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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
5 years
INBOX: Jim Taricani, 69, legendary investigative reporter died Friday, according to his family. He covered organized crime & government corruption, and was at the center of a court case in refusing to reveal his sources. He was also a long time heart transplant recipient. #WPRO
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8 years
Tune in now to hear @BillyGilman LIVE with @TaraGranahan on #WPRO !
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7 years
Court records show that in addition to charges of extorting sex from a State House Page in 2011, #RI #GOP Sen. Nicholas Kettle exchanged nude pictures of his girlfriend with a friend in New Hampshire. Kettle denies both allegations. #WPRO
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7 years
Lots of @MomsDemand members here to see @GovRaimondo sign the red flag order. #WPRO
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7 years
. @RISpeaker Nicholas Mattiello tells @MomsDemand he expects “red flag” and “bump stocks” bills will pass the @RIHouseofReps tonight. -SK #WPRO
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5 years
Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse say witness need to be allowed to be heard in the impeachment trial and the Senate needs to be able to use subpoenas to compel testimony.
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2 years
NBC also calls @GovDanMcKee as the winner of the Democratic Primary for Governor
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Daniel McKee wins Rhode Island Democratic primary for governor, NBC News projects.
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@wpro
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6 years
Longtime WPRO Morning Man Salty Brine would be 100 years old today. Happy Birthday, Salty!
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6 years
WPRO is the new home of Providence College Friars Basketball! @PCAthletics @PCFriarsmbb
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
6 years
“This is already the most dysfunctional White House that I’ve seen in my experience in Washington,” says @SenJackReed as he and @SenWhitehouse call for an end to what they called the “Trump Shutdown”. -SK #WPRO
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@wpro
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2 years
Researchers at the @LifespanHlthSys Cancer Institute announce promising results in Phase III clinical trials for a vaccine to extend survival for patients with glioblastoma, now looking for @US_FDA approval. -SK #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
1 year
As @MomsDemand lobbies #RI legislators, @GovDanMcKee says “RI is ready for an assault weapons ban to keep our people safe.” “It’s time for RI to require safe storage of firearms”. “This is all common sense legislation, and it can prevent tragedy.” -SK #WPRO
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@wpro
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8 years
WPRO & @TaraGranahan Presents ‘Taraoke’ – win a meet and greet with @BillyGilman !
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
1 year
Music legend James Taylor was surprise “emergency folk music” at today’s #newportfolkfestival when scheduled act Noah Kahan was unable to perform.
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@wpro
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6 years
WPRO is proud to congratulate our own News Director and Morning Anchor Bill Haberman who has been inducted into the 2019 Class of the Rhode Island Radio and Television Hall of Fame!
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
8 years
NOW: @BillyGilman in studio with @TaraGranahan on WPRO. Watch/listen live:
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8 years
Rhode Island takes back Sports Talk – The Gresh Show comes to WPRO @TheRealGresh
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2 years
The five Democrats running for RI Governor debated in the WPRO studios today- moderated by Bill Bartholomew - hear it at 4:00 PM this afternoon. #RIPoli #RIGov22 -SK #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
5 years
INBOX: Congressman @davidcicilline issues a statement on the House impeachment investigation: “This lawless President must be held accountable for his actions". #WPRO
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@wpro
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6 years
Elliot Abrams retired today after 45 years doing weather here on WPRO! We will miss Elliot and wish him all the best in retirement! Hear him reflect on his decades on WPRO with @MattAllenShow
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1 year
Flames and heavy smoke shoot from this four story home on Cole St. In Pawtucket. -SK #WPRO
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6 years
. @GovRaimondo and George Wein announce that the Newport Festival Foundation and the state have come to an arrangement keeping @Newportfolkfest and @NewportJazzFest in Newport for the next 40 years. #newportfolkfest #wpro
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6 years
INBOX: Unmasked: student speaker at @universityofri commencement May 19 will be Stephen D’Aloisio of Lincoln, who spent two years as URI's "Rhody the Ram" mascot. #WPRO
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2 years
Today at 4:00 on @WPRO , hear the debate among the five Democrats running for Congress in #RICD2 - @bah_omar @JoyFoxRI @SethMagaziner @SarahForRI & @DavidSegalRI #RIPoli -SK #WPRO
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6 years
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Warwick students protest cuts to sports and other extracurricular activities at City Hall...”Where’s the mayor?”
