RWU Gets New Director of Public Safety
The following is a release from Roger Williams University . Roger Williams University has named Steven Melaragno, longtime member of the Providence Police Department and Class of 1990 graduate of Roger Williams, its new director of public safety, effective Jan.
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Explore New England Bright nights in Providence
Bustling with the latest in music, theater , art, poetry , and restaurants, Rhode Island’s free-thinking capital casts a spell after dark Providence by night is a city alive with places to learn, taste, see, and hear, an urban center with a fiercely independent spirit left over from free-thinking founder Roger Williams.
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Roger Williams exhibit held over in Rhode Island
A Bible owned by Roger Williams and other items related to Rhode Island’s founding father will be on public display for a few extra weeks.
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Roger Williams exhibit held over in Rhode Island
Araabmuzik at Eve December 14
Invented in the late ’80s by electronics wizard Roger Linn, the Music Production Center is a pimped-out drum machine on steroids, usually equipped with eight to 16 pressure- and velocity-sensitive pads, multiple MIDI inputs and outputs, a superpowered sequencer, advanced sampling systems, and an entire universe of highly evolved effects.
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Araabmuzik at Eve December 14
Providence police investigating suspicious death
Providence police are investigating a suspicious death after a woman’s body was found by firefighters extinguishing a brush fire at Roger Williams Park.
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Providence police investigating suspicious death
Deer Tick, Jeffrey Osborne, and the RISA gang serenade Provy
Mayor Taveras sure knows how to party. The capital city’s Department of Arts, Culture & Tourism has co-sponsored more than 200 events over the past six months commemorating the 375th anniversary of Roger Williams arriving here and setting up shop in Providence.
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Deer Tick, Jeffrey Osborne, and the RISA gang serenade Provy
Rush to Expand Learning Time Raises Questions
Manny Babbitt, 12, studies the foliage while he and other 6th graders from Roger Williams Middle School in Providence, R.I., hike along a trail at the Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge in Smithfield last week.
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Bob Kerr: They drive for those who’ve traveled the same road
Bill Kennedy picks up the man at his house in Pawtucket and heads for the Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence.
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Walking Ghost Tour for Two from Providence Ghost Tour. Five Options Available.
Scary experiences trigger addictive surges in adrenaline, which is why many people hoard jack-in-the-boxes and keep neighborhood poltergeists on retainer. Quicken your heartbeat with today’s Groupon: for $15, you get a walking ghost tour for two from Providence Ghost Tour (a $30 value). Tours begin at 7 p.m. at the Roger Williams statue in Prospect Terrace Park on Congdon Street. Choose from the following dates: September 30–October 9 October 10–October 16 October 17–October 23 October 24–October 31 Any available day in November The Providence Ghost Tour, ranked as one of TripAdvisor’s Top 10 Ghost Tours , takes groups on walking excursions of the East Side that delve into the historical district’s gruesome past. More than 300 hours of research shape the 1.5-hour tour, which pauses outside pertinent buildings as a guide shares grisly tales of suicides, bizarre accidents, and local murderers made good. More than 20 spooky stories come alive as tour-goers snap shots of haunted sites, capturing images that have on occasion included mysterious orbs. Guests are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes to minimize toe blisters or broken fingernails resulting from walking on hands. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Hiking Gear Can bug spray help keep bugs from getting too close to you emotionally? Read more…
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Pull of South County friends, memories led Penders to retire in R.I.
If you like to walk the seashore at Roger Wheeler, Scarborough or Narragansett’s Town Beach and see someone who looks just like Tom Penders, your eyes aren’t deceiving you.
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Pull of South County friends, memories led Penders to retire in R.I.

