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December 6, 2007

Tonight: Big band at URI, rock at Lupo's, jazz at Ruth'sChris

Tonight there's music of all types, including in the restaurant of the lottery industry company's downtown building.

The C100 Big Band, directed by John Monllos, and The Blues and Standards Combo, directed by Steve Johnson, play at University of Rhode Island, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, Upper College Road (off Route 138), Kingston. Call 874-2431. 7:30 p.m. $8; $2 students.

Cake and Oakley Hall play rock at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, 79 Washington St., Providence. Call 331-5876, 272-5876, www.etix.com. 6 to 10 p.m. $32 advance; $39.50 reserved.

Lonestar plays country at Twin River, Event Center, 100 Twin River Rd., Lincoln. Call 331-2211, www.ticketmaster.com. 9 p.m. $19.50-$35.50.

Dick Lupino and Paul Nagel play jazz at Ruth's Chris Steak House, GTech Center, 10 Memorial Blvd., Providence. Call 272-2271. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Posted by Mike McKinney at 7:00 PM | Comment

Whitehouse co-sponsors bill to ban CIA from using torture

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, is co-sponsoring an amendment that he said would effectively ban CIA interrogators from using torture.

Whitehouse's office said in a news release today that the amendment has been adopted by Congressional intelligence committees as part of a 2008 intelligence financing bill.

The proposal would bar intelligence community members "from using any interrogation technique beyond those authorized in the Army Field Manual," the release said.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, sponsored the amendment and other co-sponsors include Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, and Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin.

The Associated Press today reported that the CIA videotaped interrogations of two major terror suspects in 2002, then destroyed the tapes three years after.

“By adopting this amendment, the two Intelligence Committees -- Congress’s experts on these matters -- have sent a clear signal to America and to the world: that in this country the rule of law is our strongest bulwark against those who would do us harm,” Whitehouse said in the statement.

“It is a signal that we expect our enemies to treat Americans humanely and with dignity, and we will do the same with them," he said.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:48 PM | Comment

Bush nominates Rhode Islander to federal appeals court

President Bush's nomination of Judge William E. Smith to the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is headed to the U.S. Senate, the White House announced today.

The nomination is to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Judge Bruce M. Selya, who stepped down from full-time service on the bench in December 2006.

Smith has been a U.S. District Court judge since the Senate confirmed him for that post in December 2002. Journal articles described him at the time as a Providence labor lawyer who was a longtime friend and political associate of then-Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, for whom he served as staff director.

Born Dec. 31, 1959, in Boise, Idaho, Smith is married with two children. He holds a bachelor's degree and a law degree from Georgetown University.

He was admitted to the bar in Rhode Island in 1987. He was a lawyer at Edwards & Angell in Providence from 1987 to 2002. He served as Warwick city solicitor, counsel to the Rhode Island Office of Secretary of State and has been an adjunct faculty member at various times at Providence College, Bryant College and currently at Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol.

Last month, the president nominated Magistrate Lincoln D. Almond, son of former Gov. Lincoln C. Almond, to become a U.S. District Court judge in Providence. The nomination is to replace retired U.S. District Court Judge Ernest C. Torres.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:35 PM | Comment

Sixth-grader suspended after firing pellet gun in class

WARWICK -- A sixth grader at John Brown Francis Elementary School accidentally shot at a classmate with a pellet gun while in class on Monday, according to Supt. Peter P. Horoschak.

School officials believe the act was unintentional, but the student has been suspended for seven days pending a behavioral evaluation.

Because Warwick, like other Rhode Island schools, has a zero-tolerance policy regarding weapons, officials also referred the matter to Warwick police for review.

The victim was not injured.

The shooter told school officials he was just taking the gun out to show his friends.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Cynthia Needham

Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:10 PM | Comment

Intersection closing prompts detours in Coventry

COVENTRY -- Station Street where it intersects at Main Street (Route 117) will be closed to traffic tomorrow and at least until the middle of next week during the daytime as a part of a continuing sewer installation project on Main Street.

