Lylah Alphonse

Boston Globe But it’s not the first time the state has grappled with how to replace a critical highway bridge. In 2011, a stretch of Interstate 195 was relocated, and more than 26 acres of former highway land in the heart of Providence was earmarked for redevelopment.

Gunfire erupted at the Dennis M. Lynch arena on Andrew D. Ferland Way in Pawtucket, R.I., during a hockey game between the Coventry/Johnston co-op team and a Blackstone Valley schools co-op hockey program, which includes players from St. Raphael Academy and Providence Country Day, and North Providence and North Smithfield public schools. The game began around 2 p.m. on Feb. 16, and the shooting took place during the first period. It was the teams’ senior night celebration game.

Much of what he said then still resonates today. “It seems to be a fact of life that human beings cannot continue to do wrong without eventually reaching out for some thin rationalization to clothe an obvious wrong in the beautiful garments of righteousness. And this is exactly what happened.