Providence Local News
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Updated Monday February 08 2010 07:12:35 PM
Emotions Play Major Role in Teen Condom Use [
HealthDay - 3/30/07]
Emotions play a large role in teen condom use, and helping teens manage their emotions may be as important as practical information in promoting safe sex, a U.S. study suggests.
Library takeover might save city 24%, PPL says ... [
Providence Business News - 3/30/07]
The Providence Public Library board of trustees yesterday discussed multiple options for the city library system, including possible taxpayer benefits of making the library a city department, according to a ...
Faith-based shelter to add beds to help ease overcrowding [
WLNE-TV Providence - 3/30/07]
A faith-based shelter in Providence will make space for at least 40 more homeless people tonight in the hopes of easing crowding at state shelters.
Route 95 crash: 1 URI student is dead; another injured [
Providence Journal - 3/30/07]
One University of Rhode Island student is dead and another critically injured after a car crash early this morning on Route 95 south.
Police officer is fired for '04 station brawl [
Providence Journal - 3/30/07]
Sean C. Duffy, the police officer who has been on paid administrative leave for the last three years after being accused of beating two fellow officers in the department break room, was dismissed from the force ...
Cumberland shooting victim identified [
The Pawtucket Times - 3/29/07]
They aren't saying much else, but police have identified the victim in Tuesday's shooting in a Valley Falls apartment building.
Mill fire is 'suspicious' [
The Pawtucket Times - 3/29/07]
Fire investigators concentrated on a rear stairwell at the former Standard Uniform Service facility, 354 Pine St., searching for the cause of the fire that heavily damaged the vacant mill on Wednesday.
West Greenwich water tower face-lift [
Providence Journal - 3/29/07]
Eighteen years after it rose along Route 95, the 1.5-million gallon water tank in West Greenwich is undergoing its first major overhaul, a costly project designed to prevent the deterioration of the steel ...
It's showtime, at long last [
Providence Journal - 3/29/07]
It's not exactly a musical, but the clanging of steel on steel is a welcome melody at the former Park Cinema as the long-awaited restoration project swings into high gear.
Swansea horse trainer faces child sex charges [
Providence Journal - 3/29/07]
A local horse trainer was charged yesterday with various child sex charges for alleged incidents in Swansea and Berkley, Mass.
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