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May 16th, 2011
Sophie Podorozny
LINCOLN- Sophie (Dypry) Podorozny, 90, a resident of the Holiday Nursing Home, passed away peacefully on Saturday at the Holiday with her family by her side. She was the loving wife of the late Paul G. Podorozny.
Born May 10, 1921, in Woonsocket, she was the daughter of the late Paul & Josephine (Dul) Dypry, she resided in Cumberland for many years before residing in Lincoln.
Arthur C. Bourassa
EAST PROVIDENCE- Arthur C. Bourassa, formerly of Woonsocket, died Saturday, April 30th, 2011 at Orchard View Manor in East Providence. He was the husband of the late Marie F. (Nicolatti) Bourassa who died in 2000.
Born in Woonsocket, he was a son of the late Adolph and Anna (Harisenko) Bourassa. He was a resident of Woonsocket for most of his life.
Mr. Bourassa attended Woonsocket High School and was employed as a production manager for Providence Steel Inc.
Helen M. Bourassa
MILLVILLE- Helen M. (Boisvert) Bourassa, 82, formerly of Summit St. and a resident of Lydia Taft House since 2009, died Fri. May 13, at Milford Regional Medical Center. The love of her life, her husband of 56 years Joseph W. Bourassa died on July 10, 2006.
She is survived by her son Walter J. Bourassa and his wife Susan of Millville; 2 sisters Doris Kollett of Uxbridge and Pauline Pouliot of Oxford and several nephews and nieces. She was predeceased by her brother William Boisvert.
May 15th
PAWTUCKET â Baseball scouts usually sit in the best seats minor league stadiums have to offer, a few rows behind home plate. They come armed with the tools of their trade â radar guns, stopwatches and âcheat sheetsâ that record the data of players down on the field.
âThe radar gun is mainly used to measure the speed of pitches,â Chicago White Sox scout Gary Pellant was saying on Sunday afternoon at McCoy Stadium. âIâve seen some scouts use them on infielders, to see how strong their arms are. Amateur scouts do that because they watch a lot of high school players who change positions.â
EAST GREENWICH â The diagnoses were dire and the prescriptions painful for addressing Rhode Islandâs economic woes at an Operation Clean Government forum on Saturday.
The event featured the brief return of the always colorful and often combative Steven Laffey to Rhode Islandâs fiscal and political fray. Laffey, the former mayor of Cranston and 2006 U.S. Senate candidate who has since decamped to a ranch in Fort Collins, Colo., apparently hasnât learned to mince his words since moving out west.
LINCOLN â It's been a long time coming, but old friends Ed Fox and Joe Buss finally have a date for the presentation of a Vietnam Veterans Memorial monument. It's something in which the duo have dreamed for the town for at least four decades.
On Saturday, May 21, at 1 p.m., the two Lincolnites will unveil the granite memorial â which now stands covered by a black nylon, Prisoner of War flag-like material knitted by Fox' wife, Patty â during a ceremony outside The Center (for seniors) on Jenckes Hill Road.
May 14th
Major Division:
Woon Tax 2 9 2 0 2 â 15
Cercle Laurier 4 0 0 0 0 - 4
Woon Tax Pitchers: Mat Letourneau, Harrison Blais, Jared Briere
Cercle Laurier Pitchers: Zachary Harnois, Jean Santana
Matt Letourneau led Woon Tax on the mound and at the plate with a 15-4 win over Cercle Laurier, bashing two doubles, a single and 4 RBIâs, Letourneau also tossed a 3 hitter over 3 innings, striking out 6.
Jared Briere added a triple and a single with 4 RBIâs for the Taxmen.
WOONSOCKET -- The St. Josephâs Veterans Cardinals had a monster week, grabbing a pair of wins and taking over first place in East Woonsocket Little League Major Division.
In the first game, the Cards edged out the Rotary Club Red Sox 6-5. Jimmy Cabral threw the first two innings for the Cards, striking out four batters and allowing just one hit.
PROVIDENCE -- Woonsocket High sophomore Jalen Evans made some history on Saturday at the Classical Classic, setting a new school record of 51.0 seconds while winning the 400-meter Large School race. John Wilburâs previous record of 51.2 seconds had been set way back in 1982.
Portsmouthâs Tyler Oliveira won the Small School 400 in 49.90 seconds, giving Evans something to shoot for as the championship meet schedule begins this coming Saturday with the Class meets.
WOONSOCKET â Move over dynamites and meat pies. Make room for aloo palak, malai kofta and maybe even a little dal chana.
Those are just a few of the tasty treats you'll find on the menu at new Tandoori Restaurant at 114 Main St. Even if you can't pronounce the menu, you're going to love the exotic flavors that fill your colorful plate.
