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How is it that some seasonal observances pass so quickly and others linger well into the year?
The thought occurred as my son Ted dropped by Saturday to help take down the Christmas tree. There …
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2/22/24
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After two years of negotiation, faculty at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) are set to have a new contract with the Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education, which manages public …
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By ALEXANDER CASTRO
Rhode Island Current
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5/23/24
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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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As your Senator, my priorities always have been and will continue to be focused on fiscal responsibility and structural change in order to lower tax burdens, increase effectiveness, and improve the …
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By ANTHONY P. DeLUCA II
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5/23/24
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To the Editor,
We went to the Planning Board meeting earlier this month to hear about a plan that will affect us all. The airport is building a massive FedEx facility to move cargo, via …
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5/23/24
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To the Editor,
Taxpayers in the City of Warwick will be facing massive property tax increases very soon. A fiscal crisis will eventually envelop the city that may very well require state …
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5/23/24
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Walk on water?
Now that sounded preposterous, but that’s what I was hearing. “Go to the pool and start walking and it is going to do wonders.”
My daughter, Diana, a …
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5/23/24
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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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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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4/24/24
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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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