Archive - Oct 2011 - News Article
October 30th
A utility flatbed truck lies on its side, completely blocking the southbound travel lanes on Route 146 in Lincoln around 9 a.m. Sunday. Apparently, the driver of the truck lost control Sunday morning, with wet road conditions possible a factor. The highway was shut down from the Route 99 offramp in Lincoln to the Route 116 exit for close to two hours while the vehicle was righted and towed from the scene. Rhode Island State Police and Albion Fire responded to the scene, while Lincoln and State Police handled road closures and traffic control.
October 29th
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.
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.
October 27th
LINCOLN â Holding his finger and thumb less than an inch apart, Gov. Lincoln Chafee told the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce Thursday that the state is âthis closeâ to intervening in the financial affairs of East Providence, at least in part due to pension obligations.
âNobody wants to hear the word Central Falls, but â trust me, itâs not just in Rhode Island, all across the country â municipalities are really under stress. And here in Rhode Island, this is our time to help these municipalities.
October 26th
WOONSOCKET â Mayor Leo T. Fontaine may not have an opponent on next monthâs election ballot but he does have a cause.
Fontaine says heâs doing everything he can to persuade voters to reject the proposed synchronization of municipal, state and federal elections. Itâs one of four referendum questions that will appear on the ballot of the citywide election Nov. 8.
âIâm speaking out against it every chance I get,â says the mayor.
October 25th
WOONSOCKET â Maple cabinets, granite island, plush, multi-hued carpets with that brand-new smell.
Thereâs a feast for the senses in Paul and Lorraine Jacobâs new house on Hillsdale Street. But the most important component of the only new house built in the city this year is something you canât see or touch.
Call it generosity: When the Jacobsâ 46-year-old cape was destroyed by fire last winter, a citywide network of supporters launched a prolonged and persistent fundraising campaign to help the couple rebuild bigger and better than ever.
October 24th
PROVIDENCE â Like any other commodity, sex would not be sold if there was no one to buy it.
Thatâs why the RI Coalition Against Human Trafficking (RICAHT) is pointing an accusatory finger at men who patronize prostitutes as the real source of suffering and degradation.
U.S. Marine Spc. Kristopher Gates, 21, spoke to Mount St. Charles Academy students last Wednesday about his experiences as a member of the 1st Recon Battalion serving in Afghanistan. Gates and his father, Ken Gates (in the background wearing a cap) came to the school to thank students and teachers, including Ruth Lepre and Barbara Ferrer, for sending letters and care packages to servicemen and women as part of the school's "Soldier Drive" program.
WOONSOCKET â Rhode Islandâs First Lady Stephanie Chafee will be visiting Woonsocket Thursday at a public forum at the Woonsocket Harris Public Library entitled âWomen, Health Disparities and HIV/STI Prevention: Building Healthy Communities and Families in Rhode Island.â
The forum will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the library, 303 Linton Ave.
