To the editor:
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is considering dropping the “and Providence Plantations” part of its name. I grew up in Barrington, an almost …
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7/2/20
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To the editor:
I’ve lived in Barrington for 19 years and I’ve never understood why all the streets in neighborhoods closest to beach access have No Parking signs on every utility …
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7/2/20
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To the editor:
For the past month, I have thoroughly enjoyed driving through town and seeing the vibrant colors of the Pride flag flying along with our nation’s flag. During a time when even …
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7/1/20
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To the editor:
To the Barrington Town Council: The Barrington United Veterans Council would like to express its opposition to the Town Council's recent decision to fly an unsanctioned …
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6/30/20
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He was born in London, the Edwardian early 20th century, when Britain still ruled the world's waves. But shortly after the death of his younger brother, their mother died and he was sent to New York …
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By Mike Fink
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6/18/20
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To the editor:
You either overlooked the facts or cast them aside in your June 10 editorial comparing the pandemic responses of Barrington and Bristol. Like you, I commend Bristol for the wise …
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6/17/20
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To the editor:
As a forty-three-year resident of Barrington and a Nana of eight grandchildren, who also live in town, I would like to give a great big THANKS to our police department.
Two …
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6/17/20
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To the editor:
Rhode Island is on the precipice of a cataclysmic housing disaster stemming from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. But swift, decisive action would avert this crisis.
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6/4/20
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To the editor:
I don’t know whether anyone else has noticed the irony of it all.
Last year everyone in town was fighting tooth and nail over school start (and end) times. It turns out …
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6/4/20
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The murder of George Floyd lit a match to a nation loaded with combustible material. Quarantined and isolated for months, with tens of millions jobless, with economic stability shattered, with half …
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6/4/20
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With regard to the police ‘dispersing’ groups of any size, the First Amendment reads, in part: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble …
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5/28/20
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To the editor:
Rhode Islanders have lost our voice. Whether or not we approve of how our governor is responding to this crisis, we have lost our voice. Regardless of our individual opinions …
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5/28/20
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This is regarding the high school senior class of 2020. The heartbreak is there.We realize the frustration you are experiencing.
The graduating Class of 1943 went through a bad ordeal. We were …
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5/28/20
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It’s never been easier to take an interest in your local government and actually see what your elected leaders are doing. And in this era of executive orders and daily briefings that impact …
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5/28/20
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EAST BAY — Today we face a national crisis in the form of a deadly pandemic. However, we at the East Bay Regional Coalition remind all there is a hidden link between COVID-19 and other national …
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5/21/20
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ACLU of Rhode Island executive director Steven Brown released this statement after Gov. Gina Raimondo’s announcement and release of the “Crush Covid RI” app:
As the Governor …
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5/20/20
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When the world changed in March 2020 due to Covid 19, and our communities were shut down to shelter in place and socially distance, we started a campaign with two goals — support our struggling …
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5/14/20
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To the editor:
Barrington has one-fifth the statewide rate of positive COVID-19 tests.
We're fortunate that we have many office workers able to work from home. We have few apartment buildings, …
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5/13/20
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To the editor:
Apparently your editorial struck a nerve with town councilor Steve Boyajian regarding town manager Jim Cunha.
Councilor Boyajian was quick to defend Mr. Cunha’s action and …
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5/8/20
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President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel believed that a crisis was an opportunity to do things that you once thought were impossible.
We are facing a pandemic of historic …
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5/7/20
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To the editor:
A Twin River billboard on I-195 captures the irony of the age. “Let’s all come together. Stay home. Stay safe.” How do we come together when we are practicing …
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5/7/20
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Letters have appeared recently that appear to seek to shield the president from any responsibility for the fact that with just over 4 percent of the Earth’s population, we have about one-third …
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5/7/20
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Two days of warm sunshine illuminated a stark reality in Barrington last weekend. When thousands of residents stumbled out of their houses into the bright sun of a true spring weekend, they found …
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5/7/20
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To the editor:
With the entire planet changed utterly in a few weeks’ time you have focused wasted attention on the workout habits of the Town Manager with a snide editorial comment and …
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5/6/20
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The whole country is adrift at sea, powerless, taking on water, and hoping not to sink into the deepest Great Depression in modern history … and then there’s the Town of …
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4/30/20
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