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NECAP TESTS: Much has been published recently about the requirement for high school students to score at least partially proficient on the NECAP tests before being granted a high school diploma. …
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Lonnie Barham
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3/14/13
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37 views
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ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSORS: Just what was the Board of Governors for Higher Education thinking when they tentatively agreed to 3 percent annual pay raises for college professors for the next three …
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Lonnie Barham
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4/12/12
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4 views
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EMERITUS LICENSE PLATES: It would be interesting to know exactly what it costs to design, set up machinery for, and produce a one-of-a-kind license plate for an esteemed former public servant who …
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Lonnie Barham
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4/5/12
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19 views
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WINEMAKER: Robert Mastronardi as seen in October …
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Can there be closure? I don’t believe so when it comes to the death on a close friend or family member.
Yet that is what we seek: To say there is peace; that we have come to terms with what’s …
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John Howell
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5/8/12
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281 views
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I glanced at my watch: 1:45 p.m. Did this make sense? I had a window of about two hours before a meeting at 4.
I would be leaving that evening for upstate New York, and this would be my only …
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John Howell
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7/3/12
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10 views
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Dawn patrol.
The words conjured images of troops in camouflage skulking through the brush, ready to detect an intruder. But these troops are in bathing suits, wet suits and water shoes and they …
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John Howell
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7/31/12
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11 views
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DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA: It has been proven that marijuana has substantial medical value for the treatment of certain diseases and afflictions. That’s a given. The arguments about restricting …
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Lonnie Barham
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3/29/12
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5 views
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IMBALANCE OF GOVERNMENTAL POWER: Rhode Island is one of the few states in the union where one branch of government is so clearly more powerful than the other two. Of course in our little bastion of …
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Lonnie Barham
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6/14/12
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18 views
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This beautifal home of the Naughtons is as lovely …
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While some of Warwick’s historic homes and places have been utilized as places of business, nursing homes and restaurants, some have still retained the same designation as a farm. This is true …
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Don D'Amato and Terry Spencer
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3/29/12
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56 views
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The Bay was flat, calmer than it had been in weeks. The sky was brightening. It was going to be a beautiful morning.
Carol was asleep. Ollie was curled in a ball half on his bed and half on the …
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John Howell
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4/30/13
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9 views
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