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REFERENDA QUESTIONS: Seven referenda questions will be on the statewide ballot. All would be worthy of approval if our economy wasn't teetering on the edge of a financial abyss. The questions must be …
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Lonnie Barham
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11/1/12
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48 views
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PAROLE BOARD’S LUNACY: The Rhode Island Parole Board finally concluded its march toward totally dysfunctional stupidity Monday when it voted unanimously to parole Alfred Brissette, …
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Lonnie Barham
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2/21/13
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18 views
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Moving the needle on the Rhode Island economy, as Senate President Paiva-Weed is calling for this legislative session, is a laudable if late recognition that something quick has be done to be move …
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John Hazen White Jr.
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2/21/13
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47 views
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Robert W. MacNaught in a portrait taken during …
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Ken MacNaught told the story with such detail that it was hard to imagine it happened in 1959:
Ken remembered it was the last race of the Wednesday night sailing series and he and his brother …
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John Howell
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5/29/12
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132 views
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My father didn’t understand the problem – or maybe he did.
At 95 years old, he doesn’t do much cooking. He can manage coffee and toast but there’s no need for an oven.
But Marge, who …
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John Howell
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6/5/12
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14 views
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Legislators on Smith Hill are hard at work passing bills that Governor Chafee is dutifully signing into law, but discussion and debate on the governor's all-important budget proposals for the next …
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John Hazen White, Jr.
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5/29/12
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81 views
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Life is good. It’s that simple.
And how would I know Oliver thinks that? Easy. His tail never stops wagging. It’s perpetually in motion, like a metronome back and forth and then like a fan, …
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John Howell
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1/29/13
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14 views
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$6 BILLION SPENT AND WE'RE STILL IN THE SAME PLACE: In the past several months the vast majority of Americans made it clear that they were disgusted with the gridlock in Washington caused by the U.S. …
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Lonnie Barham
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11/8/12
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20 views
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A DOUBLE STANDARD? Former Providence Police Chief Dean Esserman was hounded out of town after it became known that a teenage drinking party occurred at his home following his daughter's high school …
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Lonnie Barham
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6/28/12
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21 views
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VEIL OF SECRECY ON CHAFEE DRINKING PARTY: Exactly what should the public know about the circumstances surrounding an under-aged drinking party at Governor Chafee's estate? Apparently nothing, …
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Lonnie Barham
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7/18/12
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32 views
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