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STORY OF THE WEEK: The Washington Bridge saga took a noteworthy turn when state officials this week declined to rule out the possible demolition of the westbound portion of the bridge. If such a …
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1/31/24
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Oops. Forgot. We don’t call it that anymore (she gave me hell for that).
We call it care for the older population.
To solidify her point, she told me that we no longer call it …
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2/15/24
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To the Editor,
In a recent commentary, early education advocates Lisa Hildebrand and Khadija Lewis Khan drew a very appropriate comparison between Rhode Island’s child care resources and …
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2/29/24
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When Logan Brown was born prematurely, he weighed less than a pound. “The doctors didn’t give us much hope that he would live,” says his mother, Elsbeth.
Now age 19, Logan is …
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By Ann MacDONALD
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3/7/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: The death of 18 people in a mass shooting last week in Maine – considered the safest state in the nation, based on FBI data (per WUSA9 TV) – shattered the belief that …
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11/1/23
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If you have kids, do you remember the days of the play pen?
At first, in the case of your kids, the pen had a single mobile that Diana – our first of three children - would stare at for …
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2/15/24
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My son, Ted, stopped to buy a couple of helium filled birthday balloons on his way to our house Saturday.
Neither of us are celebrating birthdays nor are immediate family members. As it …
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2/29/24
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To the Editor,
It’s been said that all lives are failures in some degree or another. Somewhere along the line we lose our edge and even when we achieve, the compromises we’ve made …
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3/7/24
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As 2024 kicks into gear, we’ve already seen a glimpse of the tumultuous times ahead.
One section of the state remains cut off from the other, with no clear end to the chaos in sight, while …
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2/15/24
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To the Editor,
Council President McAllister’s invitation to Superintendent Dambruch and team to address the City Council on 4 December was a welcomed development for those who see …
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12/14/23
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With oversight hearings commencing to find out how Rhode Island wound up narrowly avoiding an unprecedented calamity – and instead just got stuck with an historic, exorbitantly expensive …
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2/29/24
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Ever notice how the most terrifying of situations can be comically funny?
The movies are great at creating such humor. Moments when seemingly there’s no way of avoiding a catastrophe, you …
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3/7/24
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To the Editor,
No time of the year is quite like the holiday season which runs from Thanksgiving, to the New Year.. Many celebratory events are planed during this period. Dining with family and …
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12/14/23
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X To the Editor:
On October 7, 2023, Shani Louk, a pretty, innocent, 22-year-old girl, was attending a music festival in Israel. On that same day, Shani Louk was kidnapped, murdered, and …
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12/14/23
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If ever there was a worthy cause for taking righteous outrage to the vitriolic world of social media, the recent string of animal abandonment cases in Warwick in recent weeks and months certainly …
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3/7/24
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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: 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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STORY OF THE WEEK: At the ripe old age of 35, Gabe Amo has emerged as the bright new star among Rhode Island Democrats. While he will enter Congress as its most junior member, Amo seems poised to …
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11/16/23
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To the Editor,
The leaves fell softly like snowflakes. Although I wasn’t gifted with a good sense of direction, I embarked on the three-mile loop in City Park, despite the path being …
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11/16/23
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Buoyed by the success of a pilot Senior Fellows Program, Leadership Rhode Island (LRI) and Age-Friendly Rhode Island (AFRI) are now looking to raise about $30,000 to fund another session in the …
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By HERB WEISS
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12/14/23
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