The $3.2-million project, financed by a loan from the Rhode Island Clean Water Agency, began this fall. It includes installing an extension of a line from a pumping station on Sandy Bottom Road and setting up lateral lines to serve homes and businesses. The sewer work is being handled by D’Ambra Construction in Warwick.

For this stage, the police will detour motorists heading west on Main Street at Knotty Oak Road and then onto Maple Street, to pick up Station Street heading north. Motorists coming east on Main Street will be detoured at South Main Street. Drivers heading south on Station Street will not be allowed to turn at Main Street and are advised to turn sooner.

Normal traffic patterns will be permitted on Station Street during the evening and over the weekend. Daytime road closures at Main Street between Sandy Bottom Road and South Main Street, in effect since Nov. 5, will remain in place until at least Saturday

-- Journal staff writer Lisa Vernon-Sparks

Posted by Mike McKinney at 6:00 PM | Comment

Arraignment postponed for 2 RI men charged in murder

The Massachusetts arraignment of two Rhode Island men charged in connection with the murder of Carlos Gomez of Pawtucket, whose body was found in Foxboro, Mass., was postponed today.

Ariel Morales, 32, of 43 Sheridan Road, Central Falls, and Jose Perez, 29, of 573 Central Ave., Pawtucket, are the second and third men to be arrested in connection with the murder of Carlos Gomez, 29, of Pawtucket.

They will be arraigned tomorrow at 9 a.m. in Wrentham, Mass., District Court and were ordered held without bail overnight for that arraignment.

Defense lawyer Bob Griffen, who will represent Morales, and William Sullivan, who will represent Perez, were not able to appear in Wrentham, according to the Norfolk, Mass., District Attorney’s office.

Earlier today, both men appeared in District Court, Providence, this morning on fugitive warrants and did not fight rendition -- also known as extradition -- to Massachusetts.

Gomez's body was found on Oct. 15 along a remote area of Route 106 in Foxboro.

Luis Lopez, 24, of Cross Street, Central Falls, has already been arrested in connection with the murder. He has pleaded not guilty.

David Traub, a spokesman with the Norfolk DA's office, said information in the court records from Lopez's arraignment suggest the victim may have been in debt to one or more of the defendants.

-- projo.com staff writers Brandie M. Jefferson and Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney at 5:20 PM | Comment

3 Barrington teens sent to state's drug-alcohol court

Family Court’s top judge this week sent three Barrington teens to the state’s juvenile drug and alcohol court program based on charges that they bought booze linked to a Nov. 5 crash that killed 16-year-old Jonathan Converse.

Family Court Chief Judge Jeremiah S. Jeremiah Jr. also prohibited two of the teens from participating in athletics, telling one of them, “No after-school activities. You don’t deserve to do anything. You’re a disgrace to the community.”

The Barrington police filed Family Court petitions accusing the teens of being wayward, and the teens were arraigned before Jeremiah on Monday.

Detective Josh Birrell alleged that two of the teens went to S&M Liquors in Providence on Nov. 5 and purchased three 30-packs of Busch Lite beer and a bottle of vodka. “The alcohol was then given to a group of acquaintances,” Birrell said, and that group included the Barrington teenager who has been accused of drinking beer and driving twice the speed limit before slamming into a tree, killing Converse, who was one of his passengers.

Birrell alleged that the third teenager went to Douglas Liquor in East Providence on the same day with “an 18-year-old acquaintance.” He said they bought a 30-pack of Busch beer and “later gave approximately five beers” to the driver charged in the fatal crash.

Benjamin W. Geldmaker, 18, of 128 Maple Ave., Barrington, faces a misdemeanor charge of underage possession of alcohol in District Court. While Geldmaker is in the adult court system, the other teens involved are in Family Court and authorities are not identifying them by name.

“I am tired,” Jeremiah said during one of the arraignments. “I am tired of these kids not learning the responsibility. I am tired of these kids not knowing the dangers. We lost a child.”

-- Journal writer Edward Fitzpatrick

In all, four Barrington teenagers have died in incidents linked to alcohol in the last few years, Jeremiah said. “That doesn’t happen in Barrington alone,” he said. “It happens all over the state. Just last week I had four kids from other parts of the state. Kids have to learn responsibility.”

