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Johnston, Cranston and Warwick share a common, silent killer.Approximately 10-30 percent of homes in these three communities have radon levels equal or exceeding the suggested federal Environmental …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/15/22
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Everyone in Johnston knows their mayor is a big shot - especially the 2,000 he personally vaccinated.
As a retired nurse and firefighter, throughout the pandemic, Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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2/9/22
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Yes, we’re still wearing masks indoors at the University of Rhode Island, still running asymptomatic and symptomatic testing operations and vaccination clinics. Many people are physically …
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By DAVID LAVALLEE
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2/2/22
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When Sandra Olivo Peterson looked to put her son, Darien, in school at age four, she searched for a place that could accommodate her son’s needs. Being born around the cutoff date that would …
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By EMMA BARTLETT
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1/27/22
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Thirty-eight years ago, Albert (Butch) Guevremont and his brother Ben began Roll-A-Way Disposal.
“We started with $10,000 and an old truck that probably shouldn’t have even been on the …
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By EMMA BARTLETT
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1/20/22
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It could be a giant sculpture with its hundreds of white pillars symmetrically aligned to give passing motorists the impression of a flickering movie. But it’s not.
The artist behind the …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/13/22
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Whatever inspired someone to name 200 acres overlooking Bristol harbor to the north, Mount Hope Bay to the east, Newport and the East Passage to the south and Prudence Island to the west - …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/6/22
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On the same morning Rhode Island Emergency Management Executive Administrator Tom Guthlein gave a presentation to the Warwick Rotary Club, RIEMA was coordinating the passage of a LPG (liquefied …
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By ALEX MALM
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12/28/21
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Rocky Point Park fondly remembered as an amusement park where rides of all kinds from bumper cars to the flume made for thrills will now make the automobile history books.
Last week Hemmings Motor …
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12/23/21
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It’s Sunday and time for George Shuster, Chris Lee, Stuart Malone, Dennis Demers and at least a half dozen more people to get out their suits.
The suits aren’t easy to put on or to …
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12/16/21
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The tractor broke down, but Sally Hicks is still kicking.
Primed for her fast approaching 83rd birthday, the Providence city girl turned Scituate farmer credits “keeping busy” with …
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By RORY SCHULER
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12/9/21
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Jamie Boblitt used to walk Jack and Freckles on Bellman Avenue in Conimicut. When he decided if he was really serious about hiking the Appalachian Trail, a 2,168-mile trek from Springer Mountain in …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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12/2/21
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