Employing a water option around the bridge traffic was an excellent idea. However, it was administered recklessly.
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2/15/24
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To the editor:
I’m writing to respond to last week’s letter to the editor from Joe Merrill. Mr. Merrill said that he did not know of “an instance when [I] voted on anything, no …
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10/13/22
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The failure of the Washington Street Bridge is a crisis for Rhode Island and all who drive I-195. Our elected representatives must take all necessary steps to protect the public’s interests.
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2/15/24
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To the editor:
As a therapist working very close to the Rhode Island border, I am concerned for the workers and non-smokers who are again being exposed to second-hand smoke inside the casino.
I …
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4/30/23
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What took place at our nation’s capital last week was an attack on our country and Constitution from within. It was another 9/11 moment perpetrated not by foreign terrorist but from American …
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1/14/21
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To the editor:
First, the current state: There are 400 million guns in a country of 300 million people. Most people don’t own guns, or own one or two; this means that a few people have a …
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4/30/23
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While we have no quarrel with the choice of the editors, we do have objections to the process they used to come to that choice.
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9/4/23
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To the editor:
David O’Connell (letters, "Many residents oppose proposed Assembly abortion bill," The Post, March 2, edition) seems to be lumping in all those who have had abortions with …
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3/9/23
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Once again the Second Amendment has its day, this time in the sanctity of an elementary school. Six innocent lives brutally taken, three of them children.
Mentally ill persons occur in all …
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4/18/23
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Dear members of the Bristol Warren Regional School Committee,
I am writing to express my dismay about the refusal of the committee to take up a discussion to consider changing the opening date …
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7/8/21
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To the editor: It was pretty interesting reading Peter Hewett and Jonathan Carney’s letters to the editor side by side in last week’s paper. Peter Hewett (a member of the Bristol County …
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10/27/22
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I extend my sincerest thanks to the Warren DPW for their dedication to maintaining and honoring our town's history.
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5/16/24
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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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Was a 10 percent rate increase necessary?
Did some staff get pay raises up to 10 percent and several others were told that they would receive another raise before the end of the year?
Was a …
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12/4/20
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To the editor:
I feel obliged to answer Mr. Hewett’s letter (“Voters in Rhode Island do not seem able to get it,” Portsmouth Times, Nov. 30) about the integrity, or perhaps …
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12/3/23
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A few weeks ago I wrote a letter to the editor , my first in a long time. I thought it was important to do my small part to weigh-in on the local diatribe regarding critical race theory and its first …
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7/8/21
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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 Bridge …
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11/23/22
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To the editor:
The letter in last week’s Phoenix from a BHS teacher makes eminent good sense and adamantly implores the BWSB not to continue in its poorly planned choice to build the new …
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8/31/23
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Every child in Rhode Island deserves to go to a school that is safe, warm, dry, and equipped for 21st-century learning.
In 2018, I co-chaired the state’s School Building Task …
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By Seth Magaziner
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3/18/22
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To the editor: This letter is in support of Dr. DiBiase. First, let me introduce myself. I am Joseph Ciullo, and I am retired after proudly serving 45 years as an educator. It all began in Bristol in …
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6/2/22
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To the editor:
Last Sunday, Aug. 20, we went to see the band Trinity, and all they play is Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and they do it very well. We left our house in Warren at 4 p.m. and …
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8/31/23
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To the editor:
In order to get a waiver to demolish the historic buildings at 119 and 113 Water Street, the applicant must meet one of the three conditions listed below. From the Warren Code of …
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1/18/23
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Here's the deal, I know who you are, I know who your dogs are, I have video of you doing it. Being the nice guy that I am, I am only asking that you stop.
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12/13/23
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When the developer can’t fit the amount of buildings in the proposed development without variances then the amount of buildings should be reduced, creating more green space.
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12/13/23
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To the editor:
The Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame has inducted Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the disgraced general officer and momentary national security advisor to the Trump administration.
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12/22/23
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