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View Larger + Antonio Tony Caprio, Jr., 86, of Cranston, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on April 10, 2021. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Antonio and Filomena (Dello Iacono) Caprio. In high school, he excelled in sports. He played football for the U.S. Army team when stationed in Germany during the Korean War. While serving as a Providence Police Officer, he was decorated for heroism for saving the lives of two children. He attended Providence College, earning his bachelor’s degree and later a master’s degree in Special Education. After working as a teacher in the Providence School Department he became Executive Director of the John E. Fogarty Center for children with developmental disabilities. He then obtained a position as director of the Neighborhood Youth Corps, an organization that employed thousands of teenagers during the summer months. ....
Bill McGrath, RI Country Music Hall of Fame, PHOTO: FB Bill McGrath, one of the movers and shakers in Rhode Island’s music world, has passed away. He was a member of the RI Country Music Hall of Fame. He established Bill McGrath s Music Series, was the performance director at Rising, was a former Vice President at Rhode Island Country Horizons, and was a former Vice President at the Country Music Association of Rhode Island. He was an influence on hundreds of Rhode Island musicians and one of the biggest supporters of emerging artists. Award-winning RI musician Nate Cozzolino took to social media to pay tribute to McGrath, writing, “Heartbroken to hear of the passing of my good friend Bill McGrath. Honestly don’t know what to say.That he was an ardent advocate of the RI music scene doesn’t even begin to cover it. This is the caliber of man who gave me, Wesley Forsyth and Ron Tibbetts our first-ever gig as The Ghost Notes, some relative nobodies that ha ....
Trade Ad, IMAGE: Public Domain I guess you might say it was vaudeville in some way. A friend and I were discussing the ‘peep’ machines we once frequented at Crescent Park’s penny arcade. We called them ‘peep ‘machines because peep meant naughty, and that’s what we wanted. I loved Crescent Park. It was a bustling, old-time amusement park on the shores of Narragansett Bay in Riverside, Rhode Island and operated for 93 years from 1886 until 1979. The park featured a large midway full of amusement rides, games, and food stands. At one end was the famous Alhambra Ballroom, where many big bands played in the 1930s and 40s. At the other end, on a bluff overlooking beautiful Narragansett Bay, was the world-famous Shore Dinner Hall which could seat two thousand people at one time. The Rhode Island shore dinner that made the hall famous included lobster, Rhode Island clam chowder, clam cakes, fish, corn, and all the trimmings.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN ....
The U.S. Department of Labor has released eagerly-anticipated model notices and FAQ guidance in connection with the COBRA subsidy available under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). ....
A new report finds that the composition of Rhode Island’s small businesses made it one of the most vulnerable to the fiscal devastation of the ongoing pandemic. ....