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19 May 2012 U.S. House passes bill ensuring submarine production levels — good news for Connecticut - Middlet
The legislation now goes to the Senate. U.S. Reps. Jim Langevin of Rhode Island and Joe Courtney of Connecticut opposed the proposed cut in funding for Virginia-class submarine production. The Obama administration’s budget funds one submarine ...
19 May 2012 Newport, RI Morgan Stanley’s Hennessy to Start Second Leg of Atlantic Cup - Bloomberg
Morgan Stanley Managing Director Mike Hennessy and his 40-foot ocean racing yacht Dragon were scheduled to set out today from New York harbor bound for Newport, Rhode Island, on the second leg of sailing’s Atlantic Cup. Hennessy, 45 ...
19 May 2012 Pro Debut For Rhode Island Amateur Star Ramsey - SaddoBoxing.com
The 22-year-old Hartford, Conn., lightweight – a self-described “knucklehead ... Gloves Tournaments in the 141-pound weight class and was ready to go pro after missing out on a chance to attend the Nationals due to a lack of funding.
18 May 2012 Exeter, RI After delay, Fire Academy up and running
StdLogo.jpg By LINDSAY OLIVIER lolivier@ricentral.com EXETER – Ten years ago, voters approved a $55 million public safety bond that included $6.4 million to build a new Rhode Island State Fire Academy on the old Ladd School site in Exeter. Now, almost two years after breaking ground, the first phase is complete and the school is open for business. On April 28, both the Exeter and West ...
18 May 2012 Newport, RI Schilling's company gives RI bad $1.1M check - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The troubled video game company helmed by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling delivered a $1.1 million payment to Rhode Island Thursday — but ... for additional assistance after missing the scheduled payment, but the agency's ...
18 May 2012 Middletown, RI Free soil testing offered in Middletown - East Bay
The gardening season is here and Master Gardeners from the University of Rhode Island are offering free soil testing ... pH soil testing is available at Prescott Farm off Route 114, Middletown, one of many Master Gardener project sites ...
18 May 2012 Exeter, RI Business briefs: includes news on Linear Properties latest acquisition
Burlington-based Linear Retail Properties announced on May 8 their purchase of a 4,479 square foot retail condominium space (with 3,511 square foot basement) at 727 through 731 Boylston Street in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood.
18 May 2012 Newport, RI Chafee's son pleads no contest in alcohol case - ABC6.com
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee's (CHAY'feez) teenage son has pleaded no contest to accusations he tried to buy beer at a liquor store last month. Court spokesman Craig Berke (BUR'-kee) says 18-year-old Caleb Chafee entered the plea on Friday.
18 May 2012 Middletown, RI Gov: Schilling's company made $1.1M payment to RI - Middletown Journal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company has made an overdue $1.1 million payment to the state and now should seek out private financing to stay afloat, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Friday. "There's no more ...
18 May 2012 U.S. swing states' jobless rates dive in April - Reuters
Rhode Island's was the same as in April 2011 ... and enacted a package of spending and tax measures intended to create thousands of jobs. MICHIGAN JOBLESS RATE LOWEST SINCE JULY 2008 The national jobless rate began edging down at the beginning ...
18 May 2012 Harrisville, RI CCRI graduates celebrate community at Friday's commencement
CCRI graduates celebrate community at Friday's commencement
18 May 2012 Fitch Rates Rhode Island's $34MM Drinking Water Rev SRFs 'AAA'; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency's safe drinking water state revolving fund program bonds:
18 May 2012 Barrington, RI Young Barrington residents honored with award - East Bay
BARRINGTON — Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis honored three Barrington residents — Georgia Ellen DiMatteo and Evan Bulman of Barrington High School, Justin Finan of Bishop Hendricken High School — with his office’s 2012 ...
18 May 2012 Cumberland, RI Community Service Spotlight
NATIONAL REPORT -- Giving back through community service efforts and charity donations is a positive force that keeps many retailers and suppliers of this industry moving ahead.
18 May 2012 Newport, RI Badge plant in RI now powered by the wind - ABC6.com
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island company that makes badges, medals and buttons is now being powered by the wind. The Newport Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/JV2etp) that the Hodges Badge Co. has completed a 4-year project to install 150-foot ...
