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Former Major Leaguer Speaks to Barrington Team
Barrington Patch Announcements
Feb 07The 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
Feb 07The city wants to move police and fire retirees to Medicare when they reach 65. »
Ratepayers Should Hear BCWA Report
Barrington Patch
Feb 07A 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
Feb 07Helen 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... »
Fine Chocolates Make Sweet Gifts
Barrington Patch
Feb 07Grab a box of fine chocolates at Sweet Lorraine’s candy shop on Waseca Avenue and owner Bob Sullivan guarantees that your Valentine’s Day will be sweet. But make sure the chocolates are creams or truffles – the softer centers – if you’re buying for you... »
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‘Save Chocolateville’ Launch Today
Providence Daily Dose
Feb 07Finally, fundraiser chocolate bars that don’t suck, not at all! Head over… »
New Republic piece puzzles out why RI passed a voter ID law
WPRI.com Blogs
Feb 07The 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
Feb 07Boston 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
Feb 07Cheer 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
WPRI.com Blogs
Feb 06My 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... »