Ex Gym Teacher Convicted For Sexually Assaulting Student: PM Patch RI

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• Ex-Providence Gym Teacher Convicted After Sexually Assaulting Student: Prosecutors say former Kizirian Elementary School teacher James Duffy, 59, also assaulted three other teen girls during lunch and class.
• RI Restaurant Closings: Applebee's Locations Could Close In Ocean State: Applebee's is expecting to close between 25 and 35 restaurants throughout the country. The restaurant chain has seven Rhode Island eateries.
• 1 Hospitalized After School Bus Crashes Into Car In Cranston: Cranston police say a car stopped to let someone turn into the Speedway parking lot, leading to the bus rear ending the stopped vehicle.

Here are some more Rhode Island Patch headlines you may have missed:

• RI Man Sentenced For Attacking Mail Carrier, Trafficking Cocaine
• Jamestown Schools Names New Superintendent
• Providence Firefighter And 'Proud Father' Dead At 41
• Narragansett Police Holding Event To Teach Residents About Scams
• Roger Williams University: Sam Trieber Named Class Of 2024 Undergraduate Student Commencement Speaker
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• Town Of South Kingstown: Disaster Shelter Training
• Man Facing DUI After Being Found Passed Out In Car: Cranston PD Log
• New Traffic Pattern ComesTo Route 138 In North Kingstown For Bridge Replacement Project
• Paris Summer Olympics 2024: 2 RI Athletes Qualify So Far
• A Sunny Beginning And A Rainy End: RI Weekly Weather Forecast
• Town Of South Kingstown: Recreational Officials Preparing Town Beach For Summer Season.

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