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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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When the General Assembly overwhelmingly passed pension reform for state workers, teachers and a portion of municipal workers covered under the state plan in a special session last fall, it was …
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John Hazen-White Jr.
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9/27/12
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WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? The front page of last Thursday's Beacon featured two above-the-fold stories about the Warwick School Department. One reported that the city and the school …
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Robert W. MacNaught in a portrait taken during …
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Ken MacNaught told the story with such detail that it was hard to imagine it happened in 1959:
Ken remembered it was the last race of the Wednesday night sailing series and he and his brother …
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John Howell
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5/29/12
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HIS MANY ADMIRERS: An estimated 1,000 people …
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Remembering Robert Shapiro …
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John Howell
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9/11/12
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Pension problems and complications continue to weigh on Rhode Island. Two communities in financial trouble because of unmet pension obligations – West Warwick and Cranston – are getting …
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John Hazen-White Jr.
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11/29/12
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TAKING SHAPE: Jody King accompanied by his dog, …
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I looked at my watch – 9:15 a.m.
Jody would still be on the water, but I would call anyway.
On the fourth ring he answered. I strained to hear above the splash of waves against the skiff or …
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John Howell
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10/9/12
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104 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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Legislators on Smith Hill are hard at work passing bills that Governor Chafee is dutifully signing into law, but discussion and debate on the governor's all-important budget proposals for the next …
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John Hazen White, Jr.
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5/29/12
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81 views
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GINA NEEDS TO STEP IN AGAIN: The pension reform issue is being re-fought throughout Rhode Island as part of the fall elections. Unions, especially the National Education Association of R.I., are …
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Lonnie Barham
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9/6/12
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82 views
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