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HIS MANY ADMIRERS: An estimated 1,000 people …
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Remembering Robert Shapiro …
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John Howell
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9/11/12
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125 views
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With one community in receivership already and several other Rhode Island municipalities struggling to avert near-term bankruptcy, pension obligations at the municipal level represent the next crisis …
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John Hazen White, Jr.
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5/17/12
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20 views
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Rhode Island leaders need to come up with a plan to deal with the long-term future of Twin River and Newport Grand, the state’s two sanctioned gambling venues. Unfortunately, coming up with plans, …
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John Hazen White, Jr.
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7/25/12
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34 views
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It didn’t seem possible that a shovel could have so much power.
Yet, I could have been holding a high voltage line. It wasn’t that I was knocked over, but I felt a strong connection. There …
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John Howell
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7/17/12
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59 views
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“Sizzling”
The word evoked a mental replay of the turkey coming out of the oven and all that had followed. My niece, her husband and their daughter, Ellie, arrived from Washington by train …
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John Howell
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11/27/12
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12 views
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RHODE ISLAND NEEDS A "HATCH" ACT: State Representative Jon Brien of Woonsocket, who lost the Democratic primary to a Woonsocket firefighter, is filing suit to invalidate the election results based on …
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Lonnie Barham
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10/4/12
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27 views
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Humor is an antidote to old age.
My father’s 96th birthday reaffirmed that.
Seeing he was born on Ground Hog’s Day, the standard question is whether the pesky rodent saw his shadow or not …
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John Howell
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2/5/13
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11 views
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A GOOD CALL BY OBAMA: To President Obama’s credit, he has directed the Justice Department to try the surviving Boston Marathon terrorist in a civilian court rather than before a military …
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Lonnie Barham
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4/25/13
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18 views
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ANOTHER SHAMEFUL STATISTIC FOR RHODE ISLAND: A recent Gallup Politics report shows that, tied with Hawaii, Rhode Island is the most one-sided state in the union regarding its Democratic political …
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Lonnie Barham
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8/8/12
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21 views
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Ollie has a voice.
We suspected that all along, although when we first met at the East Greenwich Animal Rescue League, he was silent. That’s not to say he wasn’t expressive. His tail was in …
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3/12/13
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11 views
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