Monday, April 16, 2007

News-hungry wretch that I am, N4N ventured out to the local Cumby's yesterday to secure a Providence Sunday Journal after experiencing the problems described in the previous post. It was a good thing that I did, for the ProJo ran off its second consecutive strong Sunday paper in two weeks.

For my money, the best and most enterprising piece was Karen Lee Ziner's tough story about the troubled history of "Carmelo Kercado, the federal government's inspector at the New Bedford factory that was raided last month . . . [He] has a habitual-offender driving record that includes multiple accidents, arrests and convictions for drunken driving, speeding, leaving the scene of accidents and other infractions dating back more than two decades."

Elsewhere:

-- Mike Stanton continued his front-running reporting on Operation Dollar Bill, revealing how investigators have been looking at a $100,000 commission reportedly split by state Senators Stephen Alves and Daniel DaPonte.

-- Charlie Bakst had a good column about the new professional lives of former Linc Chafee aides.

-- Art Martone's sports section continues to impress with a copious amount of Sox coverage. 

Grade: A-