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Two area men charged in child porn sting |
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Sunday, 22 August 2010 |
Jessica Selby
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Two local men were among 18 individuals who were arrested yesterday morning as part of a major undercover investigation dubbed by law enforcement officers as “Operation Safe Child.”
The investigation identified 20 Rhode Island residences actively involved in obtaining and sharing images of child pornography on the Internet.
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Saturday, 07 August 2010 |
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ANGELENA CHAPMAN
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It has touched their lives personally and now they hope to touch others’ as they ride to raise money to find a cure.
Robert and Holly Grenier of Coventry will be riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) this Saturday and Sunday. There are ten routes riders can select from and the Grenier’s will be biking the longest distance, 190 miles from Sturbridge, MA to Provincetown, MA.
The PMC raises money for both cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. It generates more than half of the Jimmy Fund’s annual revenue and is Dana-Farber’s single largest contributor.
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Council just says 'no' to pot in Coventry |
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Friday, 23 July 2010 |
ANGELENA CHAPMAN
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The town council voted unanimously to pass a resolution opposing the locations of both a medical marijuana compassion center and its growing location.
Town Manager Thomas Hoover said the growing location at 7 Clark Mill St. was “a bit closer to an elementary school than we have comfort for.”
There is no assurance that the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) will choose the Coventry location, but three will be approved out of 15 applications received, Hoover said, with one being in the center of the state.
Chief of the Coventry Police Department Col. Ronald DaSilva spoke at Council Vice President Laura Flanagan’s request.
He said the department was “entirely opposed” to the locations. Battey Avenue is a short, narrow road right on the bike path, he said.
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Man kills self after minor car crash |
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Saturday, 03 July 2010 |
Jessica Selby
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A minor two-car accident on Nooseneck Hill Road Thursday evening ended with a local man taking his own life.
William Temple, 62, of South Main Street, Coventry was transported to Kent for a single gun shot wound to the head, but was later pronounced dead from the self-inflicted injury.
Coventry Police were called to the intersection of Nooseneck Hill Road and Harkney Hill Road at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday evening for a “reported minor traffic crash.”
When the first officer arrived on scene he quickly realized that he was in store for something much different. According to Coventry Police, Temple, who was the operator of one of the vehicles involved in the minor accident, pointed a gun at the officer and then turned it on himself. Police said Temple then pointed the gun under his chin and sat in his vehicle.
Additional officers were called to the scene and negotiations with Temple began.
Meanwhile many other officers from several other departments were also called in to help maintain order of the roadway as the heavily-traveled intersection had to be shut down for several hours.
After a short time of attempted negotiations, Temple stepped out of his vehicle and moved the gun to his temple and fired a single shot, Coventry Police said.
Emergency responders moved in to help Temple and transported him to Kent, where he was later pronounced dead.
It doesn’t appear that anyone else was injured in this incident and the roadway was reopened just after 9 p.m.
Coventry Police would not comment any further about the incident. |
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Western Coventry Fire Department chief suspended |
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Saturday, 03 July 2010 |
Jessica Selby
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The chief of the Western Coventry Fire Department has been suspended and a new interim chief has been appointed.
The decision to let former Western Coventry Fire Chief Joel Pomfret go was made at an emergency meeting called last Wednesday and held at the home of Earl Mann, chairman of the Western Coventry Fire Department Board.
Neither Mann nor board member John Humble would comment on the decision, but instead referred all questions to counsel.
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Flood woes continue for Hopkins Hill residents |
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Friday, 14 May 2010 |
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Richard Young, a Hopkins Hill Road resident, points out the once-plugged pipe that kept his backyard flooded more than month after the rest of the state dried out from March’s flooding. Jessica Selby
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Although flooding issues have subsided for the majority of Rhode Islanders, there were a few residents on Hopkins Hill Road that were still under water until last week.
Richard Young, who lives at 87 Hopkins Hill Road, was one of them.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 |
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Holly Riecke’s first grade class participated in the Hopkins Hill School “Pajama Day” fundraiser on Friday. The class raised $114 and the school raised more than $1,200 which will be sent to the American Red Cross for the Haiti relief effort. Jessica Selby
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Students and teachers at Hopkins Hill School got out of bed on Friday and didn’t even bother to get properly dressed. It wasn’t out of carelessness or laziness that they wore their pajamas to school — they were doing it to raise money for the people of Haiti.
The teachers, administrators and students in the school decided that they would organize a school-wide fundraiser to help the Rhode Island chapter of the American Red Cross through the fundraiser, Kim O’Connell, a fourth grade teacher at the school said. |
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Free tax preparation for elderly and disabled Kent County Residents… |
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Saturday, 23 January 2010 |
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HANNAH PIECUCH
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As the tax season approaches, elders with low to moderate incomes can receive free help filing their taxes, thanks to Coventry resident Marilyn Nagy, who has trained a crew of volunteers. Nagy spent her professional career as a tax preparer and now that she is retired she heads up the AARP Tax-Aide program in Kent County. This year she has trained about 40 volunteers to fan out between Coventry, West Warwick, East Greenwich, Warwick and Providence and give assistance to those who need it. |
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Rambone to continue hauling Coventry recycling |
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Thursday, 29 October 2009 |
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HANNAH PIECUCH
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Johnson contractor Rambone Disposal Services was awarded the contract for hauling Coventry recycling after a 5-0 vote at Monday’s council meeting; they also voted to reject the bid made by Providence contractor Coastal Recycling Inc., also with a 5-0 vote. This was the second time that the recycling contract went out to bid for the next three-year cycle because of concerns the council had with the first bidding process, Town Manager Thomas Hoover said at the meeting. |
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Saturday, 10 October 2009 |
RACHAEL STAMP
Special to the Times
The Coventry Fire Department had their final budget meeting this Monday and unanimously voted and approved this year’s budget.
About 45 people attended the meeting held on October 5 at the Town Hall Annex.
The fire department’s budget is increasing by 3.2 percent this year said Coventry Fire Chief Robert Seltzer. He said this year of budgeting was one of finding and cutting any unnecessary expenditure.
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New Town Engineer gets feet wet |
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Saturday, 26 September 2009 |
HANNAH PIECUCH
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After more than a year of paying a contractor to provide engineering services for the town, Coventry has a town engineer again, according to Town Manager Thomas Hoover.
Although the previous town council collapsed the engineering department in February 2008 in order to save funds for the town, the new council decided they could save more money by hiring a full time engineer, according to Council Vice-President Laura Flanagan.
While drafting the 2009-2010 budget, the town council decided to put a full-time engineer position back into the budget, said Council President Raymond Spear.
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