So, according to the current RIDOT deputy chief engineer, the Washington Bridge failures “might” have pre-existed, but no one had noticed this until recently.
It was actually an …
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2/7/24
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In every season, hot or cold, Jan Malik was always “cool”.
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2/7/24
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Recent experience in Warren has shown that the Planning Board has performed this task in a thorough and professional manner. The ability of the town to “govern itself” has not been compromised.
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1/31/24
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You have only one solution that meets these obligations in consideration of the planned Penny Lane development. You can vote to disapprove the plan.
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1/31/24
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I do have empathy for people who find themselves in this situation but it is not the government’s job to impose housing at the detriment of the surrounding area.
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1/31/24
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Budget money has constantly been allocated to everything else, from digital security labs to soccer stadiums. Meanwhile critical infrastructure, like the 195 bridge, was shoddily inspected and shoddily repaired. Here is the result.
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1/25/24
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How bad is reality right now? Unemployment down, under 4 percent for two years. Employment up, with hundreds of thousands of jobs added every month. Wages up, if only …
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1/22/24
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I hope the savings account is not empty.
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1/17/24
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What if the East Bay Bike Path had lighting? It would make it useful around the clock.
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1/11/24
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I am responding to David Schoorens’s letter in your Dec. 28, 2023 edition. Mr. Schoorens knowingly or unknowingly leaves out the key facts regarding Gen. Flynn’s …
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1/8/24
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We should not dismiss ferry service as a long-term public transportation option altogether.
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1/4/24
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As citizens we don’t get to vote for the leadership or the statehouse rules; our representatives do that. Therefore, we should also press our representatives to place democracy above party and reform the rules of the legislature.
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1/4/24
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My high school theatre class helped me identify that what is occurring in Palestine is genocide.
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1/4/24
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I have heard many complaints but I want to speak to the potential positive aspects of this plan.
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1/4/24
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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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Construction is underway to build thousands of huge wind turbines from New Jersey to Maine. From an average Joe’s perspective, this process feels extremely rushed, and there are dozens of unanswered questions.
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12/20/23
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It saddens me to see developers basically destroying small towns in America.
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12/20/23
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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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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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I am not against investing in sustainable and well-built schools that will last for many generations...I am against is the lack of adequate planning and maintenance that will eventually result in costly building repairs or eventual building replacement.
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12/6/23
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In September, the Sogkonate Garden Club of Little Compton collected over 87 pounds of trash from our beaches in one day and over the past year, Friends of the Saugatucket in Wakefield collected over …
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12/6/23
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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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Every once in a while, someone writes an opinion piece in The Phoenix that is so outrageous that it has to be challenged.
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12/1/23
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I do understand the meaning of insanity. I was able to witness it on January 6th...
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11/22/23
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My definition of insanity is any voter in Rhode Island who thinks a Republican actually stands a chance of winning an election in this state.
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11/22/23
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