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Sometimes we do crazy things with the conviction our pets are so much a part of our world that they must think like we do.
I suppose it’s understandable. How is it that they know we could …
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1/25/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK : Will the real Rhode Island stand up? Is it the place where Gov. Dan McKee’s latest budget proposal “will help ensure our state reaches its fullest potential,” as …
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1/24/24
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It’s rare that I’m early to an event. Just ask Lauren Slocum at the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce or the mayor’s office, which schedules in the course of a year anywhere …
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1/18/24
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When Karen Daniel of Los Angeles l and her film team suggested visiting the Beacon offices Sunday I imagined she hadn’t followed the forecasts of a possible snow storm.
I was wrong.
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1/11/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: The Rhode Island General Assembly returned to business last week, with the usual feeling of something akin to students returning to the classroom for the first day of school. House …
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1/10/24
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It was a rhythmic clanking like snow chains only barely audible. We put down our forks and looked at each other across the dining room table. My first thought was that it was a new sound from our …
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1/4/24
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We’re ready to get engaged.
Actually, Carol and I were engaged more than a half century ago and now we’re going to do it again. Yet, this is a first for us. In the past there …
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12/28/23
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Okay, after all the news about the Washington Bridge and stories of three-hour long traffic jams, you’re going to think we’re crazy to have purposely driven to East Providence on Sunday.
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12/21/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK : The emergency closing of the westbound part of the Washington Bridge put Gov. Dan McKee — and how he performs during a crisis — under a microscope. McKee was initially …
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12/20/23
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I wish I had taken physics, because I might better understand what happened to my dinner. I never got to eat it, or for that matter see it, although it was there.
Carol expected I would be late, …
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12/14/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: As Rhode Island edges closer to 2024, policy and politics are converging in a way that could influence the 2026 race for governor. Attorney General Peter Neronha, who is …
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12/6/23
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The question had me thinking: “Is there a teacher who has impacted your life and have you thought to tell them what it’s meant to you?”
I’m not talking about a parent, …
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11/30/23
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“I love that church. Too bad, it doesn’t look like it’s being used anymore.”
As we were driving West Shore Road, I knew immediately what Carol was talking about; one of …
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11/23/23
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Warning: This is another column about dogs.
I know I’ve written a lot about canines over the last two weeks: a story featuring Hillary Gillinder of Rhody Home Adopt who has fostered 250 …
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11/16/23
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Carol and I visited Clark Farms in Matunuck on Saturday, November 4. We weren’t in search of squash or to get a jump on Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations. Rather, for both of us it was …
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11/9/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: RI Attorney General Peter acause of government transparency, often saying that the state’s public records law should be a floor and not a ceiling. So how transparent is …
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11/8/23
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Cars usually fall in the latter category.
There are those who, and I put myself among them, look at cars as a utility. If it works, gets you where you want to go with all the junk you may have …
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10/26/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Organized labor has made a lot of headlines of late, what with strikes by writers in Hollywood and auto workers in Michigan. The common thread is how technology is extending the …
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10/25/23
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“Don’t touch that bird,” boomed a pronouncement from behind me.
I tried looking over my shoulder, but until I turned the rowing scull around I couldn’t see the man in a …
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11/9/22
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STORY OF THE WEEK
The out-of-town frame on the CD2 race is mainly about how a potential win by GOP candidate Allan Fung in a Democrat-leaning Rhode Island reflects a tough national outlook for …
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11/2/22
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