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« November 20, 2007 | Today | November 23, 2007 » November 21, 20077to7 taking a break for the Thanksgiving holidayWe'll be celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow and not publishing our usual updates to the 7to7 news blog. But that doesn't mean that projo.com is completely off for the day. We'll be updating the results of the traditional high school football games tomorrow afternoon and evening, as well as producing photo galleries of selected games. As usual, you're invited to upload your own photos and talk about the games, on HSgametime.com We'll be offering surveys and more photo uploads, sports blog updates, and our continually updating feeds of national, world and sports news from the Associated Press. On Friday, 7to7 will be back on the job at -- 7 a.m. Until then, have a happy Thanksgiving. Posted by Andrea Panciera at 6:43 PM | Comment What's coming up: Club scene, movies and footballBefore you dig into the turkey tomorrow, shake a leg tonight: Clipd Beaks, Green Bean and Bed of Knives play rock at AS220, 115 Empire St., Providence. Call (401) 831-9327. 9:30 p.m. $6. All ages. The Chasers and Signs of Life play rock at Ocean Mist, 895 Matunuck Beach Rd., Matunuck. Call (401) 782-3740 or go to www.oceanmist.net. 10 p.m. $5. The Kevin Crandall Band play blues and swing at Hilltop Café/Pod's Pizza, 23 Canal St., Westerly. Call (401) 596-9299. 9 p.m. Tribeca plays soul, Motown and disco at Two Jerks Pub and Grill, 446 Waterman Ave., East Providence. Call (401) 434-4111. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Unplugged plays, as one might expect, acoustic rock at Good Times Restaurant and Pub, 1668 Diamond Hill Rd., Cumberland. Call (401) 333-8828. 9 p.m. Check out more of tonight's club calendar listings. Movies are always a big hit on the Thanskgiving weekend. Get a head start on the crowd at the ticket line now. Check out projo.com's movie listings for tonight and for tomorrow. Of course, what would Thanksgiving be without sports? See the feast of Rhode Island high school football games scheduled for tomorrow. And check out the schedule of National Football games tomorrow here. Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:40 PM | Comment Update: Police release report on under-age Bristol partyThe Bristol police have released the report of the Nov. 11 under-age party that has led to the suspension of more than two dozen La Salle Academy students. The girl who hosted the party -- age 17 at the time and now 18 -- has been charged. Some of the nearly 30 teenagers at a Nov. 11 house party in Bristol were from Providence. Some were from Smithfield. Others were from as far away as Cumberland. But Bristol Police Lt. Nicholas Guercia said one thing was clear: “The majority were from La Salle.” La Salle Academy, a private Catholic high school in Providence, made headlines after Principal Donald Kavanagh suspended more than two dozen students and barred them from taking part in the annual Thanksgiving football game because of their conduct at the party. “I respect what I’m hearing,” Guercia said, “that the school is taking an aggressive position on this.” He said that the police department is investigating the incident aggressively, and will charge anyone involved in criminal activity, including violators of the state’s “social host” law. -- projo.com staff writers Brandie M. Jefferson and Michael P. McKinney with reports from The Journal East Bay bureau In an interview with The Providence Journal, Guercia mentioned the alcohol-related deaths of Kayleigh Raposa last February, and the deaths in 2003 of Justin Nunes and Steven Botelho in a drag-racing accident. He credited neighbors who called in with possibly saving the kids from hurting themselves. “What we can’t do, we are glad to see a school district doing and what the schools can’t do, we look to see parents doing,” he said. “We encourage the community, when they see things like this going on, to pick up the phone and make the call.” Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:07 PM | Comment 2 South County men accused of child pornographyThe State Police have arrested two South County men in unrelated cases involving child pornography charges. David Norman, 43, a former employee at the state Department of Administration, is alleged to have viewed child pornography on two laptop computers he used in his job, said Sgt. John Killian, head of the State Police Computer Crimes Unit. Killian said investigators found more than 100 images of child pornography on the computers, spread among eight series of photographs, each showing a particular child in increasingly lewd poses. Most of the images showed girls who were about 10 years old, he said. “It starts off like maybe a kid dressed up in a little dance like dress,” he said. “It eventually gets to the point where it meets our criminal statute,” with images showing the child’s private areas. The State Police began investigating after a forensic analysis of the computers by the Department of Administration identified “sexually oriented and obscene” instant message communications, Killian said. Norman, of 27 Whitehorn Dr., South Kingstown, was arrested Tuesday morning after turning himself in, Killian said. He is charged with possession of child pornography, a felony that carries a fine of up to $5,000 and up to five years in prison. He is free on $25,000 personal recognizance and has since been fired from his state job, Killian said. In the other arrest, also on Tuesday, Bryan K. Letson II, 32, of 131 Bowling Lane, Westerly, was arrested after troopers executing a search warrant found child pornography images on his computer, Killian said. The investigation began after authorities in Utah contacted the Rhode Island State Police Computer Crimes Unit to report that Letson had been chatting on line with two undercover officers. From Aug. 16 to Nov. 8, Letson is alleged to have had 13 online communications with officers, 10 of them involving the transmission of child pornography, Killian said. Killian said the images showed children, about 3 to 10 years old, having sex. “It’s not a child in a nudist camp,” he said of the images. “It’s a child engaged in sex.” Letson is charged with possession of child pornography and transmission of child pornography, which carries a fine of up to $5,000 and up to 15 years in prison. He was released on $25,000 personal recognizance. -- Journal staff writer Randal Edgar Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:01 PM | Comment Traffic: Pretty smooth going on Rhode Island roadsThe state police report that traffic this evening is generally moving smoothly. State police Cpl. John Beauregard said this evening that it's similar to a Friday evening. The police have no reports of highway accidents and related tie-ups. The state Transportation Management Center is not issuing any traffic accident advisories at this time. A look at the Transportation Management Center's traffic cameras suggests steady flow in predictable spots such as Routes 95, 195 and 295, but no outright traffic jams. "It's actually been pretty smooth," said Beauregard. By this afternoon, indications were that travel by train and plane had been surprisingly smooth. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Posted by Mike McKinney at 5:25 PM | Comment Coast Guard responds to minor fuel spill in Narr. BayAn estimated 10 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from a barge into upper Narragansett Bay this morning, drawing a Coast Guard response and clean-up by the tugboat crew. The Coast Guard said in a news release that a fuel filter malfunction caused the minor leak. Coast Guard investigators and personnel from the tug Nicole Reinauer found that about 50 gallons had come out of a failed generator filter. The tug's crew cleaned up about 40 gallons from the barge deck and 10 gallons from the Bay. The cargo aboard the double-hulled barge was not involved in the incident. A 41-foot utility boat sent from Coast Guard Station Castle Hill found no signs of fuel in the water from Newport to the Port of Providence. A crew member aboard the tug had noticed fuel on the deck of the barge's generator room. At about 6:20 a.m., the Coast Guard got the report of a diesel fuel spill on the deck of the barge RTC-135, with some spilled into the water. The Coast Guard said it immediately reported the incident to the state Department of Environmental Management and responded with Coast Guard personnel. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Posted by Mike McKinney at 5:00 PM | Comment Accused drug dealer wants to withdraw guilty pleaPROVIDENCE -- An accused drug dealer wants to withdraw his guilty plea to cocaine dealing charges because a Providence police detective never gave his defense attorney a stack of documents related to the case before he admitted guilt. Derrick Isom's attorney says that lapse violated Isom's constitutional rights. Isom is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 7 for conspiracy and dealing crack cocaine and faces up to life in prison. Isom's request is the latest twist in a bizarre criminal case that allegedly involves a conspiracy led by defense attorney John M. Cicilline, the