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12.14.2003
Sources
The following is a summary of reporting sources used by Tom Mooney for this
story:
Description of Tom Medeiros's personality, relationships and work ethic: Interviews with relatives Andrea Silva and Paul Coelho; friends Doug Dering and John Amaral; and Joseph Sosnosky, executive vice president of the Original Bradford Soap Works.
Timothy Williams's request for sales-tax-free zone: The Providence Journal, July 2, 2001.
Optimism over a proposed casino: The Providence Journal, June 9, 1999, after West Warwick voters endorsed a proposed casino by a 2-to-1 ratio; The Providence Journal, March 29, 2002, in which town officials hope a state-wide referendum on the casino can be placed on the November 2004 ballot.
Description of The Station patrons and Great White on the night of the fire: Providence Journal investigation; interviews with Andrea Silva and Paul Coelho.
History of West Warwick's mills and fires: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission's 1987 report; interview with Richard Hughes of the Pawtuxet Valley Historical Society; The Mills of Remington Run, by Richard Rupp; High Road to Zion by Mathias P. Harpin.
History of Patrick Quinn, town's founding father: The Providence Journal, March 8, 1956, following Quinn's death; Rhode Island in Rhetoric and Reflection by Patrick T. Conley; Kent County Daily Times 75th town anniversary special edition (1988).
The demise of Arctic: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission 1987 report; The Providence Journal: Jan. 28, 2003; Dec. 22, 2002; March 11, 2003; and July 2, 2001.
1922 mill strike: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission report 1987; The Mills of Remington Run by Richard Rupp.
Tom Medeiros's high school track record: Interview with Phil Kershaw.
Novelist Ann Hood's recollection about West Warwick: Ann Hood's essay "Reunion Romp," The Sunday Journal Magazine, April 16, 1989.
Town scandals: The Providence Journal: Dec. 12, 1996, detailing how the town's Pension Board had rejected the disability claim of firefighter John D. Brown; March 23, 1989, detailing how the U.S. Court of Appeals had upheld a federal judge's ruling that the town did not deny former West Warwick Battalion Fire Chief Anthony J. "Tootsie" Parente his constitutional rights by refusing him a pension; Jan. 22, 1998, detailing how former West Warwick Mayor Michael Levesque pleaded no contest to a felony charge of obtaining money under false pretenses; also the Rhode Island Ethics Commission findings of February 1997 concerning former West Warwick School Committee member Daniel T. Burns.
Tom Medeiros's daily schedule and relationship with family and friends: Interviews with Andrea Silva, Paul Coelho and Joseph Sosnosky.
Tom Medeiros's conversation with Paul Coelho about the Great White concert: Interview with Paul Coelho.
Tom Medeiros's activities on the day of the Great White concert: Interviews with Paul Coelho and Andrea Silva.
Recovery of bodies at The Station site: Interviews with Doug Dering, John Amaral, Paul Coelho and Andrea Silva.
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