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Ollie has found his voice, but we haven’t figured out all he’s trying to say.
When introduced at the East Greenwich Animal Protection League in February, he was submissive. That was …
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John Howell
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5/14/13
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5 views
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WILL THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TURN CHICKEN? It's an election year and the chickens may come home to roost. Where is home? In the arms of the public service unions, of course. With elections more than a …
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Lonnie Barham
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5/3/12
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40 views
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RIGHT TO DIE: Massachusetts voters will consider a very thorny question on the ballot this November - the question of whether or not that state should allow physician-assisted suicide. The only truly …
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Lonnie Barham
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10/25/12
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16 views
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Sharon Robertson
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Measuring time is simple – just a matter of seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years. Of course, it goes on to decades, centuries and so forth.
For us mortals, years are the standard …
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John Howell
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1/8/13
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39 views
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In the wake of the 38 Studios implosion and the realization that long-suffering Rhode Island taxpayers are going to be paying the bill for years to come, the spotlight has fallen on the Rhode Island …
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John Hazen White, Jr.
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8/23/12
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85 views
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Carol didn’t say a word; she didn’t have to.
Two boxes of Christmas lights sat on the entryway table. She knew I had seen them. I didn’t say anything. I got the message – Christmas is …
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John Howell
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12/18/12
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10 views
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CHARTER SCHOOL LOTTERIES: How can anyone still be opposed to charter schools after reading of the anguish, tears and heartbreak parents suffered last week when their children lost the lottery for …
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Lonnie Barham
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3/8/12
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4 views
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This can’t be the end of summer.
Yes, Labor Day has come and gone, and school has started, although there’s some question about the teachers’ contract that expired on Friday and, as best …
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John Howell
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9/4/12
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14 views
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Joseph Carrolo was famous for his carousels and …
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In the summer of 1919, Joseph Carrolo stood on front of this beautiful house at 898 Oakland Beach Avenue in Warwick and watched the large, happy crowd as they waited for the trolley to come and take …
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Don D'Amato and Terry Spencer
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3/8/12
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18 views
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DEBT ON ARRIVAL: Congressional Republicans aptly named President Obama’s 2013 budget proposal “Debt on Arrival.” Republicans rightly consider it little more than a campaign document …
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Lonnie Barham
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2/23/12
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13 views
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