brother of Providence Mayor David Cicilline, and police work so sloppy that an exasperated federal judge called it "incredible." Federal prosecutors dropped similar charges against Isom's co-defendant, Khalid Mason, after Isom had already pleaded guilty. The U.S. Attorney's office dropped the charges against Mason after Sgt. Scott Partridge found police reports and other documents related to the investigation in his attic. He had testified a few weeks before that he never took a single note during six weeks of surveillance. Providence police have started an internal affairs probe into the lapse. Police officials and Partridge did not immediately return calls seeking comment. In court filings, defense attorney Patrick Sullivan said Isom should be allowed to withdraw a guilty plea made nearly eight months before the missing documents turned up. Without seeing the documents, Isom could not fully evaluate the government's case against him before deciding to plead guilty, Sullivan said. Isom maintains his innocence, his lawyer said. During one court hearing, Isom testified that he pleaded guilty to avoid a possible life sentence, according to court records. Prosecutors oppose Isom's request but have not yet responded in court, said Tom Connell, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office. -- The Associated Press Months after pleading guilty, Isom testified that his former attorney, John M. Cicilline, told him that he could make the criminal case against Isom disappear in return for $200,000, some of which would be used to bribe police officers. U.S. District Court Judge William Smith said the allegations were troubling but remain unproven. Cicilline has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators for his role in an alleged extortion plot. Cicilline allegedly offered to set up drug deals that his clients could report to police in exchange for lesser sentences. Cicilline did not return a call seeking comment. Posted by Mike McKinney at 4:17 PM | Comment R.I. man turned over to face Foxboro murder chargeA Central Falls man accused of shooting a man to death in Foxboro, Mass., has been turned over to Massachusetts authorities after not contesting the transfer at a District Court, Providence, hearing today. Luis Lopez, 24, is accused of the Oct. 15 murder of Carlos Gomez, 29, whose last known address was on Benefit Street in Pawtucket, said a news release from Norfolk County, Mass., District Attorney William R. Keating. A driver in a remote area of Route 106 in Foxboro where the road goes under Route 95 spotted Gomez’s body in the east lane after 1 a.m. on Oct. 15. He was not carrying identification. Lopez was arrested at his Cross Street home on the early morning of Nov. 8 on a warrant, Keating's office said. After today's rendition -- also referred to as extradition -- hearing in Providence, Lopez was brought to the Foxboro police station. Keating’s office anticipated Lopez will be taken to Wrentham District Court for arraignment on the murder charge at or after 2 p.m. today. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Posted by Mike McKinney at 4:15 PM | Comment Seekonk police search for bank robberSEEKONK, Mass. -- The police said today they are looking for a suspect who wore a purple bandanna when he robbed a Sovereign Bank yesterday afternoon after passing a note to a teller that said he had a gun. No weapon was shown. The robbery happened about 3 p.m. at the Sovereign Bank at 21 Central Ave. A police news release described the suspect as a Caucasian male, about 50 years old, 6-feet-2-inches tall, weighing about 220 pounds, and wearing a purple bandanna that covered his head. The suspect had a goatee and a grayish beard. The police asked anyone with information about the robbery or the suspect's identity to contact the police at (508) 336-8123 or (508) 336-7027. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Posted by Mike McKinney at 4:00 PM | Comment Judge lets mom, 91, share Thanksgiving with daughterPROVIDENCE -- For the first time since January -- when her court-appointed guardian removed her from her daughter’s house in Warren -- 91-year-old Laurette Borduas Eifrig will be allowed by a judge to leave her assisted-living residence in Providence. The reason? So she can share Thanksgiving dinner with her daughter in a Seekonk, Mass., restaurant. Eifrig’s guardian, lawyer Paula M. Cuculo, told Superior Court Judge Alice B. Gibney in a chambers meeting today that she no longer considers Suzette Gebhard a kidnapping risk and that the mother-daughter outing would be good for her ward, a retired schoolteacher who is now blind and