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I now understand my father’s smile of 35 years ago. I must have had the same smile Saturday night.
The occasion of my father’s smile was a cold Feb. 2. It was snowy and the forecast called …
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John Howell
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10/2/12
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WHERE'S THE SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE? A few years ago, an enterprising young man wanted to start a small business. After scrounging for start-up capital and devoting his entire concentration and …
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ROCKY POINT AND TAXES: Converting the remaining 80 acres of the old Rocky Point amusement park to a state park is a great move, but why should Warwick taxpayers have to foot the bill for more than …
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EXACTLY 100 INCHES: Welder Paul Pelletier created …
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As soon as the phone vibrated, I knew it was Jody with another update.
“I had to call,” he said breathlessly. “You’re not going to believe this, you have got to see this,” he said …
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John Howell
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10/23/12
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WILL THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TURN CHICKEN? It's an election year and the chickens may come home to roost. Where is home? In the arms of the public service unions, of course. With elections more than a …
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Lonnie Barham
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5/3/12
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Sharon Robertson
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Measuring time is simple – just a matter of seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years. Of course, it goes on to decades, centuries and so forth.
For us mortals, years are the standard …
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John Howell
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1/8/13
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39 views
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Tax time arrived late this year, but that hasn’t slowed things down at City Hall.
Usually the first of quarterly tax payments is due...
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Lonnie Barham
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8/2/12
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38 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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NEUMONT COLLEGE: A recent editorial advocated against allowing Neumont College, the Utah-based, for-profit technology college, to open its doors in Rhode Island. Three major R.I. companies that have …
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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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