Archive - Jan 2012
WOONSOCKET â YWCA Northern Rhode Island, located at 514 Blackstone St., will merge with the faltering Central Falls-based YWCA of Greater Rhode Island in a deal expected to be finalized by March 1.
âThis is not a hostile take-over,â said Deborah Perry, president and CEO of YWCA Northern Rhode Island. âWeâre both in favor,â and the news is in the ambitious plans she has for the new YWCA Rhode Island.
Edith Merle Agin
FOXBORO, MA - Edith Merle Agin, 74, of Foxboro Massachusetts, passed this Sunday with her loving family at her side. She succumbed to a brief 1 month battle with pancreatic cancer. Her friends know her as Merle.
Born in Pawtucket, RI, Merle was the daughter of Evelyn and Isadore. Merle was a long time Pawtucket resident but recently resided in Foxboro near her sons.
Mary T. Suita
PAWTUCKET - Mary T. Suita 96, passed away Monday January 30, 2012 at Kent Hospital in Warwick. She was the wife of the late Edward A. Suita.
Born in Pawtucket she was a daughter of the late Wincenty and Mary (Balbaton) Rusielewicz. She lived in Pawtucket all her life.
Gabriel M. Fortin
LINCOLN - Gabriel M. "Gabe" Fortin, 77, died Saturday, January 28, at home. He was the husband of the late Lois B. (Vivier) Fortin.
Born in the Albion village of Lincoln, a son of the late Wilfred and DiNora (Metivier) Fortin, he was a lifelong resident of the village.
Mr. Fortin was a schoolteacher for the Central Falls School Dept. for over thirty-five years, and was a graduate of St. Michael's College, Vermont.
Ronald W. Burke
DeLand, FL - Mr. Ronald W. "Hank" Burke, 75, of DeLand passed from this life on Friday, January 27, 2012. Ronald was born on May 10, 1937 in Attleboro he was the son of the late James H. and Muriel D. (Brown) Burke. He moved to DeLand in 2003 after retiring from CSR Rinker in South Florida.
His Favorite Hobby was building and working on his 1934 Cabriolet. He was a veteran having served in the Navy.
PROVIDENCE (AP) â Former Rhode Island Gov. Joseph Garrahy has been remembered as a man who lived humbly and set an example for others.
The Rev. Marcel Taillon remembered Garrahy at a funeral Mass on Tuesday morning as a man of faith who rose from humble beginnings.
Taillon, the pastor at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish in Narragansett, delivered the homily at a service at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence.
Garrahy died last week at a hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 81.
January 30th
Two high school hoops games stand out above the rest tonight. And theyâre both Division II crossover contests.
Tolman, 4-7 with seven games left in the regular season, visits Central Falls (6-5) in the first meaningful game. The Tigers seek to end a four-game losing streak that has jeopardized their playoff hopes. Those hopes were not helped on Monday when leading scorer Juan Velez (20.8 points per game) and starting forward Seny Samb, a solid defensive player, were suspended for violating school disciplinary rules.
CUMBERLAND â After surviving a staph infection scare that shut down the Cumberland High wrestling program for a week, the Clippers return to the mat this week for a pair of tough matches with La Salle Academy and Cranston West.
âEvery match we have from here on out is going to be tough,â Cumberland coach Steve Gordon admitted on Monday. âNext week, we host unbeaten Hendricken and the week after that we visit Warwick Veterans. Both of those teams are state title contenders.â
Gordon is just happy to have his team wrestling again.
PAWTUCKET â At about 5 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13, Adam Tumlinson had been making his way home to his Darlington neighborhood when he heard his cell phone jingle.
âIt said, âRestricted,â so I was very hesitant to answer it,â Tumlinson stated recently between sips on a coffee at an Armistice Boulevard doughnut shop. âI usually donât answer numbers I donât recognize, but for some reason I picked it up anyway.â
Annis I. Prevost
PAWTUCKET - Annis "Maud" I. (Senior) Prevost, 91, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, January 28, 2012. She was the beloved wife of the late Albert J. Prevost. A lifelong resident of Pawtucket, she was a daughter of the late Alfred and Ethel M. (Carter) Senior. Annis was a member of St. Paul Episcopal Church.