suffers from dementia. Eifrig and Gebhard, the former head of the Rhode Island League of Women Voters and a one-time Democratic congressional candidate, will dine together at Audrey’s restaurant in Seekonk. Under the terms of Gibney’s order, the outing will be limited to four hours and Gebhard must take a cell phone with her and stay in contact with Cuculo while Eifrig is with her. At the request of Gebhard and Cuculo, Gibney also agreed for the time being to allow Gebhard to start taking her mother on other outings once a week in Rhode Island for a maximum of four hours. The judge told Gebhard she was loosening the reins as “an act of faith” and would revisit the situation sometime after the new year. Tomorrow’s outing will be the first time that Eifrig has been allowed by the court to leave Capitol Ridge since the Warren police removed her from Gebhard’s home on Jan. 29 after breaking down the door. Gebhard was charged with obstruction of justice after she moved her mother from Reston, Va., to Rhode Island in May 2006 and then secreted her in her house for months, barring family members and Cuculo, from visiting with her. She spent a night in prison but was later acquitted. In an interview today, Cuculo said that she has learned from Eifrig that -- contrary to representations made by Francine Ardito, Eifrig’s Virginia daughter who formerly had power of attorney for her -- it was Eifrig’s wish to move to Rhode Island with Gebhard. “She wasn’t moved here against her will,” said Cuculo. “She was tired of living under Francine’s rule. She told me, “If you had the chance to get out, wouldn’t you have taken it?’ ‘’ The current restrictions on Eifrig’s freedom of movement -- and the subsequent appointment of an outside guardian -- was spurred by a bitter feud between Ardito and Gebhard over what is in their mother’s best interest and who would control her finances. Extra: More about the feud between sisters over their mother's care ... -- Journal staff writer Tracy Breton Gibney found, after protracted hearings, that because of their animosity toward each other, neither daughter was a suitable substitute decision-maker for their mother and appointed a paid guardian -- Cuculo -- instead. Cuculo now controls Eifrig’s investments, expenditures, health care decisions and with whom she may associate. Ardito is currently barred from seeing her mother. On Nov. 1, Gibney found her in wilfull contempt for repeatedly violating court orders that barred her from removing money from her mother’s trust. Over the past few months, Eifrig’s lawyer, Richard A. Boren, has submitted evidence to Gibney showing that Ardito took more than $300,000 of her mother’s money -- about 40 percent of her life savings --from Eifrig’s trust and deposited it in accounts in her own name, without disclosing to Boren or Cuculo that the money existed. In September, Ardito returned $251,183.27 of the money. Gibney has ordered her to repay an additional $16,000. If the money isn’t repaid by Dec. 14, an arrest warrant could be issued for Ardito and the judge could order her to pay a daily fine until she turns over the $16,000. According to canceled checks submitted to the court, Ardito used the $16,000 from her mother’s trust to pay a Virginia lawyer to sue her mother and Cuculo in an attempt to regain control over her mother’s affairs. Posted by Mike McKinney at 3:51 PM | Comment Nursing home outfit with R.I. ties declares bankruptcyHARTFORD, Conn. -- A nursing home company run by the same executive who heads up the record label for country star Travis Tritt has declared bankruptcy amid allegations of poor care and a state inquiry into whether it illegally used federal funds meant for patients for other purposes, including a lakeside home and the record company's launch. Middletown-based Haven Healthcare Corporation filed for voluntary Chapter 11 yesterday in New Haven bankruptcy court, asking for protection from the tens of millions of dollars it owes creditors while it restructures. The company operates more than 40 health-related companies in New England, including nursing homes, clinic and medical supplies. According to its Web site, it operates four health centers in Rhode Island, in Coventry, Greenville, Pawtucket and Warren. The company's largest debt listed in the bankruptcy documents is $13.7 million owed to Kentucky-based Omnicare Value Health Care, which provides pharmaceutical care to the elderly. In Connecticut, the company owes the state tax department nearly $600,000. It owes Connecticut Light & Power more than $400,000 in utility bills, according to the bankruptcy records. It also owes taxes in