Establishment has new but familiar owner
By GERRY GOLDSTEIN, Valley Breeze & Observer Corresponden
SMITHFIELD - Submitting a surprise, last-minute bid that topped all other offers, the former co-owner of a Putnam Pike restaurant has bought Effin's Last Resort, the nightspot on Farnum Pike, for $...
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But agrees to defray the Little League's relocation cost of $5,000-plus
By GERRY GOLDSTEIN, Valley Breeze & Observer Corresponden
SMITHFIELD - Umpiring a standoff between Wampum Trail residents and Little League officials, the Town Council has ruled that a batting cage being constructed on the Wampum Trail side of the diamond...
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By DENISE PERREAULT, Valley Breeze & Observer Correspondent
GLOCESTER - Bill Reichert and his son Bill Jr. are planning to install a 1.2-megawatt solar farm to power their own homes and business in Chepachet, an unusual endeavor - a betrayal, perhaps - for a...
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By GERRY GOLDSTEIN, Valley Breeze & Observer Corresponden
SMITHFIELD - With nary a growl of protest heard at a public hearing last week, the Town Council voted unanimously to ease restrictions on where dog day-care centers can operate here.
As a result of...
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By DENISE PERREAULT, Valley Breeze & Observer Correspondent
SCITUATE - It is never too early for high school students to think about their future career goals.
To help those at Scituate High School do just that, a career fair featuring nearly 40 employers,...
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By ARLINE A. FLEMING, Valley Breeze & Observer Correspondent
SMITHFIELD - It's been almost 14 years since the thunderclap that is breast cancer struck this Greenville resident, Dianne C. Fonseca.
She was 51, a busy foreign language teacher at Cranston East,...
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By GERRY GOLDSTEIN, Valley Breeze & Observer Corresponden
SMITHFIELD - A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision in favor of the town against a former deputy building official who contended he was fired in 2009 because he complained about...
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