Jeremiah said he could send the three teenagers to the state Training School for at least five days based on the conclusion that they are dangers to the community. But he offered them the chance to instead refer them to Family Court’s juvenile drug and alcohol court, and all three chose the drug court program.

In an interview, Jeremiah explained that the program last about 90 days and involves trips to a hospital emergency room to see victims of drug- and alcohol-related incidents and accidents. Also, parents and their children meet with counselors to discuss alcohol and family issues, he said.

“We teach them the dangers of alcohol,” Jeremiah said during one court session. “The parents have to be involved.” If the teens successfully complete the drug court program, the charges are dropped and are no longer on their records, he said.

During one of the arraignments, Birrell said two of the teens went to S&M after hockey practice.

“Are they hockey players?” Jeremiah asked.

“The last two were, your honor,” Birrell said.

“This gentleman and the last one?” Jeremiah asked.

“Yes,” Birrell said, adding, “They are not playing hockey this year.”

Jeremiah told that teen, “No hockey. No athletic events at all.”

The judge then called another of the teens back in, telling him, “I understand you play hockey. That is taken away from you. You cannot be involved in any athletic events.”

The judge said, “Barrington, you make sure that’s enforced.”

Birrell said, “I’ll speak to the school, your honor.”

Jeremiah then called another of the teens back in, telling him, “I understand you play hockey.
That is taken away from you. You cannot be involved in any athletic events.”

In an interview, Jeremiah was asked why he barred the teens from participating in athletics. “I
think it’s a privilege,” he said. “It’s something that has to be earned. I’m sure if you play hockey, you enjoy it. If you follow the rules, you are entitled to play. If you don’t follow the rules, you are not entitled to play.”

Posted by Mike McKinney at 5:10 PM | Comment

Police respond to report of shots; 1 victim at hospital

PROVIDENCE -- The police responded late this afternoon to a report of shots fired in the area of 243 Elmwood Ave. and subsequent to that a victim of an apparent gunshot in the leg appeared at Rhode Island Hospital, the police said.

It was not clear yet whether there is a relation between the report of shots fired and the person at the hospital.

Posted by Mike McKinney at 4:23 PM | Comment

Electric Boat plans to redesign subs to save money

GROTON, Conn. -- The president of Electric Boat says the company is redesigning Virginia-class ships to save the U.S. Navy as much as $800 million.

Electric Boat head John Casey says the company also is expected to sign a contract with the Navy late next year for at least eight more Virginia-class ships, extending construction work to 2018.

Casey spoke Thursday at the shipbuilder's annual business briefing for local, regional and state leaders in Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Casey says Electric Boat has also delivered three ships in a program converting Trident ballistic-missile submarines to conventional strike and special operations programs. Another is about to be turned over to the Navy.

Congress last month approved $588 million to accelerate production of Virginia-Class submarines to two a year as early as 2010, sooner than anticipated. But Casey says the increase will not significantly affect the Groton shipyard for several years.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Mike McKinney at 4:00 PM | Comment

Nurses at Women & Infants ratify 4% to 5% raises

PROVIDENCE -- The union representing nurses and other staff at Women & Infants Hospital has ratified a three-year contract that provides raises of 4 percent, 5 percent and 4 percent over the next three years and ensures that healthcare continues to be provided to the union members at no cost.

The union, District 11999 SEIU, approved the pact yesterday by an 863 to 6 margin, according to a union news release today.

The raises will take effect on Oct. 1 of each year. In May 2009, there will also be an increase "based on a market survey of other hospitals," the news release said. Shift differentials for evening and night workers also will increase to $1.75 per hour and $2.75 per hour, respectively.

Other details of the accord, as described by the union, are:

* Increasing up to $4.50 per hour the differential paid to nurses who are required to work in unfamiliar areas. The union said this is "to ensure greater continuity of care and decrease the practice of 'floating' licensed nursing staff between different units."

* The healthcare will continue to be provided at no cost and for the first time, the union said, employees can choose to get pay for up to 40 hours' unused sick time each year.

