Viola Davis addresses RI high school alma mater - KTVL

Viola Davis addresses RI high school alma mater
KTVL
By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI AP CENTRAL FALLS, RI (AP) -- Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis urged graduating seniors at the high school in the struggling Rhode Island city where she grew up to treasure "hard times and joyous moments.

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New Rhode Island park honoring Central Falls' history as chocolate making site ... - Washington Post

New Rhode Island park honoring Central Falls' history as chocolate making site ...
Washington Post
CENTRAL FALLS, RIRhode Island's newest park is set to be dedicated in Central Falls this weekend as a tribute to the city's history as a center of chocolate manufacturing. The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council is formally dedicating the Chocolate ...

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Plan would slash hours at village post offices; Esmond still in limbo - Valley Breeze

Plan would slash hours at village post offices; Esmond still in limbo
Valley Breeze
By GERRY GOLDSTEIN, Valley Breeze & Observer Correspondent SMITHFIELD - A proposed new money-saving strategy by the US Postal Service would cut retail hours at several Northern Rhode Island post offices and for the moment leaves the future of the ...

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CHS ranked 34th of 51 Rhode Island high schools - Valley Breeze

CHS ranked 34th of 51 Rhode Island high schools
Valley Breeze
By MARCIA GREEN, Valley Breeze Editor CUMBERLAND - An online, statewide news agency, GoLocalProv.com, has mixed together test scores, local tax numbers, student-teacher ratios and graduation rates to rank Cumberland High School in the bottom tier of ...

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Brown Football Announces Class of 2016 - Boxscore News


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Brown Football Announces Class of 2016
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Providence, Rhode Island -á Brown head football coach Phil Estes has announced the Brown Football Class of 2016, featuring 31 first-year players, who launch their careers at Brown in the upcoming fall. Estes is extremely pleased with incoming Class of ...

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New Central Falls park to honor 'Chocolateville' - WLNE-TV (ABC6)

New Central Falls park to honor 'Chocolateville'
WLNE-TV (ABC6)
CENTRAL FALLS, RI (AP) - A new park honoring Central Falls' history as a chocolate making center will soon open to the public. The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council is formally dedicating Chocolate Mill Overlook Park in Rhode Island's smallest city on ...

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The top 10 most-visited national parks - USA TODAY

The top 10 most-visited national parks
USA TODAY
The park is as big as the state of Rhode Island, but most visitors spend their time in the 7-mile-long, 1-mile-wide Yosemite Valley. The granite monolith known as El Capitan, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, extends about 3000 feet.

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Cherry Blossom Festival, Navigant Running Festival coming this weekend - Valley Breeze

Cherry Blossom Festival, Navigant Running Festival coming this weekend
Valley Breeze
PAWTUCKET - The Rhode Island Cherry Blossom Festival bursts back onto the scene this Saturday, May 19, but a smorgasbord of festivities will last the whole weekend along Roosevelt Avenue in Pawtucket and Central Falls. The fourth Cherry Blossom ...

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Unemployment rate falls in two-thirds of US states - WBRC

Unemployment rate falls in two-thirds of US states
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More >> By SANDY SHORE AP Business Writer If you're lucky enough to live in some parts of the United States, you may see gas pump prices fall to around $3.25 a gallon or less in the next week or two. Even West...More >> It's Facebook's big day.

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KMPH FOX 26 | Central San Joaquin Valley News SourceAP Top News at 5:17 pm EDT ... - KMPH Fox 26

KMPH FOX 26 | Central San Joaquin Valley News SourceAP Top News at 5:17 pm EDT ...
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Joel Tenenbaum, 28, of Providence, RI, said he's hoping a federal judge will reduce the amount. BUFFALO, NY (AP) - A man plunged at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls and survived - only the third person known to have gone over without a safety device ...

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