July 4, 2008 Buddy Cianci makes return to Bristol, RI parade Play video

(Stephen Iandoli, NECN: Providence, RI) - A familiar face returned to the July fourth festivities in Bristol, Rhode Island. Former Mayor Buddy Cianci was an annual guest at the parade before his corruption conviction and four year prison stint.

Bristol is home to the longest running Independence Day parade, and Cianci marched in the parade nearly every year for three decades as Mayor, but has been absent since 2002.

Cianci is now a radio talk show host on WPRO-AM.

NECN's Stephen Iandoli has more.