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In 2010, DiNunzio extorted Rhode Island strip clubs with members of the Gambino crime family. [47] On April 25, 2012, DiNunzio was arrested and charged with racketeering and extortion. [47] [48] [49] On September 13, 2012, DiNunzio pleaded guilty to shaking down Rhode Island strip clubs [50] and was sentenced to six years on November 14, 2012. [51]
Classical High School, founded in 1843, is a public magnet school in the Providence School District, in Providence, Rhode Island. [2] It was originally an all-male school but has since become co-ed. Classical's motto is Certare, Petere, Reperire, Neque Cedere, a Latin translation of the famous phrase taken from Tennyson's poem "Ulysses", "To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and Not to Yield".
David Charles Olney (March 23, 1948 – January 18, 2020) was an American folk singer-songwriter. [1] Olney recorded more than twenty albums over his five-decade career. His songs have been covered by numerous artists, including Emmylou Harris, Del McCoury, Linda Ronstadt and Steve Earle.
Its core is in the states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts; [2] [3] its largest city is Providence, Rhode Island. With an estimated population of 1,622,520, exceeding that of Rhode Island by slightly over 60%, the Providence MSA is the 38th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
The Providence Bruins began operation for the start of the 1992–93 AHL season after Providence mayor Buddy Cianci negotiated a deal with the owners of the Maine Mariners franchise, Frank DuRoss and Ed Anderson, to relocate their club.
Federal Hill is a neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island.It lies immediately west of the city's Downtown, across Interstate 95.Since the late 19th century, Federal Hill has been an enclave of Providence's Italian American community; today the neighborhood is known as Providence's Little Italy and is noted for its abundance of Italian restaurants, markets, and cultural establishments.
David Roy Gavitt (October 26, 1937 – September 16, 2011) was an American college basketball coach and athletic director at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He was also well known as the first commissioner of the Big East Conference and as part of the committee which created the 1992 Olympic basketball "Dream Team" .
The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), formerly Loew's State Theatre and Palace Concert Theater, is a multi-use not-for-profit theater located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.