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« July 2, 2008 | Today | July 7, 2008 » July 3, 2008Small plane crashes on takeoff from Middletown airportMIDDLETOWN -- A small plane crashed in a field after it took off from Newport State Airport this evening, and then exploded, according to witnesses. A witness also said he saw two men pulling a badly burned man from the plane, who kept repeating, “I’m OK. I’m OK. Get my wife out of there.” A spokeswoman for the R.I. Airport Corporation, which operates the two-runway airport, confirmed the crash but could not provide details. Firefighters and rescue crews are on site. By about 9:30 p.m., the state medical examiner had also arrived at the scene. Steve Tibbets, general manager of Landmark Aviation, which manages the airport, said he had no information yet on the crash when reached by phone at about 8:30 p.m. Pauline Peter, who lives on East Main Road adjacent to the airport, was finishing dinner with her fiancé at around 7:30 p.m. when she noticed a plane flying unusually low out her back window. “I’ve never seen a plane that low. It was obviously attempting to take off,” said Peter, who has lived next to the airport for the last 20 years. She estimated that the small white Cessna-style plane was about 50 feet in the air when the wings started to tilt dangerously to one side. She couldn’t tell how many people were on board. “It went behind a tree, you heard a crash, then an explosion, and then thick black smoke,” Pter said. “From the crash to the explosion was only a couple of seconds.” The plane landed on the edge of a residential area, Peter said, along Forest Avenue near East Main Road at the south edge of the airport. “Where it landed –– if it’s not in the residential area, it’s very close to some small houses,” Peter said, noting that the crash site was about a half mile from her home and the street had been blocked off by emergency vehicles. Local resident Mike Alexander was headed out to get a prescription filled when he noticed smoke coming from the field adjacent to the airport. “I saw smoke and I thought maybe the kids had set the field on fire for the Fourth of July,” Alexander said. The weather was clear but windy, he said. But he quickly noticed that the smoke was coming from a plane that had crashed a few hundred yards from the runway. There were two men, who didn’t appear to have been involved in the crash, pulling another man out of the plane. They got him out, according to Alexander, but he was badly burned. And the injured man was yelling, “I’m OK. I’m OK. Get my wife out of there,” according to Alexander. The man “was still conscious,” according to Alexander. “His clothes were burned off. He looked to me like he was seriously burned.” Just after the man was dragged from the wreckage, Alexander said that the plane exploded. “It was low and muffled,” he said, adding that there was a lot of fire. Soon after the explosion, rescue personnel began to arrive. Newport State Airport is one of six airports operated by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation. The 221-acre site has two paved runways and is about two miles northeast of the central business district of the city of Newport on Aquidneck Island. Map: Aerial view of the Newport State Airport and surrounding property. -- Journal staff writer Steve Peoples, with reports from Journal staff writer G. Wayne Miller Posted by Andrea Panciera at 9:37 PM | Comment This weekend: Fourth of July events top the listFireworks, parades, food and flags; Independence Day is nearing. Here’s a list of events, beginning tonight, to get you into the spirit of the Fourth of July: Tonight East Providence: North Providence: Pawtucket: Scituate: Warwick: Click below for a list of fireworks and other events scheduled for tomorrow. Friday I'll have to break from alphabetical order, because the Bristol Parade has to top the list. The parade begins on Hope and High Streets at 10:30 a.m. Attleboro, Mass: Block Island: Chepachet: Coventry: Cumberland: Fall River, Mass.: Newport: North Kingstown: Pawtucket: Providence: Somerset, Mass: South Kingstown: Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 7:00 PM | Comment National Grid ups electricity rate hike request to 21.7%Even before state regulators have considered a proposed 15.6 percent hike in electricity rates, National Grid now says it wants to increase rates even more. National Grid told the state Public Utilities Commission today that the increasing price of crude oil and natural gas has forced it to revise its proposed rate increase to 21.7 percent. The request is the largest single rate increase the company has ever sought, and would put rates at their highest level ever. National Grid has asked the new rates to go into effect on July 15. A typical customer, which National Grid defines as one who uses 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity each month, would pay a total of $93.44 a month, an increase of $16.67 a month from the current monthly bill of $76.77. The revised proposal was necessitated by the continued rise in energy prices, the company said. Since its original rate hike request in mid-May, National Grid said that both natural gas and crude oil prices have increased more than 10 percent. Since November, when the current rates went into effect, both fuels have increased by over 60 percent, the company said. The rate increase would add to the already strained budgets of families who are coping with record-high gasoline prices and rising food costs. In addition, National Grid in May proposed raising natural gas rates by 10 percent. National Grid is Rhode Island’s dominant utility company, providing electricity service to 477,000 customers in 38 communities and natural gas to about 245,000 customers in 33 communities. The company filed its revised