Many readers will remember Ken Block as a two-time candidate for Rhode Island Governor and technology entrepreneur who helped the State of Texas save more than a billion dollars in food stamp fraud …
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By Arlene Violet, Esq.
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4/3/24
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The East Providence School District has authored its process of contending with the partial solar eclipse that will envelop the area Monday, April 8, right around the time students in most buildings …
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By Mike Rego
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4/3/24
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Ward's Manufacturing, started by two Rhode Island siblings, is proving that small business manufacturing businesses have a lot of potential in the current economy.
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/2/24
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The assignment was near and dear to professor Bob Rulli, who you may remember had a keen interest in trying to redesign the same parcel of land.
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/2/24
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A truck speeds down Route 6. There could be a lot more development in the north end if a $35 …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/2/24
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The last solar eclipse in the United States until 2045 is coming our way Monday, April 8, and its timing has put local schools on alert.
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By JIM MCGAW
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4/2/24
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"Save Fort Barton!"
"Five schools strong."
"We love our schools and teachers!"
"Do better."
Tiverton school officials, and their counterparts on the town council, got an eyeful …
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By Ruth Rasmussen
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4/2/24
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An effort to erect flagpoles in a new location outside of Barrington Town Hall and remove any outside flags from flying above the veterans memorial failed to garner enough Town Council support on …
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By Josh Bickford
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4/2/24
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A Tiverton man facing a child sex crime admitted in court last week that he enticed and brought a 13-year-old girl with him from Pennsylvania to Rhode Island for the purposes of sex nearly three …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/2/24
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School varsity baseball team started its season in fine fashion Monday, winning a home opener against Mt. Hope by a score of 8-3.
The Patriots …
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4/2/24
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It looked like the game was over.
It appeared that the clock had run out on the Barrington High School Unified Basketball team during a recent game against Mt. Hope.
BHS Coach …
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By Josh Bickford
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4/2/24
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One Saturday morning in 1983, when Riverside native, songwriter, singer, musician Joe Doyle was in his freshman year at Rhode Island College studying music, his dad, Ed Doyle (former mayor of …
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By Michael Khouri
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4/2/24
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A Westport, Dartmouth and Tiverton High School Student Show is this weekend. And, all are invited to a reception on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. Pictured is a painting by Tiverton High School senior Maeve …
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4/2/24
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The 74th annual R.I. Home Show is five shows in one — the 11th annual Energy Expo, the 10,000-square-foot Garden Experience, the Inspiration Showcase, the Specialty R.I. Flower Show and the …
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4/2/24
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For just the second time in the 91 seasons the Rhode Island Interscholastic League has sanctioned the sport, the East Providence High School baseball team starts a spring as a reigning champion, the …
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By Mike Rego
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4/2/24
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‘Enchantress of Numbers’ By Jennifer Chiaverini
Anyone who has taken a course in British literature will be familiar with the most lionized of Romantic poets, Geroge Gordon, Lord …
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By Donna Bruno
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4/2/24
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The spring migration run of striped bass will soon be underway. The water temperatures off Narragansett at press time was 41 degrees. Traditionally 55 degrees is the temperature when the fish are …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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4/2/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Add Ken Block to the lengthy list of people who’ve told Donald Trump or his campaign that his fake narrative about a stolen election in 2020 is a lot of baloney. In …
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4/2/24
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Mt. Hope coach Tom Fullen smiled while talking about this season’s unified basketball team.
“It’s the most fun that’d I have had coaching,” he said. “How can …
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Photos and story by Richard W. Dionne, Jr.
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4/2/24
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I want to be clear on what a “YES” vote on Question 1 means.
A YES vote on Question 1 allows the town to construct the water and sewer trunkline down Route 6. A yes vote does not …
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4/1/24
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The single most important thing you may ever do to help the Westport River is to get out and vote YES on Question 1 on Tuesday, April 9. We cannot overstate how important your vote is for the future …
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4/1/24
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Fifteen minutes into last Wednesday’s meeting of the Westport Housing Authority, acting board chairwoman Veronica Beaulieu announced her decision to resign effective this coming Tuesday, April …
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By Ted Hayes
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4/1/24
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The plan to build new synthetic turf fields at Barrington Middle School cleared an important hurdle on Thursday night, March 28.
Members of the Barrington School Committee voted unanimously to …
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By Josh Bickford
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4/1/24
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As head coach Katie Solitro sees it the East Providence High School softball team enters the 2024 season not so much "rebuilding," but hopefully rather "reloading."
That's what happens when a …
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By Mike Rego
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4/1/24
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Residents of East Providence who suffered loss or damage from the severe storms December 17-19, 2023 or January 9-13, 2024, can meet with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
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4/1/24
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