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4 years
INBOX: @SenJackReed Condemns Trump’s Failure to Respond to Reported Russian Operation Targeting U.S. & Allied Troops in Afghanistan. #WPRO
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3 years
19 year old Cranston native Damian Rivera ( @damiantico10 ) scored his first MLS goal in his first professional start with the @NERevolution in last nights 2-0 win over #InterMiamiCF . Rivera tells @TommyQuinlan_IV he had family and friends on hand for the occasion. #NERevs #NESW
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7 years
Congrats to Best Morning Show @GeneValicenti and Best Talk Show @TaraGranahan at @RIMonthly #BestofRI last night!
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
6 years
. @rweingarten tours two #Providence schools, calls on Mayor @Jorge_Elorza to negotiate with @PTU958 teachers -SK #WPRO
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8 months
WPRO is saddened to learn of the passing of former host and Program Director Ron St. Pierre. Ron was 69.
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
6 years
Mayor Allan Fung stood in front of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families on Tuesday, accusing Governor Gina Raimondo of “gross mismanagement” and laying out changes he’d make as governor.
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@wpro
NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
5 years
Rhode Island Dept of Health confirm 1st case of corona virus in RI. News conference at 1145 AM #wpro
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
6 years
. @RIStatePolice say their canine "Ruby" has been named 'Search and Rescue Dog of the Year' and is a finalist for the American Humane 2018 Hero Dog Award. This, after helping locate a lost man in Glocester. #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
4 years
INBOX: @SenJackReed - seen in this 2014 file photo at a South Kingstown oyster farm - announces $1.7 million in federal aid to oyster growers and other aquaculture producers affected by the #coronavirus pandemic. -SK #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
1 year
A cast of many helped @alison_bologna cut the ribbon on her @ShriYogaRI center, years in the making in the former Conant Thread Co. mill HQ in #Pawtucket . -SK #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
5 years
Rhode Island Christmas Tree grower Tim Leyden says he's shocked @GovRaimondo 's putting an artificial tree at State House. Calls it a slap in the face and a turning of the back to the RI's Christmas tree growers #wpro
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
5 years
INBOX: @AGNeronha Peter Neronha reverses his predecessor Peter Kilmartin and will release unredacted records on @Google settlement money spent by #RI to former gubernatorial candidate Patricia Morgan - she will be refunded $3,750 in copying and retrieval costs. -SK #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
5 years
Lifespan CEO says we are flattening the curve in Corona cases in RI, at least now. Volume of patients are down up to 40 percent at group's hospitals. Hard to predict future #wpro
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
6 years
. @PatriciaforRI says if she is elected as #RIGov2018 she will engage @KenBlockRI to study #fraud & #waste in #RI government. -SK #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
5 years
. @MomsRising and @NeverAgainActn deliver petitions to @CitizensBank HQ in Providence urging they discontinue financing for privately owned prisons and detention centers. -SK #WPRO
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@wpro
NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
5 years
Congrats to Bill Haberman for his induction tonight into the R.I. Radio and Television Hall Of Fame! (L-R @DanYorkeShow @MattAllenShow , Bill, @dougmacgunn , Program Director Neil Larrimore, and @NewsProvidence )
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
6 years
Pension consultant and longtime @GovRaimondo critic Ted Siedle endorses @MayorFung in his bid to unseat @GinaRaimondo in #RIGov2018 #RIpoli -SK #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
2 years
Commander Oscar Perez is @PVDMayor Brett Smiley’s choice to be the 38th Chief of the @ProvidenceRIPD -SK #WPRO
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@wpro
NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
9 years
A conversation with Kristin Chenoweth – coming to @ProvPacRI April 16 @KChenoweth
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9 months
INBOX: Cumberland, RI native and Iraq war veteran Peter Fiorentino is promoted to Brigadier General and deputy commander, New York Army National Guard 42nd Infantry Division. #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
8 months
Touring the doomed Washington Bridge, @SecretaryPete says it’s important to get the replacement done so Rhode Islanders can resume their lives. -SK #WPRO
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@wpro
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7 years
VIDEO: Sen Archambault yells at constituent for questioning committee's laughter during his testimony:
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@wpro
NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
3 years
NEW: @GovDanMcKee officially announces end of statewide indoor mask/vaccination mandate effective Friday, February 11.
