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11/28/2006

Woman sentenced to 3 years
NEWPORT — She was spared jail five years ago when she admitted to stealing $125,000 from a North Providence church’s collection plates. But yesterday, a Superior Court sheriff handcuffed Mindy Andreozzi Schwegmann and hauled her off to prison for three years.

11/23/2006

When silver leaf just won’t do
NEWPORT — For years, conservators at The Breakers were baffled by eight gleaming wall panels depicting muses of classical mythology. If the panels were made with silver leaf, why hadn’t they tarnished – even a little bit – in more than 100 years?

11/21/2006

Cicilline wants Oliveira to take back remarks
NEWPORT — The city’s leading Democrat yesterday condemned fellow party member Robert T. Oliveira for his partisan and personal attacks on City Council members last week after they backed a Republican to be their chairman and the city’s next mayor.

The turn of a new season
Third grade students from Sullivan School, in Newport, visited the Island Moving Company on Friday to watch the dancers practice for their performance of The Nutcracker, which will run from Friday through Dec. 2 at Rosecliff.

11/17/2006

Council targeted by candidate’s e-mail
NEWPORT — A candidate who lost a bid for City Council last week sent an e-mail on Wednesday to members of the council-elect in which he calls one “a drunk” and another a “racist” and a “feeble hillbilly.” He also brought up the sexual orientation of a third council member in a critical context.

Suspected pipe bomb disabled
NEWPORT — The police summoned a bomb squad to the city Wednesday afternoon after someone walking near Van Zandt bridge found what appeared to be a pipe bomb.

Woman charged with assault after husband is stabbed
NEWPORT — A man told the police his wife attempted to stab him in the chest with a steak knife, but he escaped with superficial wounds.

11/16/2006

Court ruling ends years-long battle over Belcourt estate
NEWPORT — Harle Tinney said she was “relieved” after a state Supreme Court order on Monday denied the estate claim of a former plumber whom her mother-in-law adopted as a son, a ruling that keeps an art/antiquities collection intact at the family’s Belcourt Castle on fabled Bellevue Avenue.

Unanimous vote ushers in Waluk, 29, as new mayor
NEWPORT — Stephen C. Waluk will be the chairman of the City Council — and hold the honorary title of mayor — when the new council convenes in the new year.

11/14/2006

ONE OF THEIR OWN

11/12/2006

Exhibit hours
“Through the Eyes of a Soldier” is free and open to the public through Dec. 10 at the University Gallery at Salve Regina University. The gallery is in Miley Hall, at the corner of Lawrence and Leroy avenues. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday and 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call the gallery at (401) 341-2981.

New days ahead for vocational education in R.I.
The opening this year of a new alternative high school in Newport marks the biggest step forward yet in an uphill campaign to reinvent vocational education in Rhode Island.

Man pleads no contest in molestation case
A Connecticut man, accused of luring a 6-year-old girl into a stairwell at the Newport Marriott two years ago and molesting her, pleaded no contest to the charges Thursday and was sentenced to serve five years in prison.

11/11/2006

Newport Grand sues to expand
NEWPORT — Newport Grand has filed a Superior Court lawsuit against the city for blocking its efforts to expand its video-gambling operations.

11/10/2006

Vial labeled ‘anthrax’ proves a hoax at Salve Regina
NEWPORT — A hazardous materials team was summoned to Salve Regina University yesterday after a container labeled “anthrax” was discovered in a bathroom, according to the police.

Newport library to reopen today after false bomb report
NEWPORT _ A bomb scare at the Newport Public Library yesterday afternoon prompted library officials to close the building for the rest of day, according to the police.

11/09/2006

David Carlin reelected to School Committee
An article in yesterday’s East Bay section incorrectly reported that David R. Carlin Jr. had lost his bid for reelection to the School Committee.

A tiny meteorite appears, but dig yields few answers
NEWPORT — The archaeological dig at the Old Stone Tower, the first of its kind in 60 years, will continue a week longer than expected. But while asking the council for more time yesterday, the project’s leader had no news of any earth-shattering discoveries to explain the tower’s mysterious origins.

11/08/2006

Incumbents, roads and sewers win
NEWPORT — The next City Council will look a lot like the current one, with five incumbents winning reelection to two-year terms, according to state election results last night.