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With one community in receivership already and several other Rhode Island municipalities struggling to avert near-term bankruptcy, pension obligations at the municipal level represent the next crisis …
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John Hazen White, Jr.
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5/17/12
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Free.
The word jumped out from the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) press release.
There would be a free weekend of fresh water fishing. License requirements were being lifted. A …
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John Howell
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5/15/12
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15 views
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ATHEISTS DON'T AGREE WITH REMOVAL OF WAR MEMORIAL: Atheists do not oppose religious crosses, stars or crescents. What they oppose is placing them in locations where the government requires them to be …
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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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283 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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It’s a good thing I went north Wednesday morning, or I never would have met Art Peltier.
I limit my scull rowing outings to either going north or south on the bay, on the theory that I stand a …
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John Howell
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5/1/12
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26 views
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The Naughtons were thrilled to move into the historic house that seemed to symbolize the basic principle of “no taxation without representation” aspect of our country’s history. They also found …
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Don D'Amato and Terry Spencer
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4/26/12
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24 views
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OUR "NOT-SO-SECRET" SERVICE: The secret is out of the bag. When public servants, especially those who may think they are above the law because of their positions, travel far from home, they sometimes …
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Taiwan in CranstonMayor Allan Fung and the Cranston Public Library present Taiwan Sublime, Four Photography Masters’ Visions of the Treasure Island. This cultural event is being offered in …
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Meri R. Kennedy
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4/25/12
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19 views
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“Patience” is not in the vocabulary of a 5-year-old.
I tried the word with granddaughter Sydney balanced on my knee and she spun around and looked me in the eye. Maybe she understood the …
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John Howell
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4/24/12
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7 views
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