• Providence Place mall changes the face of Providence
• Public trust in police and politics is shaken by Blackstone Valley scandals
  
• Johnston hits bottom -- twice
  
• Newport makes a hit with Hollywood
  
• Bristol, Warren merge school districts
  
• Bristol County customers go with the flow
  
• Community center, police-fire complex bring new life to Little Compton
  
• 'It's been a positive decade' in Portsmouth
  
• South County is in development
  
• Officials put to the test in Seekonk, Swansea, Rehoboth, Mass.
  
• Fire tears through 'castle' at LaSalette Shrine
  
• Drownings, house fire claim many young lives in southeastern Mass.
• Controversy erupts in Swansea, Mass., over conduct of dog officer
  

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