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R.I. unemployment rate hits 9.3 percent
Victoria Gaspar left her job at a bank's telephone call center more than a year ago with dreams of starting her own private cleaning business.
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Judge blasts North Attleboro
After admonishing the town, police department and an assistant district attorney for "egregious" misconduct Thursday, a district court judge found three former electric commissioners not guilty of misspending ...
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1 arrested in Seekonk heist; second suspect tied to city robberies
In what looks like a two-man crime spree, Providence police have arrested one suspect in two armed robberies that occurred minutes apart early Tuesday in Seekonk, and Attleboro and other police are searching ...
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Truck leaks 70 gallons of fuel in South Attleboro
Debris kicked up on Interstate 95 punctured a hole in the fuel tank of a hazardous waste clean up truck, spewing an estimated 70 gallons of diesel fuel onto an exit ramp and Newport Avenue in South Attleboro ...
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Mass. woman's 1 cent debt paid in full
A 74-year-old blind woman's 1 cent debt to a Massachusetts city has been settled.
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Attleboro woman threatened with lien over penny bill
A 74-year-old blind Attleboro woman was shocked when she got a letter from the city saying a lien would be placed on her home unless she pays an overdue water bill.
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Attleboro election may be far off, but in Ward 5, race is on
As if freshman City Councilor Jerry Chase doesn't have enough problems, now someone wants his job.
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Smith makes correct call in North Attleboro
Rather than wait a week to correct a misquoted statement in a local weekly newspaper, Superintendent Richard Smith took the unusual, but not unprecedented, step of alerting parents to the error with the school ...
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Parking prices double at T lots
Parking fees at MBTA lots double today, and the reaction from cash-strapped consumers ranges from outright anger to weary resignation.
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Rehab for dog's owner
A Norfolk woman charged with animal cruelty has been ordered to spend up to 30 days in an alcohol treatment facility as part of her probation on an unrelated matter.
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'You have something special'
MARK STOCKWELLJay Eshleman and his wife Alicia are staunch supporters of the Attleboro Arts Museum and the art auction that raises money for the museum.
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Attleboro veterans agent picking up the sword for a fallen comrade
The city's veterans agent is offering to take a fallen soldier's place in his National Guard unit.
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Two-term Republican state Sen. Scott Brown easily overcame a challenge from Needham Democrat Sara Orozco Tuesday, riding to a 18,000-vote victory in the Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex District.
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Teens charged in Plainville drinking party
Area police arrested 13 teenagers at a drinking party in a secluded shelter in woods Friday night, the second such raid in recent weeks following the death last month of a King Philip senior at another party in ...
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Crash, jet fuel spill shuts I-95 at Attleboro/RI border
A tanker truck carrying jet fuel landed on a car on Interstate 95 South this morning, leaking thousands of gallons of fuel, shutting down both sides of the interstate for a couple of hours, and leading to the ...
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Hundreds evacuated as chlorine gas leaks in North industrial park
About 400 people were evacuated this morning from businesses in the North Attleboro Industrial Park after a large cloud of chlorine gas leaked out of Metalor Technologies.
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South Attleboro Firefighters Respond To An Overturned Tanker
Around 03:30 Thursday Morning Attleboro 341 dispatched Engine 2 and Rescue 2 to Route 95 Southbound between Exits 2-3 for a tractor trailer verses Car accident.
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Tanker-truck rollover closes highway in Attleboro
Authorities said it is fortunate no one was seriously hurt and a fire was prevented after a tanker truck loaded with jet fuel and a car collided on Interstate 95 early Thursday, spilling about 3,700 gallons of ...
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At North Attleboro's main voting place, a traffic jam
Outside North High School Mary-Ann Greanier, a supporter for state Senate candidate Sara Orozco, gets a few extra staples into some campaign signs before taking up her post outside of the North Attleboro High ...
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Local voters pack polls on historic Election Day
North Attleboro voters cast their ballots at the newest polling place in town, the Showcase Cinemas on Route 1. Polls were bustling all day as record numbers of voters cast ballots in the presidential election.
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