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June 8: JHS Graduation Ceremonies Tonight
It's June 8, 2012, and here are your 5 Things to Know Today.
Graduation: Tonight at the Providence Performing Arts Center, the and leave with some nice parting gifts (a diploma, for one). We'll be posting a photo gallery where you can upload photos and video to share your memories of Graduation Day.
Gray: Ugh. How much longer with the clouds, already? Answer: Not much. Another day of clouds and chance of rain, then clearing out for Saturday morning. Highs in the mid-70s today, getting into the 80s tomorrow and nearly that warm on Sunday.
Gone Away: Alfred "Chippy" Scivola of Johnston learned his fate during a U.S. District Court sentencing yesterday: and three years' probation after that.
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Gaspee: This weekend is the annual , one of the earliest shows of rebellion by the American colonies against Britain in 1772. [Get to the back of the line, Boston Tea Party.] Fireworks, parade, and the burning of a replica are all part of the fun this weekend in Pawtuxet Village in Cranston — or Warwick, if you want to be picky about it.
Grabbed: In another arrest report worthy of OMG PD, our police log of June 8, 2011 noted how an while sitting in his car, parked in the driveway of a gas station.
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