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General Assembly passes amended assault weapons ban bill

PROVIDENCE — Following approval of an amended version of the legislation in the State Senate earlier in the day, the House of Representatives followed suit to pass an assault weapons ban bill …
Full Rhode Island Senate passes amended assault weapons ban bill
PROVIDENCE — By a vote of 26-11 and after some two hours of debate Friday afternoon, June 20, the Rhode Island Senate passed an … Read More
Senate Judiciary Committee passes DiPalma's amended assault weapons ban bill
PROVIDENCE — By an 8-6 vote Wednesday, June 18, the Judiciary Committee of the State Senate passed an amended bill, 2025-S359, … Read More
Second round of grants for East Providence businesses exceeds $500,000
The City of East Providence is launching a second round of grant funding for those businesses that did not have the opportunity to … Read More
Sports
First pitch for annual vintage baseball game is June 21

Once upon a time, long before many of us reading this article were even born, the game of baseball was king of all sports, especially at this time of year, when ball clubs from Bristol and …

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Letter: An open letter to the RI Congressional delegation, on Israel

The verdict is in on what Israeli apartheid is doing to the Palestinians – ethnic cleansing since the 1948 Nakba and permanent occupation in Gaza and the West Bank since …

Letter: Vote these 5 to senior center’s board on Monday

To the editor: As a retired member of the Senior Center Executive Board, I’d like to urge fellow members to vote for new board members: Jim Seveney, Rita St. Laurent, John McDaid, Mark …

Letter: Senior center members — cast your vote on June 23

To the editor: I’m writing to my fellow members of the Portsmouth Multi-Purpose Senior Center to remind everyone that the annual elections for our Board of Directors is coming …

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A lifelong Portsmouth resident, Jim graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1982 and earned a journalism degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1986. He's worked two different stints at East Bay Newspapers, for a total of 18 years with the company so far. When not running all over town bringing you the news from Portsmouth, Jim listens to lots and lots and lots of music, watches obscure silent films from the '20s and usually has three books going at once. He also loves to cook crazy New Orleans dishes for his wife of 25 years, Michelle, and their two sons, Jake and Max.