18 May 2012 Rhode Island governor gives 38 Studios' Copernicus MMO a June 2013 launch
Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee told attendees of a 38 Studios-related press conference that the long awaited 38 Studios MMO - only known currently as "Project Copernicus" - is set to launch in June of 2013. Chafee said, "What I understand is Copernicus is June of '13." Considering we've literally never heard any information on the Amalur-based MMO (aside from the fact that it's an Amalur ...
18 May 2012 Middletown, RI Durham tree gets a makeover - myrecordjournal.com
Reportedly, the beech originally came as a sapling from England in the late 1800s along with two others, which were shipped to St. John Catholic Church on Main Street in Middletown. St. John lost one shortly after it was planted and it was ...
18 May 2012 Bike to Work day in Rhode Island
It's Bike to Work day in Rhode Island and in communities across the country. Providence city officials are encouraging everyone to take part in the day's festivities.
18 May 2012 Brian M. Goldstein, 53 - Blueridgenow.com
Born in Providence, Rhode Island he was a son of Jerald and Shelly Goldstein of Summerfield, Florida, and had been a resident of Hendersonville for 14 years. He was employed by Billy's Wrecker service, but his favorite job was being Papa.
18 May 2012 Young Barrington residents honored with award
Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis honored three Barrington residents — Georgia Ellen DiMatteo and Evan Bulman of Barrington High School, Justin Finan of Bishop Hendricken High School — with his office’s 2012 Civic Leadership Awards.
18 May 2012 Narragansett Bay Insurance Company Issues 100,000th Homeowner’s Policy - YAHOO!
Rogers & Gray is headquartered in South Dennis, Mass., and has eight branches throughout ... Narragansett Bay is licensed to provide homeowners coverage in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. About Narragansett Bay Insurance Company ...
18 May 2012 High-risk video game venture has Rhode Island, Curt Schilling reeling
After missing a $1.1 million payment and a plea from Schilling for more assistance, 38 Studios has said it does not not have enough money to pay its employees.
18 May 2012 North Kingstown, RI Schilling's company gives RI bad $1.1M check - Times Union
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The troubled video game company helmed by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling delivered a $1.1 million payment to Rhode Island Thursday ... No one answered the door at his North Kingstown home on Thursday.
18 May 2012 Barrington, RI New England Roundup: Rhode Island - ESPN
Elsewhere: * Barrington broke Hendricken’s 13-game winning streak ... Overall, Simonelli compiled a 67-27 regular-season record with the Crusaders. Rhode Island boys’ high school hockey coaching icon Bill Belisle is the recipient of another ...
17 May 2012 Warwick, RI Mitt Romney takes aim at “Buffett Rule,” says President Obama’s economic policies have failed
His political arrows now aimed squarely at President Obama, Mitt Romney on Wednesday fired away at the proposed “Buffett Rule,” which would force the wealthiest Americans to pay a minimum effective tax rate of 30 percent. “Look, this nation is one nation under God,” he said. “Dividing America is not going to work out.” Romney, trailing Obama two-to-one among female voters, according to polls ...
17 May 2012 Middletown, RI RI gov: Schilling company making $1.1M payment - Middletown Journal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island's governor says former Red Sox pitcher Curt ... 38 Studios on Wednesday asked the economic agency for additional assistance after missing the payment. The agency's board had not acted on that request.
17 May 2012 Narragansett Bay Insurance Company Issues 100,000th Homeowner’s Policy - PRWeb
Rogers & Gray is headquartered in South Dennis, Mass., and has eight branches throughout ... Narragansett Bay is licensed to provide homeowners coverage in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. About Narragansett Bay Insurance Company ...
17 May 2012 RI gov: Schilling company making $1.1M payment - WBOC
The company relocated from Massachusetts in 2010 after Rhode Island offered a ... 38 Studios on Wednesday asked the economic agency for additional assistance after missing the payment. The agency's board had not acted on that request.
17 May 2012 Exeter, RI Volunteers banned at Exeter Animal Shelter
shelter sign-cmyk.jpg By MARTHA SMITH Special to the Standard EXETER – The latest move in the increasingly intense tug-of-war at the troubled Exeter Animal Shelter can only be termed drastic: a notice has been posted on the facility’s door announcing that, per order of the town council, the services of all volunteers are suspended. Source Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
17 May 2012 ABC 6 Investigates Dealings at Rhode Island Landfill
NOW TO AN ABC-6 INVESTIGATION... ON DEALINGS AT RHODE ISLAND'S CENTRAL LANDFILL....THAT MAY HAVE COST THE STATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE'VE LEARNED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY.THIS IS A COPY
17 May 2012 North Kingstown, RI RI gov: Schilling company making $1.1M payment - Times Union
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's governor said Thursday that former Red Sox ... No one answered the door at his North Kingstown home on Thursday.
