With the approach of the Christmas holidays and consumers ramping up their holiday shopping, the Washington, DC AARP warns shoppers to be aware of the uptick of scams. A new 2023 AARP Fraud Watch …
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By HERB WEISS
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12/21/23
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Last month’s YouGov and Yahoo News poll found 53% of Americans lament a Biden-Trump rematch this Fall. But with the stakes so high, Rhode Islanders must be engaged despite living in a deep blue …
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By RON GOLDSTEIN
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4/25/24
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Adopted in 2010, Rhode Island’s funding formula for education — the primary mechanism for delivering state education aid to local communities—was moderately successful in increasing …
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By MICHAEL DIBIASE
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4/25/24
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To the Editor,
Are members of the Democratic Party are on a mission to eliminate motherhood? They relentlessly promote legislation that enables and, I would argue, encourages pregnant women to …
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4/25/24
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To the Editor:
Bob Grant has written a timely, but troubling, commentary on the status of the Warwick Public School System.(“School presentation a good start, yet so many questions”, …
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12/28/23
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To the Editor,
It's clear to me that Rhode Island Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Warwick) is trying his best to fix that which isn't broken.
In his recent 15 bill package, addressing …
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4/25/24
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To the Editor,
Do you ever park your car next to a space spewed with broken car window shards? You can see that it's not a broken bottle but rather the remains of a car break-in. Whoa. Bad …
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12/28/23
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To the Editor:
As we head into New Year’s Eve weekend, I wanted to let your readers know that police departments around the state – including the Warwick Police Department – …
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12/28/23
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I’ll confess, I thought it was a crazy idea. Why should the city embark on building a third ice skating rink, when we have two already? And why build an outdoor rink subject to inclement …
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4/25/24
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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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If taking a 40-minute ferry ride in the middle of winter to get from Providence to Bristol wasn’t on your Christmas list — it seems like you have lots of company.
This past Thursday, …
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12/28/23
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12/6/23
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1/31/24
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3/6/24
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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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1/29/24
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Oh the fun the Follies would have had with the Washington Bridge! You can follow me through the week on threads and what we used to call the twitters. Here we go.
STORY OF THE WEEK: Last week, …
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2/28/24
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2/28/24
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To the Editor,
Linda Peterson’s article of October 26, 2023 entitled, “Midnight musings about Gaza” is uniformed and biased.
She tries to create a moral equivalency …
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11/9/23
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To the Editor,
Our Constitution guarantees everyone the right to the shore to fish, gather seaweed, and enjoy the City’s most precious asset, our beaches. We all need to stand ready to …
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11/9/23
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