 27.6 inches of snow. The images from the storm we saw in Governor Garrahy’s ob... »