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Warwick Public Schools’ rate of chronically absent students has seen a significant decrease over the past couple of years, going from 45% to 30% of students district-wide being absent, …
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Every so often, a cause ignites a sustained fury on college campuses across the nation. In 2020, it was Black Lives Matter. In 2011, it was Occupy Wall Street. In the 1980s, it was apartheid in South Africa. Right now, it’s the Israeli military campaign in Gaza. …
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Steve Friess, University of Michigan, The Conversation
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Across much of the United States, spring is in full force. With warmer weather, people are taking their furry family members out on longer walks and spending more time outside. Alongside blooming flowers and trees, your pet might run into a small, unassuming grass seed pod known as a foxtail. …
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Erik Olstad, University of California, Davis, The Conversation
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5/9/24
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One of the big contributors to the record-breaking global temperatures over the past year – El Niño – is nearly gone, and its opposite, La Niña, is on the way. Whether that’s a relief or not depends in part on where you live. …
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Pedro DiNezio, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation
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5/9/24
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America’s first large-scale offshore wind farms began sending power to the Northeast in early 2024, but a wave of wind farm project cancellations and rising costs have left many people with doubts about the industry’s future in the U.S. ...
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Christopher Niezrecki, UMass Lowell, The Conversation
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5/9/24
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(BPT) - Across the nation, whiskered men are making the world a bearder place to live; or in other words, they are contributing positively to their communities. Whether they're aiding the homeless or …
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5/9/24
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(BPT) - Workers’ compensation insurance acts as a crucial safety net, offering protection to both employees and employers when illnesses or injuries happen. Workers’ compensation coverage …
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5/9/24
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(BPT) - The love of a mother knows no bounds. This Mother’s Day, consider a unique gift that reflects her unconditional love for you: a subscription that empowers families in the world's …
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5/9/24
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Weekend Spotlight
May 9, The Warwick Republican City Committee Meeting is holding a Candidate forum/meeting on Thurs., May 9, at 6 p.m., at RIGOP Headquarters, 1800 Airport Rd., …
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5/9/24
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Pursuant to Title 49, United States Code, § 47106(c)(1)(A), notice is hereby given that the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration …
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5/9/24
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The undersigned, Tax Collector, of the City of Warwick, hereby gives notice that she will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the Warwick City Hall at 3275 Post Road, Warwick, Rhode …
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5/9/24
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The ornamental flowering trees on West Shore Road, albeit too brief if the winds kick up, have put the bloom on Conimicut Village. It won’t be look before the village association follows up …
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5/9/24
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An annual report released by Rhode Island Kids Count, a children's advocacy group lauded by state and local officials for their in-depth analyses, was unveiled Monday at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick. …
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By TYLER JACKMAN Special to the Herald
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5/9/24
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Jaylyn DeLeon will be wearing a very special accessory when she walks across the stage to receive her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Rhode Island’s …
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5/9/24
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The Department of Transportation is scheduled to place rip rap and mulch requiring right shoulder closures on the Airport Connector, from I-95 North to Post Road, this week from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. …
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5/9/24
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Our house has become a series of barricades. There’s the fence designed to keep toddlers in a room across the bottom of the stairs, the gate that isolates the kitchen and the table top procured …
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5/9/24
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To the Editor,
RIAC agenda for the upcoming meeting shows that the "rotary" is far from settled. RIAC is extending its contract with CHA Consulting for the design of that rotary to the …
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5/9/24
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To the Editor,
In the beautiful landscape of Rhode Island, there is an underlying crisis within our education system. The crisis is chronic absenteeism, this term is defined as missing 10% or …
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5/9/24
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The Community College of Rhode Island Foundation and Alumni Association have elected Sergio Sousa, Regional Vice President of Marketing for Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort and …
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5/9/24
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No state program poses a greater fiscal challenge to Rhode Island than its Medicaid program, which provides indispensable healthcare services to over one in three Rhode Islanders, including our most …
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By MICHAEL DIBIASE
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5/9/24
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