http://www.yourstreet.com/news/ri YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Call for Student Entries! Deadline is December 12, 2009. The Rhode Island Center for the Book at Providence Public Library invites all Rhode Island students in grades 4 – 12 to enter the national... ...Read the full article at www.kidoinfo.com http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751977/ri-center-for-the-book-invites-rhode-island-students-to-enter-reading- Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:08 -0700 PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Students at Brown University are protesting a decision to strip Columbus Day from the school's calendar because of the explorer's reputed violence against Native Americans. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749069/brown-students-protest-renaming-of-columbus-day Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:56:08 -0700 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Students at Brown University are protesting a decision to strip Columbus Day from the school's calendar because of the explorer's reputed violence against Native Americans. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6744965/brown-students-protest-renaming-of-columbus-day Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:09:08 -0700 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ? A decision to strip Columbus Day from the Brown University calendar because of the explorer's violence against Native Americans sparks a protest at the Ivy League school. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6747342/students-at-ivy-league-school-brown-protest-renaming-of-columbus-day Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:31:08 -0700 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A decision to strip Columbus Day from the Brown University calendar because of the explorer's violence against Native Americans sparks a protest at the Ivy League school. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749178/brown-students-protest-renaming-of-columbus-day Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:15:08 -0700 Associated Press - October 2, 2009 12:55 PM ET PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Southern Union has been ordered to pay $18 million for illegally storing hazardous mercury waste in a rundown building in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736679/southern-union-must-pay-18m-in-ri-mercury-case Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:05:08 -0700 Associated Press - October 2, 2009 12:55 PM ET PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Southern Union has been ordered to pay $18 million for illegally storing hazardous mercury waste in a rundown building in... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736375/southern-union-must-pay-18m-in-ri-mercury-case Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:05:08 -0700 So Verizon removed the telephone-history mural in its old Post Office Square building because the new owner is not a big fan of the working classes, or something. Jay Fitzgerald is outraged at the thought it might be sold to somebody in Rhode Island: ... It's a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6734540/keep-the-telephone-mural-in-boston Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:10:08 -0700 The chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly and member of the Republican Central Committee says he has quit the GOP because he was embarrassed by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's address to Congress on Sept. 9.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728928/r-i-gop-official-resigns-over-s-c-s-wilson-outburst Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:12:08 -0700 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly and member of the Republican Central Committee says he has quit the GOP because he was embarrassed by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's address to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728890/gop-official-resigns-over-wilson-s-outburst Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:16:08 -0700 The chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly and member of the Republican Central Committee says he has quit the GOP because he was embarrassed by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's address to Congress on Sept. 9. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6728905/ri-gop-official-resigns-over-sc-s-wilson-outburst Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:15:08 -0700 The chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly and member of the Republican Central Committee says he has quit the GOP because he was embarrassed by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's address to Congress on Sept. 9.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729103/ri-gop-official-resigns-over-sc-s-wilson-outburst Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:58:08 -0700 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly and member of the Republican Central Committee says he has quit the GOP because he was embarrassed by South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Obama's address to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729069/gop-official-resigns-over-wilson-outburst Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:57:08 -0700 In August, California's unemployment rate climbed to 12.2 percent, the highest reported in nearly 70 years, with only Michigan, Nevada and Rhode Island reporting higher jobless numbers. New York Times View Comments | http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6726650/california-s-unemployment-rate-highest-in-nearly-7-decades Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:46:08 -0700 SMITHFIELD, RI - Lorena (Montigny) Dumas, 93, formerly of Grosvenordale, died on September 11, 2009 at North Bay Manor in Smithfield, RI. She was the loving wife of the late Eugene Dumas. Born in Cumberland, RI, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Melina... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6723500/lorena-montigny-dumas,-93 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:53:01 -0700 Citizens Financial Group, a Providence, R.I., commercial bank holding company with operations in the Philadelphia area, has named Judith M. von Seldeneck to its board. She is founder, chairwoman, and chief executive officer of Diversified Search, Philadel http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6722868/on-the-boards Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:01:08 -0700 PROVIDENCE - State workers in Rhode Island face decisions as early as today on whether to accept a tentative deal that would cost them pay but prevent a shutdown of state government and the layoffs of 1,000 state workers. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6723340/r-i-workers-to-decide-on-deal-to-prevent-shutdown Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0700 A 21-year-old Rhode Island man drove through a U.S. border station with Canada and then hit speeds of 140 miles an hour before crashing 50 miles to the south, the police said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6719342/police-driver-blew-across-u-s-border Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:00:08 -0700 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Finding part-time work was never a challenge for Walker Williams until he arrived as a student at Brown University two years ago hoping to find a job for extra cash. He looked on a school-run job listings Web site, combed unsuccessfully... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6718465/brown-students-launch-new-job-service-for-students Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:29:08 -0700 STAMFORD By CHASE WRIGHT Hour Staff Writer A Rhode Island man with an apparent affinity for Stamford was arrested twice this week in the city's developing South End, police said. According to Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin, Clayton Benjamin, 31, of 248 Madison... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6712347/rhode-island-man-arrested-in-stamford-twice-on-drug-charges Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:54:08 -0700