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December 21, 2005

Carcieri to announce pact to return elderly Providence woman to her home

PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri is expected to announce this afternoon that a tentative agreement has been reached to allow an 81-year-old Providence woman to return to her home after she was evicted last week for failure to pay a sewer bill.

Carcieri will be joined by Joseph Rodio of Providence, the lawyer who has been helping Madeline Walker gain back possession of her home.

The announcement follows a meeting with two of the three parties in the case, according to a media advisory this morning from the governor's office. A hearing has been scheduled before Superior Judge Daniel A. Procaccini Friday in Superior Court to finalize the agreement.

Walker's case attracted statewide attention when television stations filmed the elderly woman being evicted from her house at 122 Chester Ave. on a bitterly cold day. Carcieri called it "an outrage" and contacted Rodio to work pro bono to help save Walker's home.

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