17 May 2012 New Research Shows Students Are Missing A Month Of School Each Year - First Coast News
Only six states track chronic absenteeism: Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska, Oregon, Rhode Island and Florida. Balfanz said students who miss a lot of school in one year will be more likely to miss several days in the following years.
17 May 2012 Study: Millions of students chronically absent - MyFox Tampa Bay
As a result, students who typically need more help to be successful academically are the ones missing the most school ... The only states that keep up with it are Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Nebraska, Oregon and Rhode Island. Because of the limited ...
17 May 2012 Barrington, RI Barrington residents honored with award - East Bay
BARRINGTON — Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis honored three Barrington residents — Georgia Ellen DiMatteo and Evan Bulman of Barrington High School, Justin Finan of Bishop Hendricken High School — with his office’s 2012 ...
17 May 2012 Schilling game firm can't make Rhode Island payment
The troubled video game company run by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling failed to make a promised payment to the state of Rhode Island on Thursday when it did not have sufficient funds to cover a ...
17 May 2012 Schilling's company gives Rhode Island bad $1.1M check
Rhode Island has returned a promised payment of $1.1 million from former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's troubled video game company after learning the check would bounce.
17 May 2012 Newport, RI Newport County Students Tour IYRS - Patch
On Wednesday May 16, around 30 Newport County High School students received "hands-on" experience with the local manufacturing sector, as well as learned about training opportunities that could lead to Rhode Island based career opportunities after graduation.
17 May 2012 North Kingstown, RI InBrief Local Sports - Westerly Sun
The following games were postponed Wednesday: • Chariho baseball at home against Coventry; rescheduled for May 24 at 3:45 p.m. • Chariho softball at Coventry; rescheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. • Westerly softball at North Kingstown has no ...
17 May 2012 Green Energy Challenge Energy Spotlight School Promotes Conservation and Awareness - PR.com
Day School in Westford, Massachusetts. This elementary school launched ... National Grid delivers electricity to approximately 3.3 million customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island. It manages the electricity network on Long ...
17 May 2012 Westerly, RI Washington Trust Selects I Luv RI Photography Contest Winner - Yahoo Finance
The Washington Trust Company is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., a $3 billion corporation headquartered in Westerly, Rhode Island. Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is the oldest community bank in the nation and is the largest ...
17 May 2012 Curt Schilling firm unable to cover $1.1m check, may miss payroll
More turmoil at Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios video-game company. Rhode Island officials disclosed this evening that the company attempted to pay a missed loan payment this evening, but had insufficient funds to cover the $1.12 million check. The firm has failed to pay its employees this week, state officials said.
17 May 2012 Pascoag, RI Win streak now at 12 for JHS baseball - Johnston Sun Rise
Last Thursday, the Johnston High School baseball team avenged its only loss of the season with a 13-5 victory over Ponaganset, and on Monday, the Panthers beat up on Burrillville for a 9-0 victory. Sandwiched between those two was an extra ...
17 May 2012 Newport, RI Renovated Fort Adams Opens May 19 - Patch
Famous for exciting sailing and water sports, Newport Rhode Island also offers fun and adventure on land with the re-opening of Fort Adams on May 19 at 10 a.m. The Fortress underwent extensive construction over the winter and for those looking for things ...
17 May 2012 Newport, RI Letter: Decorum, ability to stand is lost at Council meetings - East Bay
It has been quite some time since I have written to the Post. Many things have gone on in this city that still amaze me. On several occasions I have wanted to write but decided to wait it out in hopes that something would really catch my ...
17 May 2012 Prudence Island, RI Island man charged with pickup-truck assault - East Bay
PRUDENCE ISLAND — A confrontation over burning brush led to the Tuesday, May 15, arrest of a Prudence Island man on a felony assault charge. Portsmouth Police Lieutenant Brian Peters said the incident began early that afternoon while a 56-year ...
17 May 2012 Schilling's company didn't have money to pay the check
A check from Curt Schilling's video game company to cover the $1.125 million fee owed the state of Rhode Island...
