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Mar 09, 2010 | 0

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You wouldn’t know it from the seeming complacency of the General Assembly, but it’s budget crunch time. Actually, like a vice, there are two moving elements to the bind both the state and municip...

Let the formula debate begin

Mar 04, 2010 | 0

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It’s heartening to see that the state finally looks prepared to have a realistic debate on a “fair and equitable” funding formula for education. But we suspect that the funding formula proposed b...

Merger should have been reviewed

Mar 02, 2010 | 1

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No one denies that a proposal to merge the two dominant hospital chains in the state should be heavily scrutinized before it’s approved or denied. But a process that forces Lifespan and Care New ...

Hospital innovation benefits community

Feb 25, 2010 | 1

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Under the direction of CEO and President Sandra Coletta and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael Dacey, Kent Hospital has implemented a life-saving procedure that researchers say will boost a person’s...

Nothing easy about the 4-Es

Feb 23, 2010 | 0

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KISS In case you’re perplexed, KISS is the acronym for “keep it simple, stupid.” The Moderate Party, the brainchild of Warwick businessman and Barrington resident Ken Block, has defined the iss...

A year of stimulus

Feb 18, 2010 | 2

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“Shovel ready.” Those were the words heard most often a year ago when the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act started pouring $862 billion into the economy. The concept was simple: Put peopl...

Scale back school expenses

Feb 16, 2010 | 3

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With Warwick’s city unions (fire and municipal) agreeing to givebacks in their wages and benefits, and additional cost savings being unilaterally imposed on the police department and non-union mana...

The real storm

Feb 11, 2010 | 0

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Let it snow. Of course, we don’t have a say in whether it snows or not. It’s how we react to forecasts of snow that has got us thinking. There was once a time when a mere six inches of snow did...

Follow the law

Feb 09, 2010 | 0

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Governor Donald Carcieri’s decision to withhold the third quarter excise tax payments to cities and towns, despite the fact that the law says the money must be released by Feb. 1, is a troubling ma...

Taking heart in Warwick's newest designation

First steps toward consolidation

Give the public a say

Tough decisions ahead

The Haitian commitment