Rogers High School principal candidate withdraws
Rogers High School officials faced a shock when the nominee to replace retiring Principal Victoria Johnson withdrew hours before a public interview. Superintendent Mary C Canole cited personal reasons and a poor fit as the cause. The search, begun in July, yielded five candidates and three interviews before narrowing to two finalists.
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Rogers High School
Victoria Johnson
Mary C. Canole
George H. Triplett
Johnson
Canole
Newport reports surplus of $10 million in 2001 02
Newport city officials report a 2001 02 general fund surplus near 10.3 million, up from 4.2 million in 2000 and 7.5 million in 2001, with about 9 million reserved for emergencies. Funds may be used to cover snow removal and capital projects, while a 68 million unfunded police and fire pension liability remains.
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Newport
City Hall
James C. Smith
Laura L. Sitrin
Smith
Richard C. Sardella
Sardella
Bush to offer risky smallpox vaccine to Americans
President Bush will announce a plan to provide a risky but effective smallpox vaccine to all Americans starting with military and health workers. About 500,000 military personnel will be required to take it, with another 500,000 hospital and emergency workers urged to vaccinate, and the general public offered voluntary shots when stockpiles are licensed, likely in 2004.
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Washington
Bush
Bush expands faith based initiative by executive order
President Bush signs an executive order expanding the faith based initiative to allow religious groups to compete for federal funds and hire by faith in certain funded services. The order preserves religious icons in funded programs and aims to level the field with other contractors despite constitutional questions.
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Doctors heartened by research on fish
Washington AP reports that zebrafish can totally regenerate cardiac muscle and recover after about 20 percent of the heart is removed. The finding supports efforts to grow new heart cells to replace scar tissue in patients, though practical therapies remain years away. A Harvard-led team, under Dr. Mark T. Keating, pursues a different route using fish.
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Washington
Mark T. Keating
Harvard University
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A brief index item notes a sequence of sections including advice, movies, calendar and classifieds across pages B4 B3 B9 and B2, with obituaries and opinions appearing on B2 and A11 respectively, hinting at a standard daily newspaper page layout.
Newport Bar Fined Over Party With Strippers
A Newport bar was fined after authorities found it hosted a party featuring strippers. Local officials cited violations of licensing terms and public safety rules. The incident prompted renewed calls for stricter enforcement of entertainment permits.
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Newport Bar
ACLU defends student barred from mentoring program
In Providence, the ACLU challenges Portsmouth school officials who barred Julie Cahill, 18, from mentoring in the Teens Leading Children drug prevention program because of her dyed hair and lip ring. Cahill had mentored last year. this year she was asked to remove the lip ring and cover her hair.
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Portsmouth
Julie Cahill
Cahill
Joanne Olson
Melville
Steven Brown
Rhode Island
ACLU
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