Letters to the Editor
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To the editor:
The V.F.W. Post 237, Bristol, every year has a poppy drive to raise money for various charities. All the money collected goes to very good causes. We contacted Seabra and the …
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11/10/22
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To the editor:
The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island would like to thank the candidates who participated and citizens who sent in questions for our forums in Bristol, Warren, Barrington and …
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11/23/22
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To the editor:
Last week's Phoenix contained a letter to the editor lampooning and ridiculing a previous letter by former school committee candidate Tony Morettini regarding the improved test …
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12/15/22
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To the editor:
As I left the the town council meeting that was to have discussed the transfer station, a woman from the audience approached me, smiled, then said that “You didn’t …
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9/26/23
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To the editor:
In Peter Fossel’s letter (Sakonnet Times, 17 Sept., 2020) I hear echoes emanating from the surrounding hills and valleys of Con Thien (“Hill of Angles”) Khe Sanh …
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9/24/20
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As a gun owner, veteran, and a former Naval War College instructor, I agree the Founding Fathers saw the value in an armed citizenry. However, we need to take into account vast changes in the world …
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3/18/21
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To the editor,
The level of state debt in Rhode Island has reached a crises level. The Portsmouth Concerned Citizens has been recommending a “no” vote on all state bond proposals for …
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10/25/22
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To the editor: Mornings at my family’s nursery on Poppasquash often begin with a deer chase. These sadly overpopulated creatures strip our evergreens of foliage 6’ up from the ground, and …
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11/10/22
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To the editor:
Thomas Paine, the often quoted colonial newsman, once wrote, “If you are afraid to offend, you can't be honest.”
Hospitals across the river and the Washington …
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11/23/22
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To the editor: Our society has created a culture of intolerance, preventing our mind from holding multiple views of the the same issue. Increasingly, society pressures us to keep only one belief and …
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12/15/22
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To the editor:
Save Water Street is an ad hoc committee formed to oppose the demolition of 119 and 113 Water St., two contributing buildings in the Warren Waterfront Historic District. We need …
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2/22/23
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To the editor:
In regards to Jim McGaw’s article, “What to do about Bad Beach Behavior” , I’d like to say it is not just a problem for Tiverton and Portsmouth residents. …
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7/20/23
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There are many reasons to support the proposed extension of the East Bay Bike Path to the Mt. Hope Bridge. It will bring more visitors to town to help our local businesses. It will encourage …
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2/11/21
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To the editor:
In the issue of the Phoenix immediately preceding the recent elections, one of the leaders of the Bristol County Concerned Citizens submitted a letter to the editor complaining …
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11/10/22
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To the editor:
When Peter Hewett invokes “MAGA” and claims “it is difficult to comprehend how anyone could possibly find fault with this acronym”, he displays the myopic …
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11/23/22
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To the editor: Thank you, thank you, thank you! We can’t thank Dave Scarpino and the Christmas Festival Committee enough for the spectacular celebration this year. The Christmas Snow Ball was …
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12/15/22
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To the editor:
This coming Monday, there will be a public hearing of the Warren Planning Board to review and possibly vote on the proposal by the owner of the Waterdog restaurant to demolish two …
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2/22/23
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Beauty. The beauty of the earth. The beauty of the mountains, valleys, rivers and lakes—and, of course, the ocean. The Ocean State, our little Rhode Island, embraced by the …
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5/4/23
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To the editor:
Once again I read some reporting in the Phoenix of some startlingly inept and unimaginative planning proposed for the creation of a new Bristol/Warren High School. There is no …
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7/20/23
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Crop cannons are better than pesticides or bird poisonings, but has any farmer tried using those wacky inflatable tube men to scare off the birds? If you Google them, there are actually scarecrow …
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8/1/23
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To the editor:
I am writing about something that I have been thinking a lot about lately: the police reports published in the Barrington Times. Publishing the police reports with no concern for …
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9/30/20
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The Oct. 22 Bristol Phoenix published Kevin Faria’s letter, entitled “ Who are the real terrorists ?”
He wrote: “I’ve noticed several letters to the editor …
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10/29/20
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The saga of severance payments to retired town employees continues, as evidenced by the extensive coverage of the subject in last week’s Phoenix . And while the article was very detailed, there …
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2/11/21
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As well illustrated by Senior Chief Salesi’s letter of last week (“The 11th Commandment?”), neither the Church or the Constitution conveys a “God given right” to bear …
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4/8/21
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To the editor:
This article (“Municipal electricity aggregation launches in May,” The Portsmouth Times, March 9) is profoundly misleading and NextEra Energy is a complete con …
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3/13/23
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