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THE BEST of South East Asia is being brought to Warwickshire as part of an annual event that celebrates all things Thai. Spicy food, Buddhist prayers, and boxing will all feature at Warwick's third Thai Festival on Sunday, from 11.30am. The district's Rotary Club is promising that this year's event, which will take place in The Market Place, will be bigger and better with 60 stalls offering a range of goods reflecting the country's crafts and culture. The day will start with a Buddhist...

A YOUNG father has launched his own website for children's activities, after getting frustrated at not being able to find anything to do with his son one afternoon. Nick Boddington, who spent fruitless hours online searching for somewhere to take eight-year-old Joshua, has gone live this month with www.mummyimbored.co.uk The national site has already won the support of major local children's attractions, includingThink Tank, Funky Monkeys and Hatton Farm Village, as well as national...

By Nandini Jayakrishna WEST WARWICK -- Doris M. Legault, 71, remembers the evenings when the sidewalks of downtown Arctic teemed with people. She remembers the pre-mall era when the latest stores lined its streets. And she thinks of the days when people often came together for festivals and food, for music and dance. But Wednesday night, the West Warwick native got a glimpse of old times as she and her husband, Gerard, 78, sat in lawn chairs by the Main Street gazebo and listened to live...

By Paul Grimaldi, The Providence Journal, R.I. Jul. 1--The Rhode Island Airport Corporation board yesterday added another alternative to the possibilities for extending the runway at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick. The newest alternative would position an 8,700-foot runway farther south than previously proposed, eliminating the need to move heavily traveled Airport Road or Route 37. A related proposal would alter the design of the airport's secondary runway to do away with a 1,000-foot...

By Paul Grimaldi An alternative would position an 8,700-foot runway farther south than previously suggested, eliminating the need to move heavily traveled Airport Road or Route 37. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation board yesterday added another alternative to the possibilities for extending the runway at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick. The newest alternative would position an 8,700-foot runway farther south than previously proposed, eliminating the need to move heavily traveled...