To the editor:
I enjoyed reading your article mentioning how a number of businesses and recreational activities will be adversely impacted (by the Mayflower Wind proposal, Aug. 25, The Portsmouth …
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9/12/22
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To the editor:
How sad it is that a good argument can be made that the “D” in America’s DNA stands for Disrespect.
Slavery and its aftermath and the massacre and …
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8/10/21
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My name is Shelly Morris, and I am honored and humbled to be named the new Director of Athletics/Student Activities Coordinator .
I would first like to thank Superintendent Thomas Aubin, …
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8/2/23
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Thanks to Shorelines for several in depth articles regarding town finances and efforts to make a decision regarding the “old” Westport High School. What I found surprising was the …
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8/21/23
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To the editor:
During these challenging times, postal employees are working hard to ensure residents stay connected with their world through the mail. Whether it’s medications, a package, …
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4/10/20
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I have lived here since 1968, graduated from WHS, and raised my family here for good reason. The people are hard-working, amazing humans with a great sense of community spirit. There is a small …
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7/3/23
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To the editor:
I have been a professional driver for over 40 years, operating in 45 states. Only one thing gets drivers to slow down, strict consistent enforcement.
Unless it costs them …
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3/5/20
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If you take a close look at a glass of seawater or even Westport River water, you will find it is full of tiny particles. Seawater isn't just plain water; it contains dissolved salts, proteins, fats, …
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10/23/23
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We only have seven years left. The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources set a goal to depend on 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. The global climate has already warmed above one degree …
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12/7/23
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The Westport Finance Committee has released its analysis of the FY2024 budget to be presented at Town Meeting on May 2. The facts are not pretty.
After more than a decade of making do and …
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4/25/23
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To the editor: The very first thing I would do when the Sakonnet Times arrived was to go to Arlene Violet's column. If there was not one in that edition I felt cheated, something very important was …
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10/1/21
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To the editor: Scott Pickering's extensive article in East Bay Life on the extremely complex issue of rights to our shoreline, a cause championed in the 1986 Constitutional Convention by Bristol's …
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4/21/22
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We have seen ordinary Americans say on camera that we need Donald Trump to be a dictator, because “America needs a dictator now.” Presumably, they feel that a dictator will be able …
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2/27/24
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To the editor:
The man is a menace. There have been 13 Presidents in my lifetime. Each deserved some respect. Through the years I’ve believed in the two-party system, for we need in a …
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5/21/20
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The February 15th Shorelines front page article on the Westport five-year financial plan was detailed and listed eigh spending categories where savings might be available. Unfortunately no …
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2/27/24
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To the editor:
From time immemorial, the Jewish people have endured countless atrocities - from the oppressive rule of Pharaoh, the wickedness of Haman, the horrors perpetrated by Hitler, and …
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10/12/23
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Once the Department of Environmental Protection promulgates the rules regarding private home owners’ septic systems with nitrogen filtering upgrades, it will undoubtedly create a very …
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5/31/23
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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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Apropos of your recent correspondence I would like to contribute some facts regarding wind power, and in general the transition away from carbon dioxide emission, which will fairly soon render much …
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5/31/23
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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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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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My wife and I attended an appearance by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in 2018 at Roger Williams University Law School, and I took with me one typewritten question I had drafted for any possible …
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9/24/20
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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:
Mea “Gulpa!” Authors of three published letters have criticized three of my recent letters to the editor. I thank all readers. One writer called me out regarding …
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5/19/22
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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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