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ArticleSchools to revert to local con­trol

PROVIDENCE – The state will hand back local con­trol of the Provid­ence Pub­lic School Dis­trict on June 30, a year earlier than planned, after legis­la­tion was sub­mit­ted to force the return to local con­trol. The move to give the Provid­ence...

ArticleEast Green­wich boys ten­nis team finds per­fect end­ing

ArticleBar­ring­ton voters baffled by lack of bal­lot options

At Bar­ring­ton’s first-ever Fin­an­cial Town Ref­er­en­dum, 57% of voters approved the town’s pro­posed budget for the upcom­ing year. No one voted against it. They couldn’t, because there was only one option on the bal­lot: “Accept.” Now, some...

ArticleBeware, RI drivers; prime time for turtles to cross roads

Beware, Rhode Island drivers. Turtles are cross­ing the roads. May and June are prime months for turtles to cross roads in search of places to lay their eggs, and many end up get­ting struck by cars, accord­ing to wild­life res­cuers. Res­cuers are...

ArticleCurtis’ sis­ter, an actor and doc­u­ment­ary maker, dies at 69

Kelly Lee Curtis, an actor, doc­u­ment­arian and sis­ter of Oscar-win­ning act­ress Jamie Lee Curtis, died on Sat­urday, May 30, at age 69. Jamie Lee Curtis, 67, shared a trib­ute on Ins­tagram and ded­ic­ated a “warm aloha to my older sis­ter,” who...

ArticleTODAY IN HISTORY

Today is June 2. On this date in: 1835: P.T. Barnum’s first trav­el­ing exhib­i­tion began a U.S. tour, which led to his cir­cus career. Barnum pub­licly unveiled a woman named Joice Heth as the 161-year-old nurse of former Pres­id­ent George...