17 May 2012 Newport, RI Newport man in court fight over home wind turbine - Boston Globe
NEWPORT, R.I.—A Newport man is embroiled in a court fight over plans to power his home with the wind. John McNulty pleaded guilty in Municipal Court this week to a charge of failing to obtain a building permit for four small turbines on his ...
17 May 2012 Barrington residents honored with award
Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis honored three Barrington residents — Georgia Ellen DiMatteo and Evan Bulman of Barrington High School, Justin Finan of Bishop Hendricken High School — with his office’s 2012 Civic Leadership Awards.
17 May 2012 Middletown, RI Sensor links mind, thoughts to robot arm - Press Herald
the Providence VA Medical Center in Rhode Island, Harvard Medical School and elsewhere. It describes how two people who lost use of their arms and legs because of strokes years before were able to control free-standing robotic arms with the help ...
17 May 2012 Exeter, RI POLICE LOG: May 17, 2012
Arrest reports from Hopkinton, Richmond, and Rhode Island State police.
17 May 2012 Harmony, RI Accidental Sisters will perform on island Sunday – with a twist - Jamestown Press
“I think what people are going to discover when they come is a very uplifting musical concert, and a very high level musical concert, about rhythm and song, and the things that are important to us all like diversity, prayers for peace, and harmony.”
17 May 2012 Jamestown, RI Clarke N. Westall - Jamestown Press
Westall of Jamestown. Born in Newport on Dec. 25, 1950, he was a son of the late William H. and Mary E. (Clarke) Westall. Clarke served in the Rhode Island National Guard for seven years. A police officer, Clarke served on the Jamestown Police ...
17 May 2012 Warwick, RI Brave River Solutions to Introduce Geolocation-Enabled Mobile Directory Application at CRMA 2012 An
Rhode Island mobile-web development company unveils their new product, a customizable web-based mobile app.Warwick, RI (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Brave River Solutions, one of Rhode Island’s leading web development companies, will be premiering Mobeo™, a mobile web app built on a customizable directory framework, at the 36th annual conference for the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA). The ...
17 May 2012 Matter Communications Celebrates Six Years in Rhode Island; Strengthens Partnerships with Local and
Matter Communications, a full-service public relations agency specializing in high-technology and consumer markets, is marking its sixth year in the Ocean State, having opened its Providence, Rhode Island, office in June of 2006.
17 May 2012 Schilling Rhode Island Pitch Risks $75 Million Debt: Muni Credit
Curt Schilling, pitching ace on the 2004 Boston team that won baseball’s World Series, may leave Rhode Island on the hook for $75 million of bonds sold to help lure his video game company to the state.
17 May 2012 Middletown, RI BLUES BEAT: Castiglia at the Hungry Tiger - Middletown Press
Saturday night a real crowd favorite, Sugar Ray Norcia appears. He is a harp player and a master vocalist. Coming out of Rhode Island, all New England claims him as their own. Lebanon Fair Grounds will have King Cake playing as part of the Casey ...
17 May 2012 Manville, RI RIDEM offers to move Woonsocket water plant deadline to 2016 - Valley Breeze
WOONSOCKET - The timeline for building a new water treatment plant to replace the 50-year-old facility on Manville Road could get extended ... to sign a new consent agreement with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
17 May 2012 Coventry, RI WYSA downs Coventry in SRI Cup action - Valley Breeze
WOONSOCKET - The WYSA U-19 boys battled to a scoreless tie, and then beat Coventry, 2-0, on penalty kicks during a weekend Soccer Rhode Island Cup game. Defense ruled the game, and at the end of regulation, no one had scored. Pocketing goals for ...
17 May 2012 Harmony, RI Scituate Watershed poster winners announced - Valley Breeze
The grand prize winner in the middle school division is Meagan Olson, a 6th-grader at Scituate Middle School. Her poster showed the connection between decisions we make each day to live in harmony with our land and the quality of water we drink.
17 May 2012 Barrington, RI CHS ranked 34th of 51 Rhode Island high schools - Valley Breeze
Lincoln High School was ranked 11th. East Greenwich was first, followed by Narragansett, Exeter-West Greenwich, South Kingstown and then Barrington high schools. Whether seen as a legitimate method of assessing a high school or not, the rankings ...
16 May 2012 Schilling's video game co. asks RI for more help - MLive.com
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling asked Rhode Island for additional help to save his video game company Wednesday, prompting state leaders to consider whether the firm is viable enough to justify further investment.
