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The Providence Journal. The Providence Journal, colloquially known as the ProJo, is a daily newspaper serving the metropolitan area of Providence, the largest newspaper in Rhode Island, US. The newspaper was first published in 1829. The newspaper had won four Pulitzer Prizes as of 2023 .
Raymond Joseph Patriarca [1] ( / ˌpætriˈɑːrkə /; born February 24, 1945), known as Raymond Patriarca Jr., is an American former gangster from Providence, Rhode Island, son of mob boss Raymond L. S. Patriarca, after whom the Patriarca crime family was named. The crime family has a faction in Providence and another in Boston, Massachusetts ...
The Standard-Times of North Kingstown. The Independent, covering South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Narragansett and The University of Rhode Island. The Express of Westerly. Independent newspapers. The Block Island Times of New Shoreham. Jamestown Press of Jamestown. Motif Magazine, an alternative weekly in Pawtucket.
Rhode Island lost a journalistic legend on Thursday. Bill Reynolds, Providence Journal columnist for almost 40 years, author of a dozen outstanding books, and hall of fame Brown basketball player ...
The Patriarca crime family ( / ˌpætriˈɑːrkə /, Italian pronunciation: [patriˈarka] ), also known as the New England Mafia, the Boston Mafia, the Providence Mafia or the Office, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family operating in New England. The family consists of two distinct factions, one based in Providence, Rhode Island, and the ...
Gerard Thomas Ouimette (March 6, 1940 – April 19, 2015), commonly known as The Frenchman, was an American mobster and author from Providence, Rhode Island who was a prominent associate of the Patriarca crime family. He served for years as one of Raymond L. S. Patriarca 's lieutenants, and also headed his own faction of the Patriarca mob.
Personal. Quinn was born on October 24, 1925, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Kathryn and John A. Quinn. He attended Classical High School in Providence and graduated in 1942. He graduated magna cum laude from Providence College in 1945, and earned his master's degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism in 1946.
Thomas Joseph Tobin (born April 1, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was bishop of the Diocese of Providence in Rhode Island from 2005 to 2023. Tobin previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown in Ohio from 1996 to 2005 and as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania from 1992 to 1995.