Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Thomas J. Morgan On the local front: A year ago today: Patrick's Pub, on Smith Street near the State House, is being sued by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for alleged violations of federal copyright law. ASCAP, whose proclaimed mission is to ensure writers and publishers are properly compensated for their works, said that the pub and its owner, Patrick T....
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan On the local front: A year ago today: Three people are hurt in a devastating car crash just off the Niantic Avenue exit on Route 10 north in Cranston. Authorities would not disclose any details about the three people who had been inside the black Jaguar that skidded over a grass median, through a chain-link fence and into the entrance way of a local business, Corp...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan On the local front: A year ago today: The man who crashed his car into Lincoln High School on Oct. 3 committed suicide moments later by dousing himself with a flammable liquid and setting himself ablaze with a butane lighter, according to a report released today by the state fire marshal's office. The report by fire marshal's investigator David W. Scott said Jay D....
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan On the local front: A year ago today: Barrington police plan to examine videotape from two drugstores, hoping to put the bite on a pair of shoplifters who stole $1,215 worth of toothbrushes in separate incidents last week. A Narragansett store was hit by a similar theft, although the police there were not releasing details. "If it's happening in those two places,...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
By Thomas J. Morgan On the local front: A year ago today: An accidental alarm draws Providence firefighters to a Manton Avenue apartment building and leads to a wholesale evacuation because of a host of code problems. Social service agencies scrambled to find temporary shelter for 10 people, half of them children. Firefighters went to the building at 422 Manton Ave. at about 10 a.m. in...
