Around kitchen tables in every community, people are talking about higher prices and fewer available services. Whether at the grocery store or the doctor’s office, whether through higher rent …
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By Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi
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6/13/24
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Children and their families enjoying a week of school vacation got to enjoy a day out at Warwick Mall at the sixth annual Family Fun Expo this past Thursday.
The expo was run in collaboration …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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4/25/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode …
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2/21/24
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Nothing dead about this musical
The Pilgrim Players Drama Club presents The Addams Family with an opening performance Friday at 7 p.m. Performances will also be held Saturday at 7 p.m. and …
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11/16/23
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Nothing dead about this musical
The Pilgrim Players Drama Club presents The Addams Family with an opening performance Friday at 7 p.m. Performances will also be held Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday …
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11/16/23
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Growing up in LA (not that one. The real one – the Lower Arctic section of West Warwick), I instinctively knew who the “cool kids” were. They were the ones …
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9/7/23
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Maria Brennan of Potowomut and once a Girl Scout found just what she wanted at the 4th annual Family Expo held Thursday at the Warwick Mall. Brennan stopped at the Girl Scout informational display …
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4/27/22
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A bill recently introduced to the Rhode Island legislature by advocates for more affordable and less institutionally problematic housing throughout the state’s most populated communities …
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3/30/22
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By KELLY SULLIVAN Stansfield Albert Fuller, his wife, Elizabeth, and their two children, Stansfield Jr. and Norman, sailed from Liverpool, England, to America aboard the Ivernia. They arrived at Boston on April 25, 1907. Stansfield Sr. was a dentist. The
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10/21/21
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A new school year brings with it a renewed sense of hope, and, of course, that familiar first-day-of-school excitement. As students prepare to head back to the classroom after more than a year of challenges, Family Service of Rhode Island (FSRI) is once
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8/18/21
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By JULIE A. CASIMIRO, MICHAEL W. CHIPPENDALE, ANASTASIA WILLIAMS and THOMAS NORET Since 2016 the House Oversight Committee has been reviewing operations of the Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF.) The result of these reviews exposed
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6/24/21
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To the Editor: I was very sorry to hear of the passing of Mayor Joe Solomon this past week. The Cascella family has had a long relationship with the Solomon family. Fifty years ago, Joe's uncle John would come door-to-door selling dry goods. My mom was
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5/27/21
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The rapid spread of COVID-19 this winter and the continued economic effects of the pandemic created a surge in requests for essential needs. Family Service of Rhode Island has seen parents with babies struggling to provide diapers, wipes, formula,
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2/25/21
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By JOHN HOWELL Mary [not her real name] had a full-time job at a medical facility when the shutdown hit in March. The office closed. She was at home with her four kids. Then the office reopened. She was ready to go back to her job, but the kids were
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By JOHN HOWELL
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12/24/20
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By ERIN O'BRIEN When your mom suddenly says, "e;Pack a suitcase for two weeks,"e; where do you begin? 13-year-old Israel grabbed his trumpet, his tennis racquet, and filled his backpack with books for the trip to Rhode Island. "e;It was super uncomfortable on
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By ERIN O'BRIEN
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6/4/20
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