PAWTUCKET - Willis J. Leonard, 67, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, January 29, 2012. He was the beloved husband of Mary R. (Beausoleil) Leonard for twenty-seven years. A lifelong resident of Pawtucket, he was a son of the late Edward A. and Loretta (McNally) Leonard.
Mary T. Horan
LINCOLN - Mary T. Horan, 94, passed away peacefully on January 29, 2012 at Epoch Assisted Living, Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI where she has resided for the past 6 years. She was the devoted wife of 48 years of the late Willard V. Horan.
Born in Pawtucket, RI, the daughter of the late Mary (Conlon) Campbell and William F. "Leo" Campbell, she resided in Pawtucket util 1979 when she moved to Lincoln, RI where she lived for 27 years.
Jeannette Rose Marie Royer
EAST GREENWICH - Jeannette Rose Marie Royer, 90, of Royal Court, entered into eternal life Wednesday. She was the wife of the late Russell Leigh.
Jeannette was born in Pawtucket, a daughter of the late Edmond and Maria (Dargie) Houle. She lived in Pawtucket several years before moving to East Greenwich, She had been employed at the former Balfour Co. as an inspector. She was a communicant of Our Lady of Mercy Parish and formerly of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs (St. Mary's) Seekonk.
Judge Robert J. Rahil
NORTH PROVIDENCE - District Court Judge Robert J. Rahill, of North Providence and formerly of South Kingstown passed on January 27, 2012 surrounded by his loving family.
He was the husband of Mary Elaine (Leonard) Rahill for 56 years.
Cynthia Duval
CENTRAL FALLS - Cynthia Duval, 52, passed January 27th.
Born in Pawtucket, she was the daughter of Everett Wilkinson and the late Cecilia (Dougdale) Adams.
She had been employed as a CNA for over 20 years at the former Jewish Home of the Age. She was a member of the American Legion Post 25, Pawtucket.
She is survived by a daughter, Candace Wilkinson, and a son Shawne Duval, 2 sisters, Michaela and Angela Wilkinson, a brother, Kenneth Wilkinson and 4 grandchildren. She was the sister of the late John Wilkinson.
January 29th
WOONSOCKET â Charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity.
Maurice E. Berube has spent the better part of 11 years trying to promote and practice the four cardinal virtues of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. But it wasn't until last month, when he found himself the recipient of a simple act of kindness by an 11-year-old city girl, that he really understood what it meant to be an Elk.
Berube, Grand Exalted Ruler of Woonsocket Elks Lodge #850, says it happened in December when he was helping deliver 227 food baskets to needy families during the holiday season.
Why not Jose Iglesias?
More than a week has gone by since the Red Sox traded shortstop Marco Scutaro. The exchange with Colorado marked the second time this offseason that general manager/budget balancer Ben Cherington has shipped away a potential starting shortstop, last monthâs Jed Lowrie-to-Houston swap officially re-catalogued as the first domino to fall.
PAWTUCKET â Brandon Speight popped in a pair of first-period goals on Sunday afternoon to lead Tolman past Scituate 4-0 in a makeup game played at Lynch Arena and the third contest in a 48-hour span for the Tigers.
Kody Casavant and Jared Pedro finished the scoring for Tolman with second-period goals, and goaltender Stephane Meunier stopped 19 shots for his fourth shutout of the season.
Tolman improved to 7-4 in Division III with an overtime loss to unbeaten Johnston/North Providence on its ledger. Those 15 points place the Tigers second in the division behind JNP (10-0-0).
January 28th
WOONSOCKET --- Tolman sure didnât look like a team that hadnât played a game in 21 days on Friday night.
The Tigers, who received three-goal games from Kody Casavant and Jared Pedro, scored five goals in the first 10 minutes of play and cruised to a 10-1 win over winless Woonsocket in their Division III matchup at Adelard Arena.
The Tigers, who improved to 6-3, also received a pair of assists from Kevin Tracey and Casavant, who currently leads the league in scoring with 19 goals and 10 assists.
January 27th
PAWTUCKET --- At halftime, this has all the makings of an impressive blowout victory by Shea over a quality Division II-South opponent.
But when the Raidersâ win over Westerly on Friday night was in the books, they found themselves holding on for a too-close-for-comfort triumph.
Ahead by a cool 20 points at the break, the visiting Bulldogs found a way to battle back and slice their deficit to five points with 5:06 to play and four on three occasions before busing home on the wrong end on a 77-74 verdict before a packed gym.
