Archive - 2013
March 28th
Dr. Alice R.
Boudreau
HAINES CITY, FL.- Dr. Alice R. Boudreau, 85, March 6, 2013, Haines City, FL. Life-long educator and school psychologist, retiring from the Woonsocket School Dept. in 1989 and resuming her career in 1999 at the age of 72 in Central Florida following the death of her husband Alphonse.
She is survived by her sons Roger P. and wife Christine; Maurice J. and partner Patricia Burrows; grand daughter Trina M. Laverty and husband James; great grand daughter Alyce M. Laverty and James' children Jaynie and Jim.
Anna D. Labossiere
BURRILLVILLE- Labossiere, Anna D., (Calise), 86, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013. She was the wife of the late Theodore J. "Ted" Labossiere.
Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Guiseppe and Guiseppina (Gugliemo) Calise.
Anna worked in local mills prior to working at Zambarano Hospital and the Lincoln Group Home for 12 years before retiring. She was a parishioner of St. Theresa's Church, Nasonville and was a member of their women's guild for many years.
PROVIDENCE – You have probably received e-mails telling you that $1,000 or more is available to you today by making a phone call or clicking an Internet link. If you live in a low-income neighborhood, there may be a storefront nearby where similar “short-term” loans are offered.
So-called “payday lenders” offer you quick cash for emergencies or to help you make ends meet until your next paycheck. But that money comes at a high price.
WOONSOCKET – U.S. Senator Jack Reed, D-RI, paid a visit to Family Resources Community Action’s 55 Main St. Employment Center Tuesday to call attention to its work and the potential impact of federal budget cuts locally.
Reed toured the Center’s youth and adult job training classrooms and spoke with Family Resources instructor Melissa Rouleau and Youth Services manager Stump Olsen about their work with area residents in the center.
March 27th
Jules R.C. Gadoury
WOONSOCKET- Jules R.C. Gadoury, 80, of Woonsocket, formerly of Blackstone, MA, died Sunday, March 24, 2013 in Landmark Medical Center. He was the husband of Dorothy M. (Riley) Gadoury, whom he married, September 26, 1953.
Born in Woonsocket, RI, he was the son of the late Sarto A.R. and Ernestine (Roy) Gadoury.
WOONSOCKET – Saying the city can’t afford to lose CVS Caremark, Councilman Robert Moreau has introduced a resolution calling on state lawmakers to quash the governor’s proposal to cut the pharmacy giant’s corporate income tax credits.
The City Council is scheduled to vote Monday on the resolution, which says the proposal exposes the city to too much economic risk.
WOONSOCKET – Here’s a sure sign of spring: Members of the Woonsocket Police Department are gearing up for another installment of the annual trek to Washington, D.C., known as Copswalk.
Since 2000, the fundraiser has generated over $90,000 for the Wisconsin-based Concerns of Police Survivors, a non-profit that provides counseling, scholarships, family retreats and other supports for relatives of police killed in the line of duty.
CUMBERLAND – Students at the high school Tuesday were asked to put their lives first and not to even think about texting when they are driving.
The request came from R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin, a former police officer, who is trying to warn students around the state about the sometimes fatal risks of texting when in a motor vehicle and getting them to pledge they will be safe.
March 26th
Within every road trip, there lies a theme. Sometimes it’s apparent the moment the car pulls out of the driveway. Other times, you may elect to start impulse free, the mind filled with vagaries. Then the theme emerges later.
The main objective of Providence College’s sojourn deep into the heart of Texas is short and succinct. The theme is this – “Get to the Garden.”
Germaine Collamati
FRANKLIN- Germaine "Jim" J. (Rondeau) Collamati 87, of Franklin, died peacefully, Saturday March 23, 2013 at the Milford Regional Medical Center following an illness. She was the beloved wife of Ernest G. Collamati for 64 years.
Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on July 19, 1925 a daughter of the late Arsene J. and Mary (Boucier) Rondeau, she was a lifelong resident of Franklin.
She was raised and educated in Franklin, and worked at the former Parmenter Poultry Farm and was a homemaker.
