Buddy Cianci

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That sense of entitlement

Musing on “me, now, more”; hope in RI; marriage doesn’t need defending
I read myriad newspapers. I also listen to radio and television news reports (with an affinity for the BBC, which has always seemed to know how to do broadcast news).
By RUDY CHEEKS | July 20, 2011

Cicilline on the hot seat

But he's not cooked yet
It's been a brutal couple of months for Providence mayor-turned-freshman Congressman David Cicilline.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | April 27, 2011

Conflict or what?

The Journal takes out an ad; siding with Keith; mad about Phoebe
With Passover just around the corner, I detected a decidedly non-kosher element in the Other Paper on Monday.
By RUDY CHEEKS | April 13, 2011

Poop and circumstance

Vo Dilun diplomacy; the Dunkin' Donuts state; networking; royal rapping
Knickers in a horrible twist in Educationland over the announcement of a three-tiered diploma system to be introduced in Rhode Island public schools.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | January 26, 2011

Chafee’s talk radio ban

On the Air
Governor Lincoln Chafee's announcement this week that his administration would forsake talk radio sparked all manner of outrage.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | January 12, 2011

United wussies of America

Summing up '10; life in the biggest little; communication breakdowns
"We're becoming a nation of wussies." Well, that's a hell of a way to wrap up a year.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | December 29, 2010

Delightful details

Mary Jane Begin’s wonderland realism at Providence Art Club
Mary Jane Begin’s exhibit “Back to the Future: From The Wind In the Willows to Willow Buds” at the Providence Art Club’s Dodge House Gallery showcases her child’s fantasy wonderland realism.
By GREG COOK | May 12, 2010

Election attracting urine stains

Drama queens and vampire squids
For those who have felt that the entertainment value of Our Little Towne’s mayoral elections has been in serious decline since the Bud-I’s extended stay in New Jersey, look no further than the RIFuture blog.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 21, 2010

WPRO swaps two big personalities

Spring Forward
Talk-radio listeners could be forgiven for wondering if WPRO sprung a bit too far forward this week when Buddy Cianci's show begun airing at 2 pm instead of the usual 10 am.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | March 17, 2010

Caught in Providence

Trouble in the capital city; Flo’s goes national; separated at birth; and more
Our partner in radio crime, Buddy "Vincent A" Cianci, has been creaming his jeans on the air recently.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 10, 2010

What’s next for Cicilline?

After a couple of tough years — and some jabs from Buddy — how bright is his political future?
Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline rode into office seven years ago as the fresh-faced anti-Buddy. Bleach for a soiled City Hall.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | January 21, 2010

The 12th Annual Muzzle Awards

A look at the dishonorable enemies of free speech and personal liberty in New England.
With the era of repression and secrecy fostered by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney finally over, this should be the best of times for freedom of expression, open government, and civil liberties. Yet change comes slowly.
By DAN KENNEDY | July 10, 2009

Play by Play: February 27, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 24, 2009

Play by play: February 20, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 17, 2009

Ticket to ride

Reflections on 10 years at the Phoenix
In April 1999, two weeks after I started on the job at the Providence Phoenix , the FBI raided City Hall, formally unveiling the federal investigation that would land Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci Jr., Rhode Island's rascal king, behind bars.
By IAN DONNIS | February 11, 2009

City life

Pawtucket Rising hails the Bucket
Pawtucket Rising hails the Bucket
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | January 14, 2009

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Exploring Providence's real underground

Photographer Peter Goldberg documents the subterranean world of the Combined Sewage Overflow project
Photographer Peter Goldberg documents the subterranean world of the Combined Sewage Overflow project
By | November 13, 2008

Picaresque journey: 30 years in Rhode Island

By IAN DONNIS | October 23, 2008

30 on 30

30 local luminaries look back on 30 years of the New Paper and the Providence Phoenix
The Providence Phoenix celebrates 30 years with 30 interviews
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | October 24, 2008

Under her skin

Laurel Casey is back in town
Who is Laurel Casey? If you figure her out, let her know. She’d love to learn that too.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 17, 2008

R.I.P. Richard Egbert, super-tough defense lawyer

In Memoriam
In the time before Buddy Cianci’s Plunder Dome trial in 2002, I met with Richard Egbert, the quintessential take-no-prisoners defense lawyer, and gleaned a telling detail about him.
By IAN DONNIS | July 30, 2008

Pillow talk

Digging into the Education Partnership-Achorn connection
Phillipe + Jorge were shocked to learn via Buddy Cianci’s WPRO radio show that Valerie Forti, head of the financially troubled Education Partnership, is married to Eddie Achorn, editorial page editor of the Urinal.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | July 02, 2008

Fever dreams

Fear and loathing in Desemboque
Written in the tradition of the historieta — pulp comics sold in the tens of millions monthly from every Mexican newsstand and bodega — Dead in Desemboque comes across like a dying gringo’s border desert mirage.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 19, 2008

State for sale

A modest proposal for Rhode Island prosperity (with apologies to Jonathan Swift)
Now is hardly the time for half-measures or conventional and narrow-minded thinking.
By IAN DONNIS | January 09, 2008

Why RI Republicans fail

Quick to blame Democrats, the local GOP can’t seem to find candidates or a long-term plan of its own
Providence Journal op-ed columnist Edward Achorn has made repeated reference to the apparent “learned helplessness” of Rhode Islanders.
By IAN DONNIS | November 14, 2007

Clash on the Providence waterfront

High-stakes battle pits competing visions for key real estate
A specter is haunting the Providence waterfront — the prospect of change.
By IAN DONNIS | October 17, 2007

History and truth

Turkey needs to take responsibility for the Armenian genocide
It has been 92 years and there continues to be a reluctance (perhaps too gentle a word) to acknowledge that Turkey systematically killed a million and a half Armenians.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 17, 2007

Buddymania!

A Rhode Island icon sails back into the limelight
Buddy Cianci was already making the media wait.
By IAN DONNIS | August 02, 2007

Cicilline leads charge to replace economic development guru

Citywatch
Three years after Donald C. Eversley was ceremoniously introduced as the president of the Providence Economic Development Partnership, the partnership has moved to not renew Eversley’s contract.
By IAN DONNIS | June 07, 2007