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Herreshoff produced a minesweeper for the Navy in …
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Newport will be the final stop of the 2011-2012 AC World Series June 26 to July 1. Designed to expose millions more people to the sport of high-performance racing, the new professional circuit was …
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Joe Kernan
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5/23/12
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54 views
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Anthony Sciolto cradles a stone chisel as if it is an extension of his arm. He smiles. He’s comfortable. It has been his life.
Sciolto loves his work and now, at 95 years old, he’s not about …
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John Howell
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1/3/13
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61 views
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IT LEAKS: One of the disadvantages of running an …
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For years he has built a reputation and a business around meticulously restoring classic cars from the barest metal to the creamy-textured paint of an automotive masterpiece. But Warwick resident …
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Joe Kernan
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4/25/12
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42 views
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THE RED-NOSED KID: Park School first grader …
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The students at Vets know how to throw a party. And better yet, they got to do it during school hours.
That makes it sound like more fun than work.
It wasn’t, says teacher Michael Sollitto, …
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John Howell
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12/20/12
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43 views
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Pictured are past contestants in the Apple Pie …
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In Johnston, there has been a tradition as American as apple pie for the past 25 years. Back in 1989, the North Central Chamber of Commerce started the Apple Festival at the Governor Notte Park, and …
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Meg Fraser
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9/27/12
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44 views
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PASTA PALACE: Ravioli maker Josephine Lomartire …
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When Johnston resident Cindy Salvato, a former executive pastry chef who taught at Johnson & Wales University and Boston University, created a tour of Federal Hill that she dubbed Savoring Rhode …
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5/30/12
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36 views
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Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Kisha Wright, …
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If there is one thing that has impressed itself on the public consciousness in the last 10 years, it is the way American soldiers, sailors and airmen have done their jobs. With few exceptions, they …
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Joe Kernan
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4/4/12
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38 views
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FOREIGN INTRIGUE: Ambassador Charles Sheldon …
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I first suspected that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse did a lot of reading after I saw excerpts from a speech he gave at the height of the Affordable Care Act debate:
“History cautions us of the …
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Joe Kernan
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11/21/12
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37 views
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If you are wondering what Dick Shappy is going to do with the 1905 Stanley Steamer that has been sitting in a barn since 1912, the answer is:
“As little as possible,” said Shappy. “They are …
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Joe Kernan
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8/16/12
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31 views
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ALL IN THE DETAILS: Photographer David DeMelim …
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One sign of continued enthusiasm in an artist is when you ask them what was their favorite picture of all they have taken over their career and the reply is, “The one I took …
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Joe Kernan
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12/13/12
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23 views
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