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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 …
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
PROVIDENCE — By an 8-6 vote Wednesday, June 18, the Judiciary Committee of the State Senate passed an amended bill, 2025-S359, … Read More
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
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Sports
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 …