Vermont and Rhode Island. State officials alleged that the company let bills go unpaid while using company funds to launch a Nashville record label among other investments. That record company, Category 5 Records, does not appear in the bankruptcy filings. Ray Termini, the record company's chief executive officer, is also the CEO of Haven Healthcare. -- The Associated Press Termini has said much of the company's problems were caused by a low Medicaid reimbursement rate for health care services. He has denied misusing Haven Healthcare money. "Haven Healthcare has taken the extraordinary step of filing for Chapter 11 protection in federal court to protect our company, our staff, and most importantly the thousands of patients and residents that we care for each day," Termini said in a statement. Allegations against the company have drawn the attention of Tritt, who records under the Category 5 label. Tritt's manager, Duke Cooper, has said that Tritt is prepared to protect his interests by taking legal action, if needed against Termini. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was set to announce plans today to appoint an independent trustee to take over the nursing home operations. Posted by Mike McKinney at 1:16 PM | Comment Big trucks to be banned from Pawtucket bridgeThe state Department of Transportation next Wednesday will ban trucks weighing 22 tons or more from using the Pawtucket River Bridge on Route 95 -- exits 27 and 28. Trucks will have to follow any of three recommended detours in or around Pawtucket and Providence. Trucks going to Providence from Massachusetts should use Route 295 south to Route 146 south. Trucks headed to Pawtucket will need to follow signs for local detours. Detour through Pawtucket for trucks from Route 95 South. Detour through Pawtucket for trucks from from Route 95 North. Division Street westbound detour for cars to George Street offramp. George Street onramp closure car detour route to Route 95 North. The Rhode Island State Police will work with the DOT to enforce the restrictions. “The Pawtucket River Bridge is safe,” Jerome F. Williams, the DOT director, said in the statement. “The posting restrictions that go into effect next week are another step RIDOT is taking to ensure that it stays that way.” The posted ban on Route 95 will not affect cars, SUVs, ambulances, and light trucks. Buses, school buses and large empty trucks will still be able to go over the bridge. Trucks and heavy vehicles, such as most full tractor-trailers, will need to use the alternate routes. Fixed and variable message signs will alert truckers to the changes. The DOT has been doing emergency repairs on the bridge. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney Posted by Mike McKinney at 12:55 PM | Comment Update: Travel seems smooth by train or plane
“Right now, operationally, we’re pretty much on or close to on schedule and things are running smoothly.” That’s the word from Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole on the morning of the day before Thanksgiving, traditionally the busiest travel day of the year. And the vice president of communications at T. F. Green Airport used the word “seamless” to describe the experience today in Warwick. Even though Amtrak expects a 70 percent increase in travelers over a typical Wednesday, additional trains in the Northeast have helped ease congestion and keep trains running close to schedule. Most trains are booked, so anyone who hasn’t already bought a ticket today is probably out of luck, but Cole suggests people with last-minute travel plans to check the Web site, Amtrak.com, in case somebody with a ticket has canceled. Travelers should bring their photo identification, and tag their bags with their names and addresses, Cole said. The carry-on limit is two per person. People going to busy train stations should plan on getting there about 45 minutes early if they have to pick up their tickets at the train station. “The lines can get a little long,” he said. Green Airport has between 9,000 and 9,500 available seats, spokeswoman Patti Goldstein said. On a typical day, about 80 percent of those seats are booked. Today, she said, about 85 percent of the seats are filled, that's a difference of a few hundred people. At midday, Green's Web site was reporting that almost all flights were on time, both arriving and departing from the airport. -- projo.ciom staff writers Brandie M. Jefferson and Jack Perry Extra employees are working in all areas of the airport, including security and ticketing, Goldstein said, and the extra hands are helping. “It’s been quite seamless with people traveling