11/22/23
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I can’t bear throwing away good stuff even when its useful time is nearing an end.
Such is the case with our pool cover. It’s been showing its age for the last eight years if not …
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11/2/23
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Plymouth Mass. has a rock and we have Rocky Point. They have the Mayflower, albeit a copy of the original, and we had the HMS Gaspee until we burned it.
Yet we have a lot more in common, as we …
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11/2/23
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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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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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As soon as I saw Pete Fontaine open the office door, a smile spread across his face, I knew he was up to something.
It was the day before Thanksgiving and everyone was pressing to meet deadline …
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4/4/24
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This week we took a look at the recent announcement that the Alan Shawn Feinstein Foundation would be putting aside $500,000 per year to provide annual funding to each of its 205 Leadership Schools …
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11/2/23
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12/20/23
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12/13/23
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Latest bridge news, nuggets ahead of the Centurion public hearing, and Smiley talks issues.
It’s just a matter of time until Opening Day. You can follow me through the week on …
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3/20/24
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Surely, in this age of cell phones and multiple means of communication, you’ve never felt helplessly unconnected. But that’s what happened to me last week..
No, there wasn’t a …
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4/11/24
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When Rhode Island voters went to the polls earlier this week to participate in the presidential primary, they saw ballots with multiple options but only one choice. Of the seven candidates who …
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By Sen. Valarie Lawson
and Rep. Rebecca Kislak
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4/11/24
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12/13/23
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3/20/24
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We can fight many things in life. We as a society and human race have cured diseases, fought wars, put men on the moon and have made strides in all areas of human life. We all have at one time, …
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By JOANNE GIANNINI
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4/11/24
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To the Editor,
Apparently, our attorney general, Peter Neronha, thinks judges are incapable of deciding the guilt or innocence of defendants who appear before them. Or, he at least thinks that …
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4/18/24
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11/15/23
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The sun is coming in the house, The laughing daffies know it. Their vase was set with care last night, So morning light would show it.
They brightly flourish, Souls they nourish, Fighting …
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4/18/24
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Sad.
That was the word that came to mind when the news hit social media that the city’s longest serving mayor, Scott Avedisian, had left the scene of a minor accident at the drive thru of …
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4/18/24
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Rhode Island’s housing affordability problem has resulted primarily from a lack of housing production over a long period of time. The Ocean State ranked 38th among states in per capita housing …
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4/18/24
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