Daily Briefing: Are RI's historic cemeteries in need of protection?

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If you're unfamiliar with the concept, it's described by WebMD as "the process of hiding and locating small containers using only GPS coordinates." One of their first efforts took them to a historical cemetery near our neighborhood in Warwick. After they found the container, I got a call to pick them up and found them in the cemetery. I had driven past this location hundreds of times, never knowing it was there, but behind a stone wall and encircled by a forest of rhododendrons was the cemetery where among the buried is Gov. William Greene. The site was well-kept so it wasn't a secret, but it was incredibly interesting. [The original grave stone for civil war veteran William Corey in R.I. Historical Cemetery Warwick 1. 04102024] The original grave stone for civil war veteran William Corey in Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warwick 1. The vandalized stone was left on the ground and a new marker for Corey was placed over the grave. Kris Craig/The Providence Journal This is just one of the roughly 3,500 historical cemeteries known in Rhode Island and as the state recognizes "Historical Cemeteries Awareness and Preservation Weeks" in April and May, [The Journal's Antonia Farzan questions if these sites need more protection in this week's Political Scene.]( • I know most of us are looking ahead to spring and warm weather, but there's a good reason to look back at the winter season. The team in The Journal sports department is unveiling the winter all-state teams. [Start off with gymnastics and see who made the squad.]( • Aaron Thomas, the former North Kingstown coach at the center of the naked fat test scandal, is expected to find out today how a judge will rule on a request that child molestation charges against him be dropped. [The Journal's Tom Mooney reports on the arguments and history of the case ahead of the decision.]( • Remember the pair of wolf dogs that were running around Warwick last year? 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