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New:  Snow picking up; RI could see near-blizzard conditions

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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Little Rhody is a nice hot pink on the interactive weather map of the National Weather Service, which continues to issue a winter storm warning calling for 5 to 9 inches of snow that can be expected to create a treacherous evening commute Wednesday.

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Central Falls superintendent acts to fire city’s high school teachers

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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I.—School Supt. Frances Gallo plans to fire all the teachers in the city’s only high school as part of a major overhaul ordered by the state education commissioner. “We need to be able to move this school,” Gallo said Tuesday afternoon.

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Richard Hatch, by Charlie Hall

Westminster Street shows signs of struggle in challenging economy

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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The store closings came in quick succession on downtown Westminster Street. Just before Thanksgiving, the corner spot on Westminster and Eddy streets was vacated, after the regional housewares store Bowl & Board, a kind of Pottery Barn New England, announced it was liquidating all its stores after 43 years.

Clothing and crafts are sold by stores filling the retail space in the Peerless Building on Westminster Street.

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Clothing and crafts are sold by stores filling the retail space in the Peerless Building on Westminster Street.

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