Note: The first 2 minutes are muted, as we set up, while formalities were observed. It was a hectic day at The Kent County Courthouse, as a flurry of motions successfully sought to terminate the No Contact Order between alleged Pawtucket Police Shooter Daniel Dolan and his family, established on Monday March 21, in the wake of alleged domestic abuse.[Read More…]
In response to a request for comment from The Coalition Radio Network, Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien responded with the following statement: “The City of Pawtucket and the Pawtucket Police Department were made aware that Officer Daniel Dolan, who is currently suspended without pay from the Pawtucket Police Department, was arrested in Coventry, RI on Friday. Under the Rhode Island Law[Read More…]
Ukraine: Deadly Attacks Kill, Injure Civilians, Destroy Homes Explosive Weapons Leave People Dead, Wounded, Homeless; Damage Vital Infrastructure More than 450 civilians were reportedly killed or injured in the first 11 days of the war, in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, as a result of Russian airstrikes and artillery shelling of populated areas, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks damaged civilian buildings,[Read More…]
With details still at a minimum, as law enforcement sources are citing weekend hours, Officer Dolan is now taking up residence at the Adult Correctional Institute in Cranston. It would appear that a bail violation has been filed, eliminating the possibility that a Justice of the Peace or Bail Bondsman would have able to provide bail at this time. We[Read More…]
The Coalition has confirmed that accused student shooter, Pawtucket Police Officer Daniel Dolan has been arrested on what is being referred to as a “Domestic Disorderly Conduct Charge”, and is currently being detained. Attempts to reach his Attorney, Michael Colucci, were unsuccessful. The Coventry Police Department were unwilling to comment, citing weekend availability of public information staff. Dolan, previously charged[Read More…]
Providence City Council Member Nirva LaFortune has waded into the broader phase of the 2022 Providence, Rhode Island Mayoral Campaign with gusto, issuing a video which evokes the broader themes of her candidacy. From The Nirva LaFortune Mayoral Campaign: Today, Team Nirva is releasing a new campaign video “Running: For Our City, Our Future.” As a runner, Councilwoman Nirva LaFortune[Read More…]
On March 15th, it was announced that Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt had submitted a request to the City Council to go out to bid for a $26,000,000 “public safety complex,” the funding for which would include over one-third of the city’s roughly $36 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. As a diverse, working-class city, Woonsocket has been[Read More…]
Governor Dan McKee & “Energy Commissioner” Nicholas Ucci announced a rather flawed, poorly thought out, almost cartoonish trial balloon kind of Electric Vehicle Rebate Program today. Long on flash, (It’s got the requisite snappy gub’ment name DRIVEEV … Get it? Drive EV) but short on specifics, the announcement seemed more “Campaignish” that an attempt at a serious policy initiative. And[Read More…]
Thousands Arrested on March 6; Protesters Abused in Detention From Human Rights Watch: Russian authorities have arbitrarily arrested thousands of peaceful protesters at anti-war rallies across Russia, in line with their increasingly brutal crackdown on those who disagree with Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine, Human Rights Watch said today. The police used excessive force against protesters while detaining them and, in[Read More…]
From The Michael Neary Campaign: Neary For All announced today that Michael Neary, candidate for the Democratic nomination in Rhode Island’s Second District, submitted a letter to the Rhode Island Board of Elections yesterday requesting an investigation regarding Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner’s $800,000 personal loan to his 2014 campaign. Neary also submitted a letter to the Rhode Island AFL-CIO requesting additional[Read More…]
Cranston Mayor Schedules Presser to Challenge City Council Chair … Retribution? or Good Governance? He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]
In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should make clear that those responsible for ongoing atrocities and other[Read More…]
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