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Bullet Prompts Shelter In Place In Middletown School: Patch PM

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Middletown police were called after a bullet was found in the seventh-grade hallway, the school department said.
Middletown police were called after a bullet was found in the seventh-grade hallway, the school department said. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

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Found Bullet Prompts Shelter In Place At Gaudet Middle School

Middletown police were called after the bullet was found in the seventh-grade hallway, the school department said.

RI Senate Greenlights Plastic Bag Ban

Lawmakers unanimously approved the legislation, which would institute a statewide single-use plastic bag ban.

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Sign Of Spring: Brickley's Ice Cream To Reopen March 12

The Wakefield ice cream shop will reopen at 12 p.m. on March 12.

Portsmouth Police Awarded Accident Reconstruction Grant

The $11,000 grant will be used to buy a measurement scanning and mapping tool, called total station, to be used a crash and crime scenes.

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