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As Barbara Polichetti tells the story, she called the car dealer and did the best job she could to disguise her voice.
“Do you have a Honda Passport?” she asked.
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10/3/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Rhode Island officials plan to assemble a proposal in the weeks ahead designed to keep Hasbro in the state. Details remain unclear for now, but Gov. Dan McKee and House Speaker Joe …
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9/26/24
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Jackie Bernard almost came to a stop when she turned off West Shore Road. She had the window down.
“Don’t you dare,” she commanded. I looked over from the passenger seat but …
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9/26/24
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“It looks like it came from Germany, maybe Switzerland.”
My son, Jack, should know, he’s spent most of the last two years working over there. The 2-foot Christmas tree …
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9/19/24
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Okay, after two columns featuring a 1964 Mercedes that is still owned by the family and still runs, although on the more recent outing smoke erupted from the right wheel well (a frozen brake), …
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9/12/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK : Running for office is a lot different for Seth Magaziner this time around than in the 2022 election, when visions of a GOP victory danced in the minds of Republican activists. …
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9/5/24
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This wasn’t supposed to have happened. After all the Gray Lady had had her day at the spa and at 60 years old, she was running like a fine Swiss watch. Those who read last week’s column …
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9/5/24
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Time to wash the car.
It sounds simple enough. Unfurl the hose; get a bucket and a thick sponge – one that looks like real sponge. Fill the bucket half way and put in a squirt of Palmolive …
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8/29/24
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Chardy Pass announced the white lettering on green background of the street sign. I never would have noticed it if my son, Ted, hadn’t said, “they’re breaking the law.”
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8/22/24
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Think about it.
How would you go about choosing an individual or organization to honor for building community? Rule out elected officials and appointed leaders such as the superintendent of …
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8/15/24
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“Weather alert”
There was no missing the words. There they were on my screen just as I was prepared to watch NBC coverage of the Olympics. Were we going to get hit with severe …
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8/8/24
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It was a warm summer night and we were a world away from Rhode Island although hardly 20 miles from Newport Harbor where it all started that morning.
It was dark, very dark. Occasionally, the …
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8/1/24
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Okay, we’ve had a few hot and sticky days…well, actually a string of those days until last Thursday when it felt like we’d been released from a pressure cooker. People were …
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7/25/24
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I knew her; the blonde hair, the bright smile and the eyes. Yet I couldn’t place her. She was out of context. But she knew me. The fact I was carrying a notebook and holding a camera was a …
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7/18/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: With 122 days until the Nov. 5 election (as of the writing of this column), Democrats find themselves in a fix. Various news reports this week had President Biden weighing a …
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7/11/24
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“I felt a drop,” Jonathan Knight said looking up at the gray clouds overhead.
He looked at his watch. It was approaching 10 a.m.
“It was about this time last year when it …
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7/11/24
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It’s been decades since a cat was a member of our household. While there have been some wonderful felines, including Sam, we’ve always adopted dogs. The cats, more or less, adopted …
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7/4/24
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This was a get-away and work weekend we had talked about but just couldn’t seem to pull off.
Then my son, Jack, suggested we stop at his home in western Massachusetts. A plan emerged; …
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6/27/24
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There’s nothing like resuming a routine after an extended hiatus to notice change.
I haven’t resumed morning rows on the bay as much as I would like to. Nonetheless, I look out on …
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6/20/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: The General Assembly closed its 2024 session with a flurry of activity that ended around 1:32 last Friday morning. The Senate made a final vote on the $13.9 billion budget — …
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6/19/24
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