Au Pair in America to Participate in 2012 … 10:09 am - Providence Business News

Au Pair in America to Participate in 2012 … 10:09 am
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... will be the “traditional” tour of private houses from 11 am to 5 pm, focusing on Elmgrove Avenue on the East Side of Providence. On Sunday, June 3, the focus shifts to the Jewelry District, between 11 am-3 pm Rhode Island au pairs from Colombia, ...

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Seen: Real Housewife Kelly Bensimon + More - GoLocalProv


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Seen: Real Housewife Kelly Bensimon + More
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Nick Arrojo, the charming Englishman who helped finish the makeovers on TLC's What Not To Wear, has launched his own product line, and he'll be at Seiren Salon in Providence's Jewelry/Knowledge District on May 30 from 6:30-8:30pm to visit with fans, ...

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Taveras streamlines zoning plans for Knowledge District - Providence Business News


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Taveras streamlines zoning plans for Knowledge District
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According to a release, the new regulations promote “growth of the knowledge economy by allowing for research and development through downtown Providence and expansion of colleges and hospitals in the Jewelry District.” Taveras' updated zoning plans ...

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NEW: Brown Opens Continuing Ed Offices in Jewelry District - GoLocalProv


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NEW: Brown Opens Continuing Ed Offices in Jewelry District
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After a $5-million renovation — and another $3 million planned — Brown's newest Jewelry District facility, at 200 Dyer St., is officially open as the new home of Brown University Continuing Education. Photo: Heidi Gumula – DBVW Architects Brown ...

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11 arrested in RI heroin trafficking investigation - The Providence Journal

11 arrested in RI heroin trafficking investigation
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By Tatiana Pina PROVIDENCE, RI -- Federal, state and local law agencies arrested 11 people Thursday and Friday connected to what they say is a heroin drug ring run by a Dominican organization with tries to the Mexican drug cartel.

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Revival Brewing has big plans for beer in the Ocean State - WRNI


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Revival Brewing has big plans for beer in the Ocean State
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The double-black IPA has found a following at Nick-a-Nee's, a friendly dive bar in Providence's Jewelry District. Some of Revival's beer gets made under contract at Cottrell Brewing in Connecticut; the rest is brewed under the watchful eye of Sean ...

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Cops and Courts: Two Philadelphia men, teenager apprehended after escape ... - The Times Herald

Cops and Courts: Two Philadelphia men, teenager apprehended after escape ...
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LOWER PROVIDENCE — Two Philadelphia men and the 16-year-old male youth they helped escape from St. Gabriel's Hall were apprehended by police shortly after the escape was reported by St. Gabriel's Hall authorities on May 8. The juvenile was riding in a ...

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Historic designation clears path for rehab of Old Colony building - Valley Breeze


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Historic designation clears path for rehab of Old Colony building
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Also added to the National Register was a new segment of the Providence Jewelry Manufacturing Historic District, with its collection of historic buildings. The Old Colony Building, located at 335 Main St. in Pawtucket, is the cornerstone of a proposed ...

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Pawtucket man among those busted in major heroin trafficking ring - Valley Breeze

Pawtucket man among those busted in major heroin trafficking ring
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PROVIDENCE – Eleven individuals were arrested on Thursday and Friday, May 10-11, and ordered detained following initial appearances in US District Court on drug and firearms charges resulting from an eight-month federal investigation into the ...

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The Top 50 Stimulus Recipients in RI - GoLocalProv


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The Top 50 Stimulus Recipients in RI
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And in cities like Providence, stimulus funds were used to create new district-wide curriculum standards, pay for substitute teachers, and keep police officers from being laid off. All of that money—not just what was pumped into the private sector ...

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