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
6 years
INBOX: Shake Shack to open next week on Thayer St. in Providence. #WPRO
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@wpro
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2 years
PODCAST: GOP Candidate for Governor @AshleyKalus sits down with Matt Allen
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
6 years
PODCAST: Arlene Violet comes down hard on Allan Fung and Gina Raimondo for their refusal to debate their primary opponents in a conversation today with @TaraGranahan
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
8 years
Have you seen these bumper stickers popping up in Providence lately?
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4 years
BREAKING: Dan McKee is sworn in as Rhode Island's 76th governor after Gina Raimondo submits resignation to become U.S. Commerce Secretary in @JoeBiden 's administration. #WPRO
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@wpro
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6 years
. @TrilloforGov shows off his piano skills on the @MattAllenShow
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6 years
. @wpri12 /Roger Williams University Poll: RI Governor's Race a dead heat @myrwu
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6 years
Challenger Fung blames Gov. Raimondo for ‘costly mistakes’ | #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
4 months
Rest In Peace Cedric Huntley, former ⁦ @NVIinstitute ⁩ Executive Director. -SK #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
1 year
To preserve Social Security and Medicare and extend the life by 75 years, @SenWhitehouse proposes raising rates for the wealthiest Americans. -SK #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
2 years
. @Rep_Magaziner is writing his first bill, which would pay $2,000 retention bonuses at a 2-year cost of $12 billion to offset dwindling numbers of healthcare workers; he holds a round table discussion with hospital, nursing, union and other interests. -SK #WPRO
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
6 years
. @MayorFung - “The Governor lies,” when she claims she inherited many problems like UHIP. Fung claims @GinaRaimondo needlessly spent over $1 billion during her first term. “Not only is she incompetent... she doesn’t care about us”. #RIGov2018 #RIpoli -SK #WPRO
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4 years
Bristol 4th of July parade will go on. Will be a car parade, no marching bands #wpro
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6 years
. @MayorFung knocks “botched” I-195 and 6/10 project rollouts. Says he wants to “tear down” tolls. Behind him is Chris Maxwell of the RI Trucking Association and @MikeWChip . - TR #WPRO
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2 years
Sources tell New England Soccer Weekly’s @TommyQuinlan_IV that multiple teams were interested in trading for Andrew, but head coach Bruce Arena pushed to finalize a contract extension. #NERevs #NESW #MLS
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10 years and counting @_88AF !
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@wpro
NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
8 years
Check out @BIGBEN_RI 's awesome "I'm from Rhode Island" video
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4 years
. @BobLancia tells @TaraGranahan he is running again for Congress #wpro
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2 years
INBOX: @HelenaBFoulkes issues a statement in which she endorses @GovDanMcKee : "I will always support Democratic candidates on the ballot in a general election." #RIGov2022 -SK #WPRO 1/3
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
7 years
@TaraGranahan wins @RIMonthly 's Best of Rhode Island "Best Talk Show!"
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7 years
Providence Teachers Union, backed by other teachers unions around the state, flood City Hall ahead of Mayor Elorza’s State of the City address, picketing over contract negotiations. #WPRO
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6 years
The Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts community came together in an incredible way – donating $428,190.18 for the @HasbroChildrens Hospital during this year’s Radiothon. Thank you!