through the terminals," Goldstein said of the airport, "they’ve been prepared.” But the airport isn’t out of the woods yet. Snow, rain and fog have slowed things down in the Midwest and, although we won’t see much precipitation today, those delays add up and could slow things down for people traveling later this evening. Keeping up with that crowd will be quite a task for airport workers. Reporter's query: Projo.com and The Journal are seeking tales from travelers as they return home from the holiday weekend. Are you driving home from out of state Sunday? We'd like to hear about your trip. If you’d like to share your story, e-mail us with your itinerary, the times you’ll be traveling on Sunday, and your cell phone number. Our address is: pjnews@projo.com. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 12:43 PM | Comment Damp, mild weather on tap for T-Day football tiltsHeading to a high school football game tonight or tomorrow? It may not be as cold as some years, but it more than likely will be damp. There's a 30 percent chance of rain tonight, with temperatures in the mid-40s. Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, one might wonder if we're observing the right holiday. Although a 40-percent chance of showers is predicted, the temperatures, fueled by south winds, are expected to climb into the 60s. Six games are scheduled for tonight in Rhode Island and 14 on Thanksgiving morning. Here's the schedule for today, and for tomorrow. You can preview them and make your own predictions for game results at projo.com's High School Game Time, which covers Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts schools. Projo.com's HSGameTime will have photo galleries posted late tonight from Rogers' football game at St. Raphael, and Narragansett at East Greenwich. Tomorrow evening, we'll have photo galleries from Cumberland vs. Woonsocket, Cranston East vs. Cranston West and La Salle vs. East Providence. HSGameTime will also post the results to the high school games as we get them on Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon (coaches should call in the games between 4 and 7 p.m.) Posted by Andrea Panciera at 12:20 PM | Comment 'Invincible' Eagle serves R.I. troops Thanksgiving dinnerPHILADELPHIA — He dished it out on the football field. Now he’ll be dishing it out for service personnel from Rhode Island. Former Philadelphia Eagle Vince Papale will be serving Thanksgiving dinner in southern New Jersey to National Guard troops waiting to be shipped out for active duty. This year’s out-of-town troops are from Illinois and Rhode Island. Papale, a former bartender, is famous for making the Eagles at age 30, a story told in the movie “Invincible.” Papale is now the president of the Camden County Bar Association. He told KYW radio in Philadelphia that people should support U.S. troops regardless of whether they support the country’s overseas wars. -- The Associated Press Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 11:30 AM | Comment Airport head expected to resign todayPROVIDENCE -- Mark P. Brewer, the head of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, is expected to submit a letter of resignation today, giving the corporation 30 days to find a replacement. The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen confirmed Brewer's appointment last night as the next director of Manchester-Boston regional airport in New Hampshire, according to a deputy city clerk. Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta nominated Brewer on Nov. 7. The corporation board plans to appoint an interim director at its meeting on Wednesday. The board will also appoint a subcommittee to lead the search for a permanent replacement. “I feel bad for Providence,” Sean Thomas, a senior policy advisor to Mayor Guinta, told The Providence Journal this morning. “We’re getting a great guy.” -- Journal staff writer Benjamin N. Gedan Posted by Mike McKinney at 11:19 AM | Comment DOT to announce Pawtucket River Bridge detoursThe state Department of Transportation this morning is announcing detours for the Pawtucket River Bridge on Route 95. By next week, only vehicles weighing less than 22 tons will be allowed on the Route 95 bridge. The DOT will discuss the detours from 11 a.m. to noon in the Director's office, Room 210 at Two Capitol Hill. Deterioration in support brackets have made the 49-year-old bridge a candidate for replacement. The session is geared to the press, not the public, as a previous blog indicated. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 10:44 AM | Comment Photo: Dousing a fire in Pawtucket