* "The hospital will continue paying a guaranteed-benefit pension plan for employees at 8 percent of gross payroll, with a provision for increasing the contribution if needed."

"All in all, we are very happy with this agreement. This turnout -- and the result of the vote itself -- really shows the unity and determination of our members," Cheryl Ross, a recovery room nurse and negotiating team member, said in the statement.

Sukie Ream, a labor room registered nurse, said: "In the face of the proposed hospital merger and the concerns that it raises for all of us, it's good to know that our jobs and the high quality care that we provide for our patients are secure."

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney at 2:52 PM | Comment

Tonight's Iway work canceled

The Department of Transportation has canceled tonight’s overnight highway closures. It will be business as usual on Routes 95 and 195.

Instead, the striping that had been planned for tonight will take place on Saturday, Dec. 8. The DOT postponed the work because of the expected low temperatures.

For Saturday night from 10:00 to 1 a.m., the Iway/Exit 19 off of Route 95 north will be closed. Traffic will be rerouted to Route 95 north Exit 20.

From 1:30 a.m. to 5 a.m., traffic on the old section of Route 195 east will have to leave the highway at Exit 2/Wickenden Street, and get back on the highway at the new South Main Street entrance ramp.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 2:47 PM | Comment

Update: Defendant in identity theft ring sentenced

A federal court judge today ignored a plea for leniency and a check for $31,000, in the case of a man charged with helping steal bank card information from supermarket customers in Rhode Island.

U.S. District Court Judge William Smith sentenced Mikael Stepanian, of Studio City, Calif., to six years in prison for his role in the scheme earlier this year that siphoned $132,000 from the accounts of 238 Stop & Shop customers in Rhode Island.

During a sentencing hearing this morning in Providence, Stepanian's lawyer proferred a personal check from the defendant's uncle, who was sitting in the courtroom, to help pay back some of the money stolen after Stepanian and three other Californians downloaded the bank card information from rigged checkout lane PIN pads.

In turning back the check Smith said: "I do not want to be perceived in any way . . . as allowing a defendant to buy leniency."

-- Journal staff writer Paul Grimaldi

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 2:00 PM | Comment

Sewer work may disrupt East Bay Bike Path

The East Bay Bike Path will be closed intermittently while the town of Barrington works on a sewer replacement project.

On Monday, work will begin work replacing a sewer line that runs from Barrington to the East Providence wastewater facility. Temporary paving will require closing certain parts of the path.

Most likely to be affected are the parts of the path that go through East Providence from Riverside square to the entrance to the Haines Memorial State Park on Metropolitan Drive.
Officials said wherever possible, the sewer line will be put alongside the path, under grass, to minimize disruptions.

Visit RIDOT’s Bike RI Web site for a map, or call customer service at 222-2450 for up-to-date information.

Questions about the sewer project should be directed to Barrington Public Works Director Alan M. Corvi at 247-1907.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 1:11 PM | Comment

Reader query: Do environmentalists annoy you?

Do you find environmentalists annoying? Tell us what bothers you most about eco-warriors. Please send your responses directly to Natalie Garcia, Journal environment writer, at ngarcia@projo.com.

Posted by Karen Bordeleau at 1:10 PM | Comment

Fourteen Woonsocket students charged in brawl

WOONSOCKET -- Fourteen students have been charged with participating in a brawl at Woonsocket High School.

The fight, which took place on Wednesday, initially involved just two students, but ultimately drew more than 200 to the school's main corridor.

School administrators and police officers broke it up. Ten boys and four girls, all juveniles, face charges ranging from disorderly conduct to resisting arrest and assault.

The police say no one was seriously hurt, though one girl was taken to the hospital to be examined.

The police also say the 14 students will be referred to either Family Court or the city's juvenile hearing board.

School Superintendent Maureen Macera says the behavior was unacceptable and won't be tolerated.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Mike McKinney at 12:40 PM | Comment

Pawtucket drugs-for-guns trade leads to 15-plus years

A Pawtucket man who has been described as an armed career criminal was sentenced today to 15-plus years in federal prison for trading drugs for guns at a Pawtucket motel with a person who turned out to be a federal agent.