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2 years
Capping a near one-year investigation, @ProvidenceRIPD seize 9 kilograms of fentanyl shipped from Arizona, worth upwards of $2 million. Their target is held in NJ on other charges. -SK #WPRO
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6 years
. @Blake_Filippi criticizes rising numbers in the state budget, says spending should be cut through enacting line item veto and establishing Inspector General’s office. #RISOTS -TR
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NewsTalk 99.7 & AM 630 WPRO
6 years
Wow! Thanks to D Palmeri Bakery for dropping this deliciousness by the station today for the @MattAllenShow !
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5 years
The #ClimateStrike rally getting underway in #Providence with young people from schools across Rhode Island. -SK #WPRO
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5 years
. @GovRaimondo says she's still seeing too many people out and about who think this is a joke.
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2 years
A crowd estimated at upwards of several hundred gather at the #RI State House in a candlelight vigil remembering Tyree Nichols in Memphis. Organizers call for repeal of RI’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights. -SK #WPRO
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2 years
NOW: @AshleyKalus joins Matt Allen in studio for an extended conversation. 630AM/99.7FM or online at , podcast immediately following broadcast
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1 year
Ribbon-cutting for a new “Bally’s Event Lawn” next to the pedestrian bridge in Providence, the #casino and gaming company has a 20-year sponsorship with the city to provide an entertainment venue and a beer garden. -SK #WPRO
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2 years
INBOX: State employees' union @RICOUNCIL94 endorses one Republican among all Democrats for state offices: @lathropforri for #RI General Treasurer #RIPoli #WPRO 📸: @lathropforri campaign
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On Monday, @Rep_Magaziner delivered $963,000 in federal funding to East Greenwich town officials, to facilitate planning for improvements along the town’s small waterfront. -SK #WPRO
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2 years
Standing in front of a salt pile, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and Director of Public Works Patricia Coyne Fague say the city is ready for the snow coming tonight. No parking ban is expected. -SK #WPRO
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5 years
At the scene of a mill fire in Pawtucket. -SK #WPRO
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7 years
Phionna Cayola Claude offers a poem, “I Choose Love” at RI Ministers Alliance MLK breakfast. #WPRO
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5 years
. @GovRaimondo says this weekend will be critical - do not gather in crowds - "Hunker down. Do what we've asked you to do."
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You’ve heard of a groundbreaking… now, a “pile-driving”, for a new, 1,000-foot long pier, the first to be built here at Quonset Point since the Navy was here 70 years ago. -SK #WPRO
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6 years
Fire still burning at the Four Winds Apartment complex in Fall River - police say a woman died after driving a car into the building. Residents fled with their pets and clothes on their backs. -SK #WPRO
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5 years
. @NationalNOW President @ToniVP Toni Van Pelt rallies pro-choice advocates to urge @RISenate to act on Roe v. Wade bill - despite raucous pro-life counter rally in #RI State House rotunda. -SK #WPRO
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5 years
. @GovRaimondo says NY is welcome to sue, but R.I. is on firm legal ground. Order signed Sat. to stop ALL out of state vehicles superseded order pertaining to NY drivers #wpro
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7 months
“It’s an honor,” to preside over the 100th anniversary celebration of Angelo’s restaurant on Federal Hill, says Jamie Antignano. She is the 4th generation owner of Angelo’s, a mainstay here. A big party is planned all weekend long. -SK #WPRO
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7 years
. @MayorFung joins the @TheRealGresh Show at @Aroogas for our fantasy football kickoff!
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7 years
Former Governor Lincoln Chafee tells @WPRO 's @TaraGranahan that he is not interested in running for Warwick Mayor, but is 'very interested' in running for the US Senate as a Democrat against sitting Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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6 years
. @RedSox equipment truck stops in Pawtucket and @PawSox en route to spring training, people including school kids sign the truck. -SK #WPRO
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