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Susan Menard (died c. September 2022) was an American politician who served as the 31st mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, from 1995 to 2009. [1] She was the first female mayor and longest serving mayor in Woonsocket history.
In the face of declining revenue, the paper began charging for obituaries on January 4, 2005. The paper's last Massachusetts edition was published on March 10, 2006. On Oct. 10, 2008, the paper stopped publishing all of its zoned editions in Rhode Island and laid off 33 news staffers, including three managers.
After high school, he joined the New York Air National Guard near Buffalo, and starting in 1952, he attended the University at Buffalo. [3] In 1953, he attended the University of Rhode Island. Later that year, Garrahy joined the United States Air Force, where he served until 1955 while stationed in Upstate New York and was involved with ...
John Patrick Shanley Jr. (May 31, 1944 – August 3, 2021) was an American politician who served as a South Kingstown Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009, representing the Rhode Island General Assembly's 49th House district for his first term and the Rhode Island General Assembly's 35th House district for three more terms, following the Rhode Island ...
The son of Rhode Island President John Coggeshall Sr., he was raised in the village of Castle Hedingham in northeastern Essex where his father was a merchant. [3] Aged about eight, he sailed from England with his parents and surviving siblings, arriving in New England in 1632.
Robert J. Healey Jr. (May 3, 1957 – March 20, 2016) was an American attorney, businessman, and political activist. He was the founder of Rhode Island's Cool Moose Party, the state's third-largest political party from 1994 until 2002, and was a perennial candidate for statewide office.
Brendan Malone, 81, American basketball coach (Rhode Island Rams, Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors). [260] Louise Meriwether, 100, American author (Daddy Was a Number Runner) and activist. [261] Toshio Naka, 87, Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons) and manager. [262] Dónal O'Neill, 56, Irish Gaelic footballer (Offaly, Edenderry). [263]
In 1972, she ran the Rhode Island campaign for California Republican Pete McCloskey, who was trying to deny Nixon another nomination for president. After becoming then-U.S. Senator John Chafee ’s finance director in 1976, Farmer ran for and won, in 1979, a seat on the commission drafting a new Home Rule charter for the city of Providence .