Tracy Angiolillo was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi to 188 months after he traded crack cocaine and heroin for two guns in February, U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente's office said in a news release.

Prosecutor Peter F. Neronha said at the June plea hearing that the government could prove that on Feb. 22 Angiolillo met with an undercover Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent in a Pawtucket hotel parking lot, and gave the agent 1.15 grams of crack cocaine, about a half gram of heroin, and $100 in cash. The agent gave him two handguns.

Agents arrested Angiolillo.

Earlier in February, according to an ATF affidavit, agents had come up with information that Angiolillo was interested in trading guns for money and drugs. The undercover agent contacted Angiolillo, who said he wanted cheap “burners,” a term for guns. In exchange he could offer cash and “product,” meaning drugs, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

Angiolillo pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms, distributing crack cocaine and distributing heroin. He has a past state felony conviction for breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony and two state convictions for drug trafficking, the news release said.

The past convictions made him an armed career criminal under the federal sentencing law, meaning he was subject to a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. Lisi imposed six additional months.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney at 12:35 PM | Comment

Man working on Providence home falls three floors

PROVIDENCE -- A man working on a home on Douglas Avenue fell from the third floor and was taken to Rhode Island Hospital today, according to the Fire Department dispatch center.

No other information was available.

Posted by Mike McKinney at 12:26 PM | Comment

Whitehouse bill calls for end to Internet hunting

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has introduced legislation to ban Internet hunting, according to
The Humane Society of the United States. The Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting Act would prevent the operation of Web sites that allow people to shoot live animals remotely, according to the advocacy group.

Last year, the General Assembly banned the shooting of live animals by computer users remotely operating a digital camera, live ammunition and a rifle positioned on a ranch. The ban followed protests from The Humane Society, which called the business the "latest fad in Internet animal cruelty."

A total of 34 states have banned the practice, the group says. Here's a map of those states: hsus.org/web-files/PDF/internethunting_map.pdf

“Internet hunting is an appalling form of trophy hunting, one that is opposed by sportsmen and animal welfare advocates alike,” Michael Markarian, the group's executive vice president, said in a statement today.

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Posted by Benjamin N. Gedan at 12:25 PM | Comment

Barrington man begins sentence for failing to pay debt

Journal photo/ Bill Murphy
Paul D. Grieder, 42 of Barrington (right) surrendered in Superior Court this morning to begin serving a 30-day prison sentence for failing to make court-ordered payments to a Warwick man whose skull he fractured in 1988. Grieder’s lawyer, J. Ronald Fishbein, takes notes at left.

PROVIDENCE — With the click of handcuffs, a Barrington man was taken from the courtroom and sent to state prison this morning because he failed to make court-ordered payments to a Warwick man whose skull he cracked in a 1998 brawl.

Paul D. Grieder, 42, who lives with his parents on Linden Road, must serve 30 days at the Adult Correctional Institutions for willful contempt of court because he did not make payments to Michael P. Trainor during a portion of 2002.

With Grieder standing before him, Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Procaccini said people “who are far more disadvantaged than you” come to the courthouse every day to pay fines and other court-ordered payments.

“You simply refuse to do so,” Procaccini said. “You work. You are able bodied. The key to your jail cell is in your pocket. Apparently, it is going to remain in your pocket for the next 30 days.”

Since a 1992 civil judgment, Grieder has paid about $21,000 toward the $1.5 million he owes Trainor for the assault, which occurred outside a Providence nightclub and left Trainor with a loss of hearing. With interest, the debt now totals nearly $5 million.

On Oct. 4, Procaccini told Grieder that he’d send him to the ACI for 30 days unless he paid $3,000 to Trainor and $1,000 to Trainior’s lawyer within 60 days. But Grieder did not make any payments during that period.

-- Journal staff writer Edward Fitzpatrick

Posted by Jack Perry at 11:53 AM | Comment

Update: Suspects in Foxboro murder waive rendition

Two Rhode Island men will likely be arraigned this afternoon in Wrentham District Court on murder charges.

