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The list of honorary pallbearers for Judge Frank Caprio is a who’s who list of names you might never have thought of together: Paula Abdul, Santita Jackson, Gene Valicenti, Ernie DiGregorio, and former State Police Colonel Brendan Doherty, to name a few.
The services for the beloved Municipal Court judge who became internationally famous late in life thanks to his syndicated TV show, “Caught in Providence,” begin tomorrow.
Caprio, who died at the age of 88 last week following a battle with pancreatic cancer, will be laid to rest on Friday with Archbishop Richard G. Henning presiding over the funeral mass at Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence. The procession will travel up Atwells Avenue on its way to St. Ann Cemetery in Cranston for a private burial.
Visiting hours are scheduled for 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Rhode Island Convention Center, and there will be free parking at both the North Garage of the convention center and at the Providence Place Mall.
Here's a list of the honorary pallbearers.
Joseph Abbate
Paula Abdul
Andrew Annaldo
Thomas Bartolomeo Jr.
Donna Benell
Gwendolyn J. Buckley
George Cappello
Daniel Carignan
Lois Centazzo
Dr. Michael Chuong
Susan Cicilline-Buonnano
Elaine Colaneri
Leonard Coleman, Jr.
Lisa Curry
Mark Decof
Ernie DiGregorio
Michael Dipanni
Tim Dodd
Brendan Doherty
Steven Feinberg
Joseph Formicola, Jr.
Richard Fossa
Ulysses Gallman
Natalie Gemma
Kate Gibbons
Arnold Goodstein
Judge Diane Schafer Goodstein
Nicholas Hemond
Maria Iannotti
Angela Iannotti
Santita Jackson
Raymond Jacomo
Buddy Johnson
Brad Johnson
George Kaprielian
Newport Councilman Xaykham Khamsavoravong
Robert Leonard
Ralph Liguori
North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi
Jenna McMormack
Sandra Oster
Bob Pryt
Robert “Ziggy” Quinn
Ron Rappoport
Gad Regensburger
Noah Resnick
Dr. Barbara Roberts
Linda D’Amario Rossi
Armand Sabitoni
Raye Ann Johnson Seiger
Michael J. Solomon
Kevin Stacom
Christina Tate
Providence Councilman James Taylor
Gene Valicenti
Leslie Anne Wade
Taylor Warf
Rhode Island College President Jack Warner
Susan Weiner
🤔 So you think you're a Rhode Islander...
Can you name the Rhode Island woman who won more than $330 million in a Powerball drawing?
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⚓ When the Trump administration ordered that construction stop last week at Revolution Wind, it was the third time the administration had revoked permits or halted work on wind farms that had already received federal approval while offering little legal justification for doing so, following actions against wind projects in New York and Idaho. Read more.
⚓ A law firm representing opponents of offshore wind farms is demanding that Brown University retract research that details links between the fossil fuel industry and anti-wind groups. Read more.
⚓ In an opinion piece for Globe Rhode Island, Darrèll Brown from the Conservation Law Foundation writes that Rhode Island’s clean energy future is under attack. Read more.
⚓ In a federal lawsuit, a former municipal employee in Rhode Island alleges she was sexually harassed and subjected to a hostile working environment, citing a co-worker who sent her videos of him having sex, and a stack of pornographic magazines kept in a bathroom. Read more.
⚓ A pregnant Rhode Island mother and her 6-year-old son were attacked by a man with a hammer as they were leaving their Cranston home on Saturday, according to a police report and GoFundMe campaign. Read more.
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⚓President Trump said Tuesday he wants Harvard University to commit to at least $500 million as part of an agreement that would end the government’s monthslong pressure campaign against the university. Read more.
⚓ Some employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent earlier this week were put on administrative leave Tuesday evening, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press. Read more.
⚓ The Patriots have finalized their 53-man roster. Here’s who made the cut. Read more.
⚓ Rhode Map readers, if you want the birthday of a friend or family member to be recognized Friday, send me an email with their first and last name, and their age.
⚓ The Cranston City Council is meeting at 7 p.m. and Cranston City Council President Jessica Marino and the council’s attorney, Stephen Angell, are expected to address concerns about their alleged romantic relationship.
⚓ The Providence Redevelopment Agency meets at 4 p.m. Here's the agenda.
🏆 Pop quiz answer
Louise White of Newport won more than $330 million in the Powerball in 2012. She was 81 at the time.
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