Posted by Jack Perry at 10:31 AM | Comment Amtrak adds trains for its busiest day of the yearDid you expect to hear this today? “Right now, operationally, we’re pretty much on or close to on schedule and things are running smoothly.” That’s the word from Amtrakspokesman Cliff Cole. Even though the company expects a 70 percent increase over a typical Wednesday, additional trains in the Northeast have helped ease congestion and keep trains running close to schedule. This is the busiest travel day of the year for Amtrak. Most trains are booked, so anyone who hasn’t already bought a ticket today is probably out of luck, but Cole suggests people with last-minute travel plans to check the Web site, Amtrak.com, in case somebody with a ticket has cancelled. Travelers should bring their photo identification, and tag their bags with their names and addresses, Cole said. The carry-on limit is two per person. Travelers going to busy stations should plan on getting there about 45 minutes early if they have to pick up their tickets at the station. “The lines can get a little long,” he said. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 9:33 AM | Comment State to name the lucky entrepreneurs MondayPROVIDENCE -- The state Economic Development Corporation will name the first recipients of a new tax credit on Monday, assisting companies in several high-wage industries. The initiative, announced in June, offers up to $100,000 to reward investments in so-called innovation-based industries. Those include biotech, information technology, financial services, marine and defense manufacturing and several others. The tax credit, which comes at a time when tax breaks are under intense scrutiny, reimburses an investor or a company's senior management for half of any investment made in the firm, up to $100,000. The credits will be applied toward state income-tax bills. The EDC is authorized to distribute $2 million in tax credits every two years until 2016, when the program will expire. The EDC board plans to vote on six applications at its meeting on Monday, according to EDC spokesman Andrew S. Cutler. "We're trying to attract and keep serial entrepreneurs in the state," Saul Kaplan, the executive director of the EDC, said in June. "We need more of them in Rhode Island." Posted by Peter Phipps at 7:40 AM | Comment Morning house fire sends one to hospitalAuthorities are still at the scene of an early morning fire in Cranston that sent one person to the hospital. Firefighters arrived at the one-story house at 90 Grace St. just before 3:30 a.m., according to Deputy Chief Jeff Wall. When they arrived, fire was seen coming out of the back of the home. The fire was out by about 6 a.m., but authorities are still there trying to determine a cause. One resident was taken to Rhode Island Hospital for possible smoke inhalation, Wall said. The person’s condition is unknown. • Keep space heaters at least three feet away from bedding, clothing, furniture, drapes and anything else combustible. • Turn space heaters off if you are not available to monitor this equipment. • Children near space heaters must be supervised at all times. • Don’t wear loose-fitting clothing when cooking to avoid ignition by stove burners. • Make sure all burners are off when you are done cooking. • Never leave stove burners unattended while cooking. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 7:14 AM | Comment Reporter's query: Seeking tales of the Sunday ride homeAre you driving home from out of state Sunday after the holiday weekend? We'd like to hear about your trip. If you’d like to share your story, e-mail us with your itinerary, the times you’ll be traveling on Sunday, and your cell phone number. Our address is: pjnews@projo.com. Posted by Andrea Panciera at 7:02 AM | Comment A chance of rain today, warmer but cloudy tomorrowThere's a slight chance of rain later this afternoon. Otherwise, the National Weather Service is forecasting another cloudy day with a high around 47 degrees. Rain could continue into the evening, when the temperature should drop slightly, to 44 degrees. And the holiday is looking gloomy too, but mild, with cloudy skies, a chance of rain, and a high temperature near 60 degrees. Thanksgiving night may bring even more rain and an overnight low of 36 degrees. Friday, finally, a little sunshine. Expect partly cloudy skies with a high temperature in the mid 40s and winds gusting up to 23 mph. Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 7:01 AM | Comment Today's front pageToday's front page features a story about Thanksgiving horror stories from the kitchen. |
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