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Projo 7 to 7 News Blog: RI United Way youth group seeks donations for food bank

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:59:00 -0500

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The United Way of Rhode Island has announced that a youth organization has launched a food drive through Dec. 18 for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.

Members of the Young Leaders Circle, a United Way group formed to engage youth in making a positive difference, are asking [...]

Projo 7 to 7 News Blog: Friday's Providence Journal front page

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:17:16 -0500

Download a copy of Friday's Providence Journal front page.

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Projo 7 to 7 News Blog: Cold with a chance of snow

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:12:04 -0500

Live local radar

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Expect a cold day with a chance of snow Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

It's only 21 degrees at about 7 a.m. in Providence, and the wind makes it feel like nine degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The [...]

Projo 7 to 7 News Blog: Today in history: Chief Judge Williams steps down

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:05:00 -0500

On the local front:

A year ago today:

Journal file photo/ Bill Murphy
Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Williams (left) listens to testimony before the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Frank J. Williams, the chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, stuns the legal community and his [...]

Anchor Rising: Business Associates and Classes

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:59:00 -0500

Larry Valencia and John Marion (of Operation Clean Government and Common Cause Rhode Island, respectively) are exactly right about union members' being "business associates" who should be barred from self-dealing (or associate-dealing) as public officials: First, [the RI Ethics Commission]...' [...]

Providence Daily Dose: Another One for the Books

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:02:00 -0500

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So, you ask, what exactly is it that preteen Catholic schoolgirls don’t do? Breaking the principal’s clothesline, for one. But that’s exactly what heroine Jody has done, in first-time Providence author Judi Cosentino’s book, Good Girls Don’t….

Self-published and soon making its way to local bookstores, [...]

Providence Daily Dose: Weekend In Music

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:18:59 -0500

Friday — @the Box, Sharks Come Cruisin, Spanish Gamble, Reverse the Curse, imadethismistake @Firehouse 13, Death Vessel, Brown Bird,Tom Thumb @AS220, Mary Bee, Ocean Born Muse, Michelle Lewis, Allysen Callery @Club Hell, Company of Thieves, Eric French and Mr. Hyde @Lupo’s, RI Blues [...]

Projo Subterranean Homepage News: Free mp3s: Talking Heads '83

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:27:49 -0500

Talking Heads - Saratoga Springs 1983
Live at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, August 5, 1983. Very good soundboard. (This show has also been listed as August 3, 1983.)

David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth met at RISD and went on [...]

Anchor Rising: Global Warming: What is the 6% Solution?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:49:00 -0500

The Climate Conference commenced Monday in Copenhagen. President Obama has promised that the United States will abate its greenhouse gas emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels over the next decade and by 83% by 2050. Adding to the madness,... [...]

Kmareka.com: A Cool Blog

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:05:24 -0500

If you like David Macauley, and knowing how things work, if you like the Discover Network and Google Earth and maps and blueprints and the changing skyline, you’ll love, Greater City: Providence. Greater City: Providence promotes the growth and development of the Greater Providence region in as urban a pattern as [...]