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New regime tries to extend life of R.I. Central Landfill

Providence Journal - Sat Nov 28

Wherever you look at Rhode Island's Central Landfill, everything seems super-sized - huge trucks unload inside vast buildings, acres of mulch are composting and the ever-growing mound of garbage soars above surrounding farms and forests.

A look at Catholic Church's opposition to abortion

Providence Journal - Sat Nov 28

Demonstrators voiced differing opinions on the abortion issue outside the Americana Hotel in New York in June 1973, the year abortion was legalized in the United States by the Supreme Court.

Providence's Steel yard combines art, entrepreneurship

Providence Journal - Sat Nov 28

Few people get to build their field of dreams, but nearly seven years ago, two young dreamers began to create theirs out of a fully equipped steel and iron fabrication company on the Woonasquatucket River, one of the area's brick relics of 20th-century industry.

Push on to drop film tax-credit cap

Providence Business News - Sat Nov 28

REEL LIFE: An ad in Paris for the 2007 film "Dan in Real Life." The film's title in French is "Love at First Sight in Rhode Island." Whenever a film production comes to Rhode Island, Christina Chandler, owner and operator of Studio 539 Flowers, can count on new business at her flower shop on Wickenden Street in Providence.

An artistic gem in Providence

Providence Journal - Fri Nov 27

Some houses blend in, some stand out. You can put this house at 162 Beaufort St.

Providence man faces charges in West End robberies

Providence Journal - Fri Nov 27

A man who was charged recently with the gunpoint robbery of four people coming from a church meeting now faces additional charges in what a police lieutenant calls a reign of terror in the West End.

Cranston teacher uses YouTube to impart science lessons

Providence Journal - Thu Nov 26

Eighth-grade science students Gratus Goodridge, left, and Jeffrey Balbuena work on projects about motion and forces under teacher Robert Rasmussen's guidance.

New Gay Rights Group Brings Message To RI Leaders

WBZ TV - Thu Nov 26

Share + Nov 26, 2009 5:12 pm US/Eastern RAY HENRY, Associated Press Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. Gov.

Stroller Strides gives new moms a way to get back in shape

Providence Journal - Wed Nov 25

When Kate Sander gave birth to her daughter Isabel a year ago, she was concerned.

Soup kitchen maestro: For 18 years, Ernie Marot has kept the meals coming in Pawtucket

Providence Journal - Wed Nov 25

The turkey is ready -- all 16 of them. Coming up: fresh-brewed coffee and rolls right out of the oven.

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