rate-increase proposal with the state PUC this afternoon. The Public Utilities Commission will listen to comments on the revised rate request at a previously-scheduled public hearing at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the PUC office, 89 Jefferson Blvd., in Warwick. Posted by Tim Barmann at 5:59 PM | Comment More options for more Providence youths this summerThe Providence After School Alliance is expanding this year to provide a host of summer activities to middle school-aged children. About 300 middle schoolers will take part in the pilot program, which offers academic support and activities such as sailing, cooking and theater. The program runs from this Monday to July 31. “Providing fun, safe activities for our kids over the summer while keeping them engaged in academics is a critical step towards accelerating student achievement,” Mayor David Cicilline said in a statement. “This will help to reduce summer learning loss while providing a safe, fun place for our kids to spend time.” The program also provides summer jobs for students in high school. Thirty-nine high schoolers were trained to help staff the program. They’ll also get career and college training, paid for by Workforce Solutions of Providence and Cranston. The programs will be offered at the five AfterZones throughout Providence in partnership with the YMCA of Greater Providence, John Hope Settlement House, Providence Housing Authority, West End Community Center, Mount Hope Learning Center, City Parks Department and Providence Police Activities League. To learn more about PASA’s summer program, contact Jennifer DuClos at 490-9599 x167 or jduclos@mypasa.org. Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 4:53 PM | Comment Update: Block Island ferries on course after mishapEven though this is a holiday weekend and Interstate Navigation still has one ferry sidelined after a collision with a Coast Guard cutter Wednesday, the Block Island Ferry will follow its regular Friday schedule of 10 departures from Point Judith and 10 returns from the island tomorrow and its regular weekend schedule through Sunday. William A. McCombe, spokesman and director of security for Interstate Navigation, said the Manitou was filling in for the sidelined ferry, named the Block Island. The Manitou had been providing the one daily round trip to Newport, so the Newport route was canceled. The Block Island was taken out of service Wednesday after a low-speed collision with the Coast Guard’s 140-foot buoy tender Morro Bay, which was traveling from Newport to New London. The only visible damage was a dent in the Block Island, which traveled to a boatyard in Providence Wednesday on its own power. “The Coast Guard has to do a full inspection before it can be put back in service,” McCombe said. “We’re hoping we’ll have it back in service in a very short time.” Meanwhile, Interstate Navigation added one boat this morning to deliver vehicles whose reservations on the Block Island were canceled after Wednesday’s incident. The reservations desk moved quickly to notify those drivers and reschedule their passage, McCombe said. Reservations for vehicles must be made well in advance, at least four months ahead for holiday weekends, the ferry service’s Web site recommends. -- Journal staff writer Donita Naylor Larger boats in the Interstate Navigation fleet, such as the Block Island, the Anna C and the Carol Jean, can carry about 40 cars and as many as 1,000 people. The Manitou is among the smaller boats, carrying about 15 cars and up to 400 people. When it runs the Newport route, it doesn’t take vehicles. A high-speed boat, which makes the crossing in about 30 minutes, can take 250 people and no cars. The regular ferries cross in about 55 minutes. While the once-daily Newport service isn’t running, McCombe said, people wanting to board in Newport are being advised to drive to Point Judith (about a half hour, he said) and catch the ferry there. The street address in the village known as Galilee is 304 Great Island Road, Narragansett. Passengers who have to drive from Newport, he said, will get preferential seating if any passengers have to be turned away from a full boat. Find details about Block Island ferry services here. Gallery: See photos of the ferry and the aftermath of the collision. Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 3:55 PM | Comment Pick a beach, any beach -- they're all open / Photo
Today, the state Department of Health recommended re-opening Conimicut Point Beach and Oakland Beach, both in Warwick. That means as of today, all of the state’s 128 beaches are open to swimmers, waders, splashers and surfers. Both Warwick beaches had been closed July 1 after water samples tested positive for high levels of Enterococci, bacteria that thrive in animal intestines and are, therefore, indicators of sewage contamination. Results from the latest water samples show bacteria levels to be within “acceptable limits,” according to a statement released today by the Health Department. For the latest information on beach closings throughout the state, see the Health Department’s closures Web site or call the beach hotline, updated daily: (401) 222-2751. Looking for more information on the Ocean State beaches, period? Browse projo.com's Beach Guide and map. And before you head out, check the latest weather -- including tides and marine forecasts -- in the region you're heading to, via projo.com/weather
Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 3:46 PM | Comment Traffic Alert: Route 95 in downtown ProvidenceAn afternoon accident has a lane blocked downtown on Route 95 . The accident is on the southbound side of the roadway at Exit 22C/Providence Place Mall, and has the right lane blocked. See how traffic is affected on the Transportation Management Center's Web cameras.
Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 3:40 PM | Comment Coast Guard boat had new commander aboard / Video
The Coast Guard vessel Morro Bay was returning to its homeport in New London with a new commander aboard after a change of command ceremony in Newport when it collided with a Block Island ferry in thick fog yesterday afternoon. In a press release issued last night, the Coast Guard identified the commander as Lt. Douglas Wyatt, who took command of the vessel in a ceremony on Tuesday, the day before the incident. Wyatt, who enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1978, had been the officer in charge of the 65-foot ice-breaking tug Coast Guard Cutter Hawser. He had also served as the executive petty officer at Station Castle Hill in Newport, and in the same role on the 65-foot ice-breaking tug Coast Guard Cutter Wire. He was also the commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Fire Island, N.Y. The Coast Guard said it is continuing its investigation into the minor collision between the ferry, named Block Island, and 140-foot Coast Guard vessel, which serves as an ice-breaking tug. (It had incorrectly been described at first as a buoy tender.) A cause has not yet been determined, the Coast Guard said. Coast Guard investigators are interviewing both the crew of the Morro Bay and the ferry, and drug and alcohol tests are being conducted on ferry and Coast Guard crewmembers. No one was seriously injured in the collision, which occurred in thick fog about three miles north of Block Island, where the ferry was headed from Galilee with 257 passengers aboard. The bow of the ferry, named Block Island, was dented, and the Coast Guard vessel was left with a gash on the railing on its rear starboard side. The ferry has been taken out of service. Another ferry, the Manitou, has been brought in to replace it, according to Interstate Navigation, which operates the Block Island service. Schedules to and from the popular tourism spot remain the same as the long Fourth of July weekend approaches. Posted by Andrea Panciera at 2:21 PM | Comment Elections board rules against Republican candidatesAgainst its own lawyer’s advice, the State Board of Elections voted today that the five Republican candidates appointed to General Assembly races by state GOP chairman Giovanni Cicione were not valid because the names had been filed with the Secretary of State instead of being submitted to their boards of canvassers. Board lawyer Raymond Marcaccio had recommended that the candidates be allowed to run and to pick up their nominating papers on grounds that the relevant statute does not specify where Cicione should have filed their names. And, Marcaccio said, weighing that ambiguity against their First Amendment rights, the Board should err on the side of First Amendment rights; letting the candidates run. But his proposal was rejected on a 2 to 2 vote. (A tie vote is considered a defeat.) The board then voted unanimously against the GOP’s appeal of the Secretary of State’s refusal to issue the candidates nominating papers. Afterward, an upset Cicione said the Board’s refusal to take its own lawyer’s advice showed the system was rigged by the Democrats against Republicans. -- Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 2:00 PM | Comment Anticipating 35 retirements, state police begin recruitingSCITUATE –– If you want to wear the boots and breeches, now’s your chance. The Rhode Island State Police are recruiting now through Aug. 3 for a training academy that will put 35 new troopers on the road by next fall. The need for new troopers is urgent: with mandatory retirements after 25 years, the vacancies at the state police will have climbed to 35 by next summer, said Col. Brendan Doherty, superintendent of the state police. Although there hadn’t been money for an academy in the governor’s original 2009 budget proposal, ongoing negotiations toward the end of the session at the General Assembly came up with $360,151 for this fiscal year to recruit candidates for the upcoming academy. The state police will need about $1.032 million in the next fiscal year to fund the 21-week academy when it begins next June, said Maj. Joseph Miech, who oversees the training academy. The immediate need, coupled