Archive for the ‘Providence’ Category
Monday, October 13th, 2008
With American streets from urban centers to suburbs becoming more and more congested with automobile traffic and the cost to individuals to operate their cars higher than ever thanks to inflated gas prices, the marketplace is ripe for a new type of mass transit capable of carrying people from place to place over short ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
The newly renovated Dunkin' Donuts Center in Downtown Providence had it's unofficial grand opening ceremony today as officials from across the state celebrated the completion of the three year, $80 million dollar project.
Projo.com has a short video up with a sneak peak of what the new Dunk will have to ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
American boxer and Rhode Island native Demetrius Andrade was denied a chance to bring home a medal when he lost to Kim Jungjoo of Korea 11-9 on Sunday. Andrade, frustrated with the scoring in a bout that he (and others) felt that he should have won, walked out of the ring ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Rhode Island native Demetrius Andrade continued his march towards an Olympic medal this morning by defeating his second Russian opponent, Andrey Balanov, in dominating fashion, 14-3. Andrade avenged an earlier loss to the older Balanov that occured on his first international trip. He was only a 16 year old fighter at ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Fans of the Providence Friars men's basketball program will be interested to know that God has returned. God Shammgod that is. Shammgod, a legend of NYC and PC hoops, made an appearance at the Tri-State Classic in Harlem last week. Shammgod dropped 38 points and dished out 15 dimes in a performance ...
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Here's the latest video from Providence native Jon Hope for "Agreed". There's always been talented emcees in Providence, but Jon Hope looks like the first one with a legit chance to get some real recognition.
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Director Michael Corrente has found his man. Working on a film about the notorious former mayor of Providence, Buddy Cianci, called The Prince of Providence, Corrente has cast Oliver Platt in the role of the charismatic mayor. Platt recently garnered praise for his portrayal of New York Yankees' loose cannon ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
A former stripper from Ohio stepped in front of the Rhode Island legistlature at the State House today (fully clothed I might add) to testify against a proposed 25% tax against the adult entertainment industry. I'm sure that this tax has come up in the news before, but apparantly I ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
The Providence Journal reports today that the City Council has asked all city departments to trim 10% off of their budgets versus the budget submitted by Mayor David Cicilline. The City Council believes that Cicilline's is a tad bit too optimistic with his budget. Now, I have no idea what ...
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