FRIDAY, May 2
May 2nd, 2008 by wqrinews
THE AUDIO OF THE UPDATE IS BELOW. THANKS.
ABOUT 50 DEGREES IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND… LIGHT SHOWERS ON AND OFF ALL DAY. WE’LL GIVE YOU THE FULL FORECAST COMING UP. FIRST THE NEWS.
HUNDREDS OF BRISTOL RESIDENTS UNCONVINCED THEIR LAND HAS RISEN IN VALUE AS MUCH AS THEY’VE BEEN TOLD BY THE TOWN. THE BRISTOL PHOENIX NOW REPORTING THAT MANY OF THEM ARE APPEALING. A PUBLIC HEARING IS SET FOR THIS COMING TUESDAY, 7 P.M. AT TOWN HALL.
GOV. DON CARCIERI HAS SIGNED A BUDGET CLOSING THE STATE’S 168 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT. IT WOULD INCLUDE DEEP CUTS TO FUNDING FOR CITIES AND TOWNS AND SOCIAL WELFARE SPENDING. IT COULD ALSO FORCE THOUSANDS OF STATE WORKERS INTO RETIREMENT. THE HOUSE AND SENATE ALREADY PASSED THE SPENDING PLAN.
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUPS RALLYING OUTSIDE THE STATE HOUSE YESTERDAY, CONDEMNING GOV. CARCIERI’S EXECUTIVE ORDER CRACKING DOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. THE TURNOUT WAS BELOW EXPECTATIONS. ABOUT 300 PEOPLE SHOWED UP. THERE WERE AS MANY AS 20,000 PEOPLE AT ANOTHER IMMIGRANT RALLY IN 2006. SIMILAR RALLIES HELD ACROSS THE COUNTRY YESTERDAY.
THE DC MADAM IS DEAD AFTER AN APPARENT SUICIDE. DEBORAH JEANE PALFREY WAS FOUND HANGING IN A SHED ON HER MOTHER’S PROPERTY IN FLORIDA YESTERDAY. SHE WAS CONVICTED IN APRIL FOR RUNNING A HIGH-END PROSTITUTION RING SERVING POWERFUL PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON DC. POLICE SAY THEY DON’T SUSPECT FOUL PLAY.
PRESIDENT BUSH CALLING ON CONGRESS THURSDAY TO APPROVE $770 MILLION IN WORLD FOOD AID… THAT WOULD PUT THE BRAKES ON THOSE SKY-ROCKETING FOOD PRICES CAUSING UNREST THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
AND GAS PRICES END A 17-DAY RECORD RUN, SO ALTHOUGH THEY MAY BE HIGH, AT LEAST THEY’RE STEADY TODAY.
WQRI SPORTS
TORONTO OVER THE RED SOX THURSDAY, 3-0.
SOX PLAY TAMPA BAY TONIGHT.
PAWSOX OVER SYRACUSE, 9-3. NEXT HOMEGAME IS MONDAY NIGHT VERSES THE BULLS.
BOSTON CELTICS GAME 6 OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE VS THE ATLANTA HAWKS… TONIGHT AT 8.
ROGER WILLIAMS HAWKS…
BASEBALL LOSES TO WENTWORTH IN THE TOURNAMENT, 3-16.
THEY FACE GORDON COLLEGE THIS AFTERNOON AT 3.
LACROSSE LOSES TO ENDICOTT IN THE SEMIFINALS, 6-16.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE OVER WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE 10-7.
WQRI FORECAST
HIGH 48 TODAY…A BIT CHILLY WITH CLOUDS AND DRIZZLE.. MORE OF THE SAME TONIGHT, LOW 43.
SUN IS BACK FOR A BIT TOMORROW, THEN SOME SHOWERS LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING, HIGH 55.
CLEAR YOUR CALENDAR FOR SUNDAY AND COME TO HIP-HOP-A-PALOOZA ON THE ROGER WILLIAMS CAMPUS… LIVE MUSIC, GREAT FOOD, FREE DEL’S LEMONADE, FIELD GAMES, AWESOME PRIZES AND GIVEAWAYS. BROUGHT TO YOU BY ALL SEVEN ORGS, SO YOU KNOW IT’LL BE A LOT OF FUN. THAT’S SUNDAY, FROM 2-5 BEHIND THE NEW ACADEMIC BUILDING. 1 OLD FERRY ROAD BRISTOL.
after 3 p.m.notes
PROVIDENCE HOMEOWNERS MAY HAVE TO PAY MORE TAXES SOON. MAYOR DAVID CICILLINE IS PRESENTING A HIKE OF ALMOST 4 PERCENT. THAT WOULD BRING IN ABOUT NINE MILLION DOLLARS MORE IN TAXES FOR THE CAPITAL CITY.
AS GAS PRICES RISE, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST BARGAINS AT THE PUMP. ONE PLACE TO RULE OUT: BLOCK ISLAND, WHICH HAS THE STATE’S HIGHEST PRICES. $4.14 A GALLON FOR UNLEADED. EVEN HIGHER FOR PREMIUM AND DIESEL. AND GOOD LUCK AVOIDING IT. THERE’S ONLY ONE GAS STATION ON THE ISLAND.
UNDERAGE DRINKING-0-DEE
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