Ariel Morales, 32, of 43 Sheridan Road, Central Falls, and Jose Perez, 29, of 573 Central Ave., Pawtucket, are the second and third men to be arrested for the murder of Carlos Gomez, 29, of Pawtucket.

Gomez's body was found on Oct. 15 along a remote area of Route 106 in Foxboro.

According to a press release from the Norfolk District Attorney’s office in Massachusetts, both men appeared in District Court, Providence, this morning on fugitive warrants. Neither contested rendition to Massachusetts.

Luis Lopez, 24, of Cross Street, Central Falls, has already been arrested in connection with the murder. He has pleaded not guilty.

David Traub, a spokesman with the Norfolk DA's office, said information in the court records from Lopez's arraignment suggest the victim may have been in debt to one or more of the defendants.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 11:30 AM | Comment

New traffic patterns in W. Warwick

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If you’re planning to drive through West Warwick, keep an eye on the signs. Beginning today, the signs will notify drivers of impending traffic pattern changes.

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation announced today that it is planning to open part of the project known as the Arctic Circulator next week.

The project will, among other changes, restore two-way traffic to part of Main Street that has been one-way, going southbound, since the 1970s. That change is scheduled to take effect next Wednesday morning.

The project begins at the intersection of Main Street, Roberts Street and Legion Way. It ends at the intersection of Main Street, Legion Way and Providence Street. Traffic patterns on Legion Way will not change.

New traffic signals and additional crosswalks are also part of the project, designed in collaboration with the town of West Warwick to improve pedestrian safety and increase access to Main Street businesses.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 11:17 AM | Comment

Electric Boat exec to lay out plans for Quonset

John Casey, president of Electric Boat, is scheduled to visit the company's submarine building plant in the Quonset Business park this afternoon and discuss plans for 2008.

There are about 2,100 employees at Electric Boat's facility at Quonset and another 8,100 workers at the company's operation in New London, Conn.

This morning, Electric Boat's parent company, General Dynamics, based in Falls Church, Va., said it may buy back as many as 10 million shares to support its stock price. The shares (GD:NYSE) closed Wednesday at $92.43, up $2.5.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 9:12 AM | Comment

Internet romance leads to 18 months for molestation

MILFORD, Conn. -- A Rhode Island man convicted of molesting the 5-year-old son of a West Haven woman he met on the Internet has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Twenty-three-year-old Angel Vincente, convicted of abusing three boys when he was a teenager, had been accused of inappropriately touching the son of the woman.

Vincente was accused of molesting the woman's son while living with his new girlfriend and her family at her West Haven home.

Court officials say Vincente was 14 years old when he was convicted in Rhode Island of sexually abusing three young boys.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 8:13 AM | Comment

Ceremony tonight for deploying National Guard unit

NORTH KINGSTOWN -- A send-off ceremony is planned for a Rhode Island National Guard unit deploying to the Middle East.

About two dozen members of the 143rd Security Forces Squadron are leaving Saturday for a half-year deployment. They're going to the Middle East, although military authorities aren't saying exactly where.

A departure ceremony is scheduled for tonight at the Quonset Air National Guard Base in North Kingstown.

Their departure will bring the total number of deployed Ocean State National Guard soldiers to almost 370.

-- The Associated Press

Posted by Jack Perry at 7:02 AM | Comment

Mostly clear with a high of 30 degrees

In 2001, the high temperature on Dec. 6 was 72 degrees.

We won't get nearly that warm today, with a forecast high temperature of 30 degrees.

The skies should stay mostly clear all day and into the night, when the temperature drops to about 19 degrees.

There's a chance of snow late tomorrow morning, although if it snows, there likely won't be any accumulation. The high should be a little milder than today, near 37.

For more weather and regular updates, see projo.com/weather.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson at 7:01 AM | Comment

Today's front page

Today's front page features a story about Rhode Island's social host law, which punishes adults who allow drinking in their residences but hasn't been used often.

Download a copy ot today's front page in .pdf format.

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