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You can’t study the history of Rhode Island without coming across the famous “Letter to the Hebrew Congregation” and George Washington’s passionate plea for more than mere tolerance for …
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Joe Kernan
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6/19/13
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12 views
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FAMILY AFFAIR: Fonseca (pictured with the hat at …
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Dianne Fonseca admits that she is competitive, but with no one more than herself. Over the past decade, as a volunteer with the American Cancer Society (ACS), she has upped the ante each year, …
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Meg Fraser
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6/5/13
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84 views
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Vincenzo Troiano, cement finisher and a …
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It’s common knowledge that good storytellers are not always writers. With that in mind, Marge Caprara and other members of the Italian-American Historical Society (IAHS) decided that some of those …
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Joe Kernan
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5/29/13
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54 views
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GOOD PRESS: Johnston actor Ryan Boudreau and his …
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You’d hardly expect a 23-year-old actor from Johnston to be familiar with a 1960s rock and roll band, but Ryan Boudreau was a little taken aback when he learned that so many of the songs that are …
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Joe Kernan
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5/22/13
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144 views
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HE'S A GOOD OLD BOY: Nemisis is a 21 year old cat …
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While the Jersey Shore continues to struggle with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, there’s a quiet little cat in Providence who knows that Sandy wasn’t the first or the last storm the New Jersey …
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Joe Kernan
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5/15/13
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69 views
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After three well received books on early American decoration, Ann Eckert Brown says she wrote her last book on the subject.
“After studying houses and working in houses all over the country for …
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Joe Kernan
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5/9/13
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47 views
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The Beantown Swing Orchestra, the high energy, 18-piece swing band that wowed guests at The Kent Center’s Swing into Spring celebration last year, will be back for this year’s swing May 17. …
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5/9/13
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36 views
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2nd Lt. Robert Thorpe stuffed himself with food …
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In the early 1950s, when the Cold War was heating up, the passion for war crime trials in Europe and Asia was deliberately toned down. Were a good many guilty people in Germany and Japan spared the …
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Joe Kernan
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5/2/13
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197 views
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Bob Hocking at the Grand Canyon.
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There’s nothing like a subtle sense of humor to catch a reader’s eye and ear, which is why we were immediately charmed by a news release announcing a book by a local author several weeks ago: …
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Joe Kernan
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4/25/13
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50 views
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Arlene, the heroine of “Arlene on the Scene,” a children’s novel about a Rhode Island fourth grader with a debilitating muscle disorder, is a girl trying to fit in with the kids …
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Joe Kernan
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4/17/13
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317 views
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