with last-minute funding in the new state budget, finally gave Doherty the opportunity to launch this recruitment drive, which winds up on Aug. 3. “We want to attract only those people who are serious about serving the community,” Doherty said, announcing the recruitment drive outside the Rhode Island State Police Museum on Wednesday. “Honor. Integrity. Fairness. Courage. Devotion to Duty. These are values the Rhode Island State Police live by each day.” Applications must be submitted online at the State Police Web site and received by Aug. 3. Candidates may also visit any of the state police barracks, the headquarters in Scituate, or the state Department of Labor and Training netWORKri offices to apply online. Call (888) 616-JOBS for office locations. -- Journal staff writer Amanda Milkovits Candidates must be between 18 and 35 years old, hold a valid driver’s license, be a United States citizen, and have earned at least a high school diploma or GED. The process to qualify for the 21-week training academy includes written and physical tests, psychological exams and background checks, and oral exams. Recruits in the academy receive a $1,300 biweekly salary. Competition is always rigorous. About 3,000 people applied in the last academy, held four years ago. Miech, who is leading this training academy with Lt. Ernest Quarry Jr., said the state police have had about 9,000 contacts through the Web site over the years by people who want to be notified about the recruitment. Miech said the state police are sending postcards out to those contacts now. Two years ago, former superintendent Col. Steven M. Pare held two weeklong-diversity academy classes for women and minority men, intended to give them the experience of a real academy in the hopes it would encourage more minorities and women to apply. Doherty said the state police were reaching out to leaders in minority communities to urge people to apply, and he is offering informational presentations for community groups and organizations. Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 1:22 PM | Comment Update: West Warwick man guilty of 1st-degree murderWARWICK -- A Kent County Superior Court jury has found Brian Mlyniec, 45, guilty of first-degree murder in the 2006 death of 41-year-old Kelly Ann Andersen. Prosecutors say Mlyniec picked up Kelly Ann Andersen at Kennedy Plaza in June 2006. According to prosecutors, Mlyniec, who had had a previous relationship with Andersen, made the woman who was already inebriated, drink a mixture of vodka and Gatorade. Then, prosecutors say, the two rode the bus to Mlyniec's West Warwick house, where he sexually assaulted her, punched and pounded on her, until she died. Mlyniec's lawyers suggested Andersen died from the toxic mixture of drugs and alcohol in her system. Jurors also found Mlyniec guilty of the supplementary charge "aggravated battery," which could have implications during his sentencing, scheduled for Sept. 4. On hand to hear the verdict were Andersen's four sisters, her daughter and her granddaughter. "We've waited a long time for this," sister Dianne L. Leddy said. "Justice for Kelly." -- With reports from Journal staff writer Nandini Jayakrishna Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 1:01 PM | Comment Update: 'Quash and destroy,' open records among vetoesPROVIDENCE -- A bill that would "quash and destroy" criminal records in certain cases and another that would speed access to public records are among those vetoed by Governor Carcieri, who sent along a batch off 22 bills with veto messages this morning. Passed by lawmakers in their recently-ended session over the objections of the governor, state police and attorney general, the quash and destroy bill, H-7583, would have destroyed after five years, in most cases, the records of people given “deferred” prison sentences after pleading no contest or guilty to a crime. Advocates said clean records are essential to the kinds of jobs that would provide an individual a second chance. But opponents questioned how employers, including nursing homes, child care centers and the state can do required background checks if criminal records are erased. Current law allows a judge to expunge a single nonviolent offense from the record of a first-time