Archive - Oct 29, 2011
Mike Carey is dressed for the elements as the rain turns to a heavy, wet snow just as he begins parking cars for âThe Little Shop of Horrorsâ at the Stadium Theatre on Saturday afternoon. The calendar may still say fall but a rare early norâeaster hit New England anyway.
FOSTER â The ultimate goal for Mount St. Charles senior Patrick Butler and Cumberland junior Trevor Crawley is to finish among the elite at next weekendâs state championships on Nov. 6.
All of their races beforehand are geared toward peaking in time to compete with the big boys on cross-countryâs biggest stage.
PAWTUCKET --- Ponaganset put the exclamation point on a perfect season on Saturday morning at Slater Park, winning the Division III state title in the same determined fashion that has marked the Chieftainsâ play over the past two months.
âWeâre on Cloud Nine right now,â Ponaganset coach Jamie LaRose said after her squad blanked Scituate 4-0 in a match that took only 70 minutes to complete. âThis has absolutely been an unbelievable season.â
By JIM BARON
PROVIDENCE â If General Treasurer Gina Raimondoâs pension reform proposal does not pass, Woonsocket Mayor Leo Fontaine told a joint House and Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday, his already hard-hit city would face a 12 percent tax increase just to fund the cityâs pension plans.
WOONSOCKET â A former textile manufacturing complex that helped put the city on the map is entering its final days before a demolition crew erases it from the Hamlet Avenue and Davison Street landscape.
City Economic Development Director Matthew Wojcik reported this week that plans are moving forward for the razing of the former French Worsted mill complex at 153 Hamlet Ave., the last buildings of a textile manufacturing operation that once filled both sides of Hamlet Avenue.
