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To the editor:
Bill Reed, in a recent letter to the editor, asks about why we are building a new $100 million school for a shrinking population in Westport. He cites figures (for which he …
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1/14/18
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MOLLY'S GAME * * * * (Based on actual poker game entrepreneur) Jessica Chastain gives a strong performance as Molly Bloom, the former competitive skier who becomes the leading organizer of high stakes poker games. Molly is indicted for collusion with the
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By Joyce & Don Fowler
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1/14/18
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Mayor's Emergency Fuel Assistance Program The Mayor's Emergency Fuel Assistance Program is available to Cranston residents who need immediate delivery of home heating oil. The program is open to HUD income qualified individuals and families who have less
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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1/14/18
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The frigid weather of late brings to mind one of the saddest of all New England sea ice sagas, the loss one century ago this winter of the Cross Rip Lightship (LV-6).
The Cross Rip, one of several …
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1/14/18
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EAST PROVIDENCE — A prominent area doctor is the victim in a murder investigation being conducted by East Providence Police.
Dr. Clive Bridgham, 67, was found dead upon the arrival of officers …
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By Mike Rego
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1/13/18
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Lt. Governor Dan McKee is calling on the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to recalculate National Grid's existing and proposed electricity rates to reflect the reduction of the federal corporate tax from 35 to 21 percent. Earlier this
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1/13/18
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Rock climbing, nature art, night hikes, camp fires, farm animals and bunk houses — this constituted ‘school’ for nearly 200 Kickemuit Middle School seventh-grade students the week before Thanksgiving. The students, their teachers and a handful of volunteer chaperones traveled three hours west to Colebrook, Conn. for what has become an annual tradition and right of passage known as Nature’s Classroom.
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1/13/18
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Members of the Barrington High School Mock Trial team successfully argued a case against students from Lincoln School during a recent mock trial event.
Barrington High School represented the …
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1/13/18
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Janice Irene Seymour Carlson, 87, formerly of Barrington, RI, passed on January 9, 2018 at her home in Sarasota, FL. Janice joyfully entered this world on October 10, 1930 in Warren, RI, the …
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1/13/18
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It can cost $25,000 to install solar panels on the average home, a little less if you live in Bristol. As of Friday, the price went down even further for Bristol residents.
Because participation …
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1/13/18
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EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department announced late Friday afternoon, Jan. 12, its investigation into what it termed a “suspicious” death the previous evening in the Rumford …
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By Mike Rego
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1/13/18
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The Rhode Island Men's Gathering will hold its 26th Annual gathering February 9-11 at Camp Aldersgate. February's weather will be unpredictable, but that won't keep a group of about 30 men from gathering at Camp Aldersgate in North Scituate for a few
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1/13/18
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Almost 400 Rhode Island elementary, middle and high school students, aged 9 to 14 will participate in the FIRST LEGO League HYDRODYNAMICS Championship Tournament on January 13 at Roger Williams University in Bristol. The teams are vying for an
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1/12/18
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Warren could soon be the first town in the East Bay to allow the private and commercial growing of medical marijuana, following a vote of the Warren Town Council Tuesday evening.After more than a …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/12/18
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EAST PROVIDENCE — City officials and police forcibly removed an adult while state officials attended to children living in a home in Riverside where dozens of animals were being hoarded.
East …
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Photos by Rich Dionne
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1/12/18
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Congressman Jim Langevin meets with Johnston resident Jake Hall, who participated in Langevin's Rhode Island District Office internship program over the fall semester. Hall is a student at the …
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1/12/18
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The report card is complete and according to Arnie Vecchione, the Director of Public Works in Johnston, “the men and women in this department did a tremendous job during the recent snow …
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By Pete Fontaine and Tim Forsberg
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1/12/18
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The Cranston East Thunderbolts beat the Wheeler Warriors, 65-60, on Friday night at Cranston High School West in the Hank Orabone Holiday Tournament title game. Five players scored in double-figures for the 'Bolts. Junior
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By Ryan D. Murray
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1/12/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The benevolent mission of Mentor Rhode Island hasn't changed, they just might be a little easier to find and access now that they've moved from the middle of Apponaug to Warwick Avenue. The change in residence stems from the group
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/12/18
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As Bristol continues to lay the groundwork for a study into the future of the Bristol Warren Regional School District, the Town of Warren will take part — but it doesn’t want to talk about …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/12/18
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The neighborly thing It being the law to clear sidewalks, Sean Vases of Church Avenue put his snow blower to work in front of his home Tuesday. He extended his clearing to the property of his neighbors, noting they could use the assistance and, besides,
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1/12/18
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To the editor:
As a resident of Westport for 50 years and an educator for the Westport Community Schools for 36 years, I fully support the building of a new school, and I urge my fellow voters …
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1/12/18
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Highlights of the decisions made, and items discussed, at the Johnston Town Council Meeting held on Monday, January 8. AWARDS A citation was presented by the council to Sydney DeCesare for becoming Salve Regina's Cross Country Rookie of the Year. STATUS
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1/12/18
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John R. "Pete" Deal, Jr., 75, passed away peacefully at his Barrington home on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, after a long and courageous fight with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family, including …
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1/12/18
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Monday, Jan. 1
Police were called to Market Street for a dispute between landlord and tenant.
A Union Street man called police after finding a bike that did not belong to him in his …
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1/12/18
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