offender five years after the individual has completed a sentence for a misdemeanor, 10 years after completing a sentence for a felony. The changes in the state’s Open Records Law in H-7422 cut to 7 days from 10 the time the public and the media must wait to receive requested public records. The legislation also required the release of basic arrest information within 24 hours. Some of the vetoes had previously been announced, including a renewable-energy bill designed to foster private investment in major projects and shift the state away from its reliance on traditional fossil fuels. Here is a list provided this morning by the governor's office of the bill numbers and their titles. More to come... -- With reports from Journal archives House Bill No.7221 - AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - FRAUD AND FALSE DEALING House Bill No.7238 - AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION House Bill No.7264 SUB A - AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES House Bill No.7327 SUB A - AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES House Bill No.7361 - AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1990 House Bill No.7422 SUB A - AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS House Bill No.7490 SUB A - AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- LIABILITY INSURANCE House Bill No.7583 as amended - AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURES -- SENTENCING AND EXECUTION House Bill No.7817 SUB A as amended - AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT House Bill No.7872 SUB A - AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CENTER FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT House Resolution No.7888 SUB A as amended - JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT House Bill No.7916 SUB A as amended - AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS House Bill No.8027 as amended - AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESTRICTING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICES House Bill No.8190 as amended - AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION House Bill No.8231 SUB A - AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY House Bill No.8331 SUB A - AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION House Bill No.8386 - AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES Posted by Andrea Panciera at 12:50 PM | Comment Computer glitch closes Wakefiefld DMV for the dayThe Wakefield branch of the state Division of Motor Vehicles has some computer problems, so the branch will be closed today. If you have a driving test scheduled, it’s still on, but no other services will be available. To help with the workload, the Westerly DMV branch, which is usually closed on Thursdays, will open today. The Wakefield office is scheduled to reopen Monday. Customers can also visit the main office in Pawtucket, or one of the other branches: Middletown, Woonsocket, West Warwick, Warwick, and Westerly. Some services are available online at the DMV's Web site here. Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 12:35 PM | Comment Fox that bit Kingston woman tests positive for rabiesThe fox that bit the vicar of a Kingston church twice yesterday morning has tested positive for rabies, according to the state Department of Health. Jennifer Phillips will undergo a battery of five shots over the next four weeks, said Annemarie Beardsworth, spokeswoman for the department. Phillips, 56, was in her garden at 106 Bayberry Rd. around 10:30 a.m. when the fox came at her from 20 feet away and bit her in the calf, Capt. Jeffrey Allen said. It then bit her on her ring finger after she fell to the ground while trying to hit it away, said Gail Mastrati, spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Management. The fox ran into the woods, but returned again. A DEM officer shot the fox, which was described as slight and skinny, at a neighbor’s property about 50 yards away, Mastrati said. Its body was taken to the state Department of Health, where it was being tested for rabies. Results were expected this morning. Phillips, a reverend at St. Augustine Episcopal Church, on the University of Rhode Island campus, was treated at South County Hospital.
