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Mayor Charles Lombardi, left, discusses the merits of the solar landfill project with Town Council President Kristen Catanzaro, center, and member Alice Brady. (Tim Faulkner/ecoRI News)

North Providence Is Energized By Solar Project

By ecoRI News on January 17, 2013

NORTH PROVIDENCE — Local solar energy got a boost Tuesday night from the Town Council. At the urging of Mayor Charles Lombardi, the council voted unanimously to move ahead with a plan to consider dropping property taxes for the development of a solar array at the town’s old landfill. Lombardi has implored the council for [...]

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ACLU Sues Over Wrongful Detention of US Citizen

ACLU Sues Over Wrongful Detention of US Citizen

By Bob Plain on April 24, 2012

Ada Morales, of North Providence, is a US citizen. But twice she has been detained by law enforcement officials who didn’t realize she she had become naturalized in 1995. In an effort to ensure the same thing doesn’t happen to her a third time – or someone else for the first time – the RI [...]

Posted in Civil Rights / Liberties, Immigration, Rhode Island | Tagged ACLU, ada morales, citizen, Civil Liberties, ice, Immigration, north providence, Rhode Island, steve brown | Leave a response

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