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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The state police have investigated a State House confrontation involving a handful of state officials and Henry Fellela, the husband of Rep. Deborah Fellela, D-Johnston.Senators John J. Tassoni and Leo R. Blais were among those who filed reports with the Capitol Police after the incident, which occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on Thursday, June 26.Fellela, 51, confronted the senators and a Senate staffer...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
| | | | | | | | | Recommended Rhode Island state offices closed today01:00 AM EDT on Monday, July 6, 2009State offices in Rhode Island will be closed today in celebration of the Fourth of July holiday. More top stories Most Viewed YesterdayUpdated Sun 7.5.09Most active surveysUpdated Sun 7.5.09Most e-mailed in the last 24 hours Reader Reaction Create A Screen NameScreen names can only consist of letters...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Extra: Watch Keith Killingbeck, a botanist who teaches at the University of Rhode Island, talk about some of the largest poison ivy bushes he has ever seen, in the Marsh Meadows Wildlife Preserve in Jamestown, at projo.com/videoAt some point –– in between the interminable nights spent scratching her welts and the days of dousing them with rubbing alcohol –– Deborah Rosen walked...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Brown University’s Michael Tarr specializes in face recognition.The Providence Journal / Frieda SquiresIt won’t be long, Michael J. Tarr predicts, before machines will recognize your face when you shop, check in at the airport, or simply walk the city streets. Your dishwasher or microwave may be programmed to say hello after confirming it’s you.“It’s going to be ubiquitous,”...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Common myths •Poison ivy blisters are “contagious.” False. The bubbly, runny rashes are a reaction to the oil in poison ivy called urushiol. It is the oil that can be spread, not the rash. Urushiol can remain potent on clothes, garden tools and pet fur for months and inadvertently spread to any part of your body that comes in contact with it.•Poison ivy spreads through your bloodstream....
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
WARWICK — The attorney general’s office is looking into an allegation that some City Council members violated the Open Meetings Law by holding an informal caucus days before the council voted on the fiscal 2010 budget.School Committee member Paul Cannistra, who filed a written complaint with the office, contends that a work session held Sunday, May 31, at the home of Councilman Raymond...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
PROVIDENCE — A person convicted of a violent crime generally would be ineligible to work as a bouncer at a bar or nightclub in the city under potential licensing rules suggested by the administration of .And someone with a criminal record for drug peddling or weapons possession or a generally less violent offense that is not a felony would be subject to review and exclusion from work under a...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
| | | | | | | | | Recommended Rhode Islanders left out of ticket lottery for Jackson service01:00 AM EDT on Monday, July 6, 2009PROVIDENCE — Rhode Islanders hoping for a shot at tickets to the Michael Jackson Public Memorial Service on Tuesday got an unwelcome surprise this weekend: they were barred from taking part in the lottery.Ocean State residents, along with those from New York and Florida,...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
PROVIDENCE –– Some Federal Hill residents will soon get a privilege that few others in the city enjoy: leaving their cars at the curb overnight.’s administration has created a program to modify the long-standing city policy banning overnight on-street parking.About 1,900 households in the West Broadway and Armory sections of Federal Hill will be allowed to purchase a $25-a-year permit...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
BOSTON As the hurricane season approaches, Massachusetts is working to protect its fragile coastline. The state has launched an initiative to help communities most susceptible to the effects of heavy surf and rains. Seven communities - Boston, Hull, Kingston, Duxbury, Plymouth, Falmouth, and Oak Bluffs - have been given access to a range of planning, regulatory, and mapping tools to ...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
GLOCESTER –– There are no horses in this parade. The high school marching bands have been replaced by the funky beats of a clown band from Fall River. And the lines in the middle of the street are not red, white or blue.
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
As marchers assembled in advance of the 10:30 a.m. kickoff, Ismoilov and his cameraman, Makhmadrabbi Ismoilov, a relative, walked past floats toward the corner of Hope and Chestnut Streets, the official start of the parade. With them was producer Antony A. Botto, an employee of the U.S. Department of State, which awarded the filmmakers a $26,000 grant for the documentary, whose main theme is small-business...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jan. 10, 2003: Just days after takes office, he introduces Dean M. Esserman as the new police chief to turn around the troubled department that had been wracked with scandal. Esserman, an Ivy League educated ex-prosecutor from New York City, had served as the police chief in Stamford, Conn., and arrived with the reputation as a taskmaster who had successfully cleaned up other police forces. At the...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
SOUTH KINGSTOWN –– Several hundred firefighters from Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, along with dozens of friends and relatives, gathered at the University of Rhode Island Saturday morning to pay their respects to Allan “Pickles” LePage, a longtime volunteer firefighter who died Tuesday of injuries suffered at the Kingston Fire District station.
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
PROVIDENCE — Students will snooze through first period. They won’t be able to socialize with different groups of friends during lunch. Grades will surely suffer because students will be so bored. Classical High School students are in a snit over the School Department’s plan to adopt a fixed class schedule in all its high schools this fall, a plan that students say will lead to academic...
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prmac | 03/19/2009
Rhode Island based nFinity Inc. is pleased to announce that its free QuickVoice Recorder for the iPhone is now available with voice email. QuickVoice now provides its users with a convenient way of sending voice email directly from their iPhones. Voice email is just another one of QuickVoices already impressive long list of features. QuickVoice is a professionally designed touch and speak recorder,...
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