Posted by Andrea Panciera at 11:44 AM | Comment Providence police investigate shooting of 2 menThe Providence police are investigating the shooting of two men on Harvard Ave. early this morning, according to a police report. Called to 12 Harvard Ave. at 12:51 a.m., the police found Joseph Stanton, 28, on the sidewalk across the street from 12 Harvard yelling for help, according to the report. Stanton said he'd been shot in the leg by a man who had approached him and his friends, said, "This is for my boys," then fired five shots toward them. Stanton and three others had been sitting on a porch at 12 Harvard Ave. when the shooter approached, according to witnesses. While they were talking to Stanton, the police were told that another shooting victim was inside 12 Harvard Ave. Coty Eldred, 18, who had been with the group on the porch, had also been shot in the leg, according to the police. Both men were taken to Rhode Island Hospital for treatment. No arrests have been made. -- With reports from Journal staff writer Gregory Smith. Posted by Jack Perry at 11:43 AM | Comment Update: Elections bd. won't change provisional votingPROVIDENCE -- The state Board of Elections voted unanimously this morning to postpone any change in the operation of provisional ballots until the November election. The state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union had challenged a proposed rule that it says would discount the votes of people who show up at the wrong polling place on Election Day. The ACLU says that under the proposal, people who try to cast a ballot at the wrong polling place would not have any of their votes counted. Currently, people showing up at the wrong precinct will have only their votes for federal office counted. The ACLU argued there was no reason to ignore a voter's ballot just because a person goes to the wrong polling place. See the current rules on provisional voting in Rhode Island. -- The Associated Press, with updates from Katherine Gregg, Journal State House bureau Posted by Jack Perry at 11:18 AM | Comment New citizens, just in time for Independence Day/ Photo
Maria Medeiros, 48, of Johnston, was among them. More than 40 years after she and her family arrived here from Portugal, Medeiros stood in the second row of folding chairs set up in the shade at the Roger Williams National Memorial along North Main Street. She held a small American flag and took the oath to serve and protect her new country. Why now after all these years of "putting it off?" "It starts to bother you," she said. "To me, this is my country. I live in this country. I love this country. I’m just glad to be a citizen." U. S. District Court Magistrate Lincoln D. Almond swore in the new citizens, telling them that citizenship was a privilege that unfortunately some people take for granted. He encouraged them to be active participants in democracy, reminded them that America was a land of immigrants and encouraged them to learn the legacy of Roger Williams, who founded Rhode Island as a refuge for those seeking religious freedom. -- Journal staff writer Tom Mooney Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 10:48 AM | Comment Ex-R.I. priest charged in Maryland with child abuseBALTIMORE — A Roman Catholic priest who was accused in a civil suit of molesting an altar boy seven years ago was charged Wednesday with abusing the youth in 2001 and 2002, police and a lawyer said. The Rev. Aaron Joseph Cote, 56, who has been living in New York City and once worked in Rhode Island, turned himself in to Montgomery County Police in Rockville Tuesday night. He is charged with custodian child abuse and is being held on $250,000 bond. Police did not know who his lawyer is. According to police, the accuser says he was attending Mother Seton parish in Germantown when he was 14 and Cote was serving part time as youth minister. The former altar boy said that for about a year starting during the summer of 2001, Cote took him to an apartment in Germantown and engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior and inappropriately touched him, according to investigators. Attorney Jeff Anderson of St. Paul, Minn., said Wednesday that his client Brandon Rains, now 21, is the accuser in the charges. Last year, Rains received $1.2 million in the settlement of a 2005 lawsuit against the priest’s religious order. At the time Rains brought the lawsuit, Cote was working at St. Pius V Parish in Providence, R.I. He was removed from his duties there when the lawsuit was filed. The Associated Press does not usually name those who say they were abused, but Rains went public when his lawsuit was settled and his lawyer said Wednesday he could be identified. Anderson said Rains first went to the police with the allegations against Cote in 2003, but charges were not filed then. Anderson said he turned over additional information to the Montgomery County state’s attorney and that resulted in the current charges. The Archdiocese of Washington said it had learned of the allegations in 2003 and that it immediately reported to the authorities. The state’s attorney’s office did not immediately return a call asking for comment. -- The Associated Press Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 10:09 AM | Comment Reed, Lieberman, talk foreign affairsSen. Jack Reed will discuss foreign affairs Sunday morning with Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman on a nationally televised news program. Democrat Reed and Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, will appear on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” -- John E. Mulligan, Journal Washington bureau Posted by Brandie M. Jefferson at 9:40 AM | Comment Today in history: Gen. Washington takes commandOn this day in 1775, Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass. Read more from today in history. Posted by Jack Perry at 7:02 AM | Comment A high of 89 today, showers likely for the 4thLook for the temperature to climb to 89 degrees with a warm wind from the southwest of 8 to 18 mph., according to the National Weather Service. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to move in tonight and continue into tomorrow, possibly affecting Fourth of July parades, cookouts and fireworks displays. Otherwise, tomorrow should be mostly cloudy with a high near 80 degrees. For more weather, see projo.com/weather. Posted by Jack Perry at 7:01 AM | Comment Today's front page: Buddy's back in BristolToday's front page features a preview of the Fourth of July parade in Bristol and the return to the parade of former Providence Mayor Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci. |
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