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Thayer's 'Affair' no longer foreign to Brook Street
By Margaret Yi | September 13Just a few days before the start of the semester, Thayer Street said goodbye to another familiar face.
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Primary day marks crucial test in R.I.
By Claire Peracchio | September 13For months, the candidates vying to replace retiring Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., have plied Rhode Island's first district with campaign advertisements, get-out-the-vote operations and policy proposals to get Rhode Island's economy back on its feet. But a bruising battle among leading Democrats threatens ...
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Chipotle clears licensing hurdle
By Leonardo Moauro | September 8The soon-to-be Chipotle location on Thayer is set to open after concerns regarding the terms of its liquor license were resolved.
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Block Island wind farm closer to construction
By Bradley Silverman | September 8Only months ago, Rhode Island's bid to build the nation's first offshore wind farm seemed dead in the water. The state's Public Utilities Commission this spring rejected a proposed pricing agreement between Deepwater Wind — the project's developer — and a power distributor, in part due to ...
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Local collegiate newspaper avoids office eviction
By Caitlin Trujillo | September 8A local college's newspaper is back in its office this month after clashing with the president of the student body and finding itself locked out of its publication room.
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Pauly D back home in R.I., briefly
By Brigitta Greene | September 8DJ Pauly D is back in town for two days only, making a brief stop home before leaving for Los Angeles on Friday, said his agent.
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A facelift for the Cable Car, but the love-ly seats remain
By Qian Yin | September 6The black leather couches at the renovated Cable Car Cinema offer the coziness of a living room back at home. But the murals on the right-hand wall — in one a red brick Providence building sinks deep into dreamy underwater blue — provide a touch of surrealism for a journey into the cinematic ...
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Mayoral race heats up before Sept. 14 primary
By Claire Peracchio | September 6On the eve of a hurricane last Thursday, the four Democratic candidates for mayor — state Rep. Steven Costantino, D-Providence; City Councilman John Lombardi; former Housing Court judge Angel Taveras; and returning candidate Chris Young — stood onstage at the Rhode Island School of Design ...
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Caprio, Chafee '75 vie for 1st in gov. race
By Claire Peracchio | September 1Democrat Frank Caprio has taken a slight lead against his top opponent, Independent Lincoln Chafee '75, in the latest poll in the Rhode Island race for governor.
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Local marijuana-growing class to start this month
By Rebecca Ballhaus | September 1When medical marijuana became legal in Rhode Island in June 2007, Luis Hernandez figured it would only be a matter of time until a school teaching proper growing techniques sprang up. As he watched years go by, nobody took action, and he decided to take matters into his own hands. His school, the New ...
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Bru-'No': U. tells Cicilline not to use logo
By Bradley Silverman | September 1Congressional candidate Mayor David Cicilline '83 has come under fire for using Brown's logo in a fundraising appeal for Rhode Island's 1st District race.
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Chipotle to bring locally grown flavor to Thayer
By Brigitta Greene | July 25The competition for Mexican food on campus is about to spice up. Chipotle Mexican Grill is set to open a Thayer Street location around November, said Chris Arnold, public relations director for the company. The restaurant will move into the space previously occupied by Roba Dolce on the corner of ...
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Central Falls district moves forward
By Caitlin Trujillo | July 25Two months after school officials agreed to rehire teachers and faculty who lost their jobs at Central Halls High School, the district is preparing to rehabilitate the underperforming school for the upcoming academic year. The mass firings that sparked national headlines originally came in the ...
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R.I. governor's race heats up in time for fall
By Claire Peracchio | July 25Despite its liberal reputation, Rhode Island has picked a Republican governor in seven of the last nine election cycles. One Republican whose name won't be on the ballot — term-limited Gov. Donald Carcieri '65 — will leave his successor the top job in a state saddled with double-digit unemployment, ...
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Brunch on Broadway, with fresh flavors and flair
By Roberto Ferdman | April 28Outside, crowds have begun to gather in anticipation, and inside, ovens and stoves are nearly warm enough to welcome the hundreds of orders they will field that day. A full staff has spent the past hour cracking eggs and readying potatoes, and the aroma of fresh drip coffee now seeps through the locked ...
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A portrait of Rhode Island politics
By Bradley Silverman | April 28When Patrick Kennedy was first elected to Congress in 1994, his victory marked a rare bright note in an otherwise dismal year for the Democratic Party.
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On a rainy day, final push for census in Central Falls
By Crystal Vance Guerra | April 28A rainy Saturday morning did not stop the Rhode Island Latino Complete Count Committee from going out, door to door, on April 17 to encourage Central Falls residents to fill out the census forms.
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Amendment hits legislators close to home
By Claire Peracchio | April 26An amendment requiring state lawmakers to immediately begin paying 15 percent of costs for their state-provided health care plans was tabled in the early morning hours of April 14 after members of the state House of Representatives expressed concern that voting on the amendment was an ethical violation. ...
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Attending - and governing - the schools
By Anne Artley | April 26David Quinn GS is leading a double life. A Brown graduate student currently earning his Master of Education by day, he serves on the Seekonk, Mass. school committee by night.He was elected on April 5 in an uncontested election. To win the position, he had to run a "sticker campaign" in which voters ...
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Raking out trash and debris, volunteers clean up Gano Park
By Caitlin Trujillo | April 21Gano Park was seasonably gray beneath Saturday morning's steady drizzle. But by noon, volunteers had cleared piles of trash, wet logs and debris from the banks of the Seekonk River. As the chainsaws slowed, community members spoke of a renewed life for the park — of boat ramps and bike paths — ...