16 May 2012 Annual horse show at Hanover's Briggs Stable - Abington Mariner
Acts come from all over Massachusetts and Rhode Island and there are also a few from New Hampshire. Carol LaRose, treasurer of the Hanover Hunt and Riding Club, has involved herself with the stable since 1959, saying: “My first show was in 1962.
16 May 2012 Exeter, RI WEB EXCLUSIVE: The Standard-Times goes into the vault for "Times Past" (Week of 5/17)
By ANDREW MARTASIAN StdLogo.jpg Today's news is the first revision of tomorrow's history. Times Past provides a look back on past events through the pages of the Standard-Times as a way for us to examine the events that have helped shape the news of today. Five years ago May 17, 2007 Source Southern Rhode Island Newspapers
16 May 2012 Iowa Attorney General settles with shoe manufacturer - KWWL
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
16 May 2012 Exeter, RI Animals abandoned at Exeter cemetery
A place honoring our heroes turns into a dumping ground for …
16 May 2012 Newport, RI America’s Cup Racing Returns to Newport, Rhode Island - YAHOO!
America’s Cup racing returns to the United States next month when the AC World Series brings nine of the top sailing crews in the world to Newport, R.I. The American team, ORACLE TEAM USA, currently leads the AC World Series by one point, so the final ...
16 May 2012 Rhode Island working to help Schilling company after missed payment
Rhode Island is looking to help former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company after it missed a scheduled $1.1 million payment to the state's economic development agency.
16 May 2012 Middletown, RI Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) Fundraiser - Patch
A Star to Steer Her By: Fundraising Auction & Reception to benefit the construction of the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry. For more information on ticket pricing and sponsorship opportunities contact OHPRI Development Associate Lesley Bunnell, bunnell@ohpri.org ...
15 May 2012 Susan Wagner's jumpman Ezike picks Rhode Island
Benjamin Ezike was better than Rhode Island. At least that’s the way the Susan Wagner jumping star felt with interest from some of the country’s top programs. “Early on I was shutting them off,” he said. “I was feeling like I was too good because I was getting...
15 May 2012 Middletown, RI Health Check: Cord blood saves girl - Turnto10.com
Perhaps one of those donations -- we may never know -- saved the life of a Middletown girl ... that new mothers will decide to donate their umbilical cord blood to Rhode Island's public cord blood bank, which then becomes available to anyone ...
15 May 2012 Rhode Island scrambles to save Curt Schilling’s game company
Rhode Island economic development officials are scrambling to salvage their $75 million investment in Curt Schilling’s video game company 38 Studios LLC, calling an emergency meeting for Wednesday morning after reports that the company defaulted on a $1.12 million loan payment.
15 May 2012 Barrington, RI Faxon, Andrade have stars aligned for CVS golf - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
BARRINGTON, R.I. — Some big names from professional golf’s past, present and future — including Yani Tseng, Annika Sorenstam, Mark Calcavecchia, Lorena Ochoa, Corey Pavin and Lexi Thompson — will play at Rhode Island Country Club June 17 ...
14 May 2012 Barrington, RI Jayne Starring - East Bay
McFetters Sr., she was a lifelong resident of Barrington. Mrs. Starring was a registered nurse at Rhode Island Hospital for 20 years. She was a graduate of Rhode Island College Class of 1982. Jayne was a beautiful person who put others ...
14 May 2012 Barrington, RI Angelina DiSanto - East Bay
Born in Falvaterra, Italy, a daughter of the late Pio and Maria V. (Marsella) DeAngelis, she lived in Barrington for 87 years. Mrs. DiSanto was a twister for the former Collins & Aikmen Co. for 5 years before retiring in 1960. Angelina was a ...
14 May 2012 Newport, RI "Music in the Galleries" MSD Quintet - Patch
Based in Newport, Rhode Island, the MSD Quintet performs energetic contemporary jazz in venues across Southern New England. With influences from the Yellowjackets, Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis along with Rock and R&B sounds from the sixties, MSD Quintet ...
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- Uncertainty For Iraqi Translator After Withdrawal - WBUR
And we'll go first to - and this is Marie. Marie with us from North Smithfield in Rhode Island. MARIE: Good afternoon. How are you? CONAN: Good, thanks. Yes. MARIE: I'm calling because I was in Baghdad with the Civil Affairs unit from '03 to '04.
- Iowa Attorney General settles with shoe manufacturer - KWWL
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