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Angel Eyewear launch Pink Hope to fight breast cancer

$5.00 of each Pink Hope Wonder sunglass sold will be donated to nonprofit Keep A Breast Foundation's youth awareness and outreach efforts.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Warwickonline.com

Company celebrates century with planting of 200 sugar maples

A GROWING FUTURE: Representatives from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Independence Financial Partners teamed up to plant 100 sugar maples throughout the state.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Providence Journal

Flu fight gets under way

Wearing their school uniforms, gym sweats or after-school clothes, students at St.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Turnto10.com

School-based H1N1 clinics to start Monday

Rhode Island health officials will begin school-based H1N1 flu clinics on Monday.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Providence Journal

Gasoline prices are up for second week

All of a sudden, it seems, gas prices are rising again. The average price of regular self-serve gas jumped 13 cents a gallon, to about $2.69 - an increase of 5.1 percent in a single week, according to the results of a survey posted on Monday by the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Providence Journal

North Smithfield Animal control officer needs parrot food

In "Mary Poppins," feeding the birds was only a tuppence a bag, but for Animal Control Office Scott Goodwin these days, it's more like $7.70. And since Thursday, when he become the caretaker of about 30 parakeets seized as part of a Department of Environmental Management investigation, it's becoming a problem, financially anyway.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Providence Journal

Making local restaurants appetizing

The uniquely Rhode Island attitude of "I can't eat there! I've never been there!" is what encouraged Joe Zito and Armand DeLuise to create TV Maitre d', a monthly restaurant show now in its sixth year on local television.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

The New England Bulletin

Solar goes retail in Rhode Island with opening of display room

Thermal Reserve, LLC has announced the opening of its first retail display in Rhode Island to exhibit and sell solar energy products.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

WLNE-TV Providence

POLICE: N. Smithfield Carjacking a Hoax

A Rhode Island man who claimed he was car-jacked was arrested Wednesday night. According to the North Smithfield Police Department, Seth Desjarlais, 27, of Pascoag, is facing charges that he falsely reported that he was the victim of a car jacking on Pound Hill Road.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

Providence Journal

North Smithfield police investigate 'car jacking'

The police are investigating what they're calling a "car jacking" after a 27-year-old Pascoag man called 911 Tuesday night to say his car had been taken after a suspect broke into his driver's-side window and demanded he exit the vehicle.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

Providence Journal

Political Scene: Former Lt. Gov. Charlie Fogarty is now a lobbyist

Former Lt. Gov. Charlie Fogarty is returning to the State House. But this time, he'll be wearing a lobbyist badge.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

Providence Journal

Urban culinary elegance in the suburbs

It was a last-minute decision to head out to review a restaurant that led me to the remarkable Rocco Italian Osteria.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

Providence Journal

Smithfield pastor named auxiliary bishop of Providence

Providence Journal file photo / Mary Murphy Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, left, watches as Monsignor Robert Evans cuts the cake in 2007 at the celebration after Evans' installation as pastor at St.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

Providence Journal

Court upholds firing of Smithfield teacher

A Superior Court judge has upheld the firing of a Smithfield social studies teacher for stapling a student's scalp during a classroom stunt three years ago.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

Providence Journal

Missing officer's body finally found in woods

In a rural police department with 12 patrol officers who knew each other and their routines well, the disappearance of Officer Michael E. Hopton in September was shocking.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

Providence Journal

Rhode Island consumers find more temporary storefronts

The economy has left shopping center lineups in a shambles with vacancies evident in every sizable retail property in Rhode Island and elsewhere.

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

Examiner.com

SALE! SALE! Columbus Day - Rhode Island Yarn Shops - take a drive, see the foliage

Time to plan for Christmas and winter projects now! Starting October 9th, all products at Sakonnet Purls are at least 20% off.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009

Providence Journal

Electrical fire displaces Smithfield councilman's family

An electrical fire at the house of a Smithfield town councilman damaged the living room and front area and caused smoke and heat damage throughout the house, Fire Chief Joseph Mollo said.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

Providence Business News

$135M to fund R.I. water, sewer work

State officials on Tuesday said they plan to borrow $135 million to fund water infrastructure projects across Rhode Island, the bulk of which - " $92.15 million - " will be used by the Narragansett Bay Commission and 10 municipalities to replace old and failing sewage systems.

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Sun Oct 04, 2009

Providence Journal

Smithfield YMCA's pool area is centerpiece of $750,000 renovation project

A big sign in the lobby of the Smithfield YMCA tells visitors the facility is undergoing a major renovation project, just in case they didn't notice that half the roof was missing from the building.

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