‘Operation Warp Speed’ has become a bad joke and nowhere is it less amusing than in Rhode Island.
Last week, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center released a vaccination …
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2/18/21
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To the editor:
(Town Administrator Richard Rainer Jr.) and the council again, during the last Town Council meeting on Feb. 8, avoided, transparency, failed to address many questions posed, and …
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2/16/21
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PORTSMOUTH — Police officers investigating an alleged assault got more than they bargained for when they showed up at an East Main Road home last week.
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2/16/21
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To the editor:
Our new climate czar John Kerry was asked after an executive order cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline how the folks who lost 11,000 jobs could be helped. His answer was a …
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2/16/21
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PORTSMOUTH — Lisa Lasky of Bristol was recently appointed as the Town of Portsmouth’s new finance director.
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By Jim McGaw
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2/14/21
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PORTSMOUTH — A bill authorizing automated speed camera-enforcement systems in not only school zones but on all state and local roads in Rhode Island seems to have hit the skids, at …
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By Jim McGaw
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2/14/21
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PORTSMOUTH — Wearing “Be Great for Nate” T-shirts and filling the House and Senate viewing galleries, friends of the late Nathan Bruno came out in droves to the State House on …
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By Jim McGaw
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2/13/21
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The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority’s move to fully automated toll collection this week is welcome and long overdue. Starting Feb. 14, the bridge authority will launch a …
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2/12/21
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Add gun acquisition and violence to the list of troubling societal issues that just got worse in 2020.According to the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAV), 2020 saw a 111 percent …
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By Christy Nadalin
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2/5/21
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PORTSMOUTH — No, it has nothing to do with Lady Gaga.
It involves a sided “pit,” several players and a ball they bat around with their hands. It’s called GaGa (or GaGa …
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By Jim McGaw
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2/5/21
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You must wear it in shopping malls. You must wear it in libraries. You must wear it six feet apart, in lines, with your nose and mouth covered.
At first we were told it did nothing to prevent the …
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2/5/21
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A thread of meaning to the whole coronavirus affair is overlooked. Some people perhaps think that the board members of Pfizer and Moderna and the CDC are angelic figures who always keep foremost in …
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2/3/21
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To the editor,
The Portsmouth town government has embarked on an all-out attempt to crush the freedom of speech of one of its citizens. This process is now in the courts and should the town …
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2/2/21
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To the editor:
This March we are asked to vote on the same old referendum items, with emphasis on the University of Rhode Island (URI) and cultural arts and nothing for the senior citizens of …
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1/29/21
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It is the same sensation as hearing a friend has won the lottery. It is the same sensation as being the unmarried bridesmaid sister at your sister’s wedding.
I have recently been helping …
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1/29/21
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PORTSMOUTH — The Town of Portsmouth did not use its local sign ordinance to ban the posting of “political” signs by a local man on residential property, the town stated in a …
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1/24/21
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PRUDENCE ISLAND — Three homes were completely destroyed by a late-night fire on Prudence Island Thursday.
One woman managed to escape safely from the home at which the fire apparently …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/22/21
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PORTSMOUTH — No doubt you’ve seen the signs while driving up and down Bristol Ferry Road, although perhaps the wording was difficult to make out from a moving vehicle.
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By Jim McGaw
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1/22/21
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Choosing who gets the COVID-19 vaccine, and when, is one of the greatest challenges a public servant has ever faced. That’s saying a lot for a group of both elected and appointed leaders who …
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1/21/21
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NEWPORT COUNTY — On Jan. 6, hundreds of insurgents — many displaying telltale symbols typically worn by white supremacists, white nationalists and other extremist groups — …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/18/21
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PORTSMOUTH — A citizens group that protested the recent passage of a new solar ordinance with no success is now turning to the legal system in an attempt to find relief.
Portsmouth …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/16/21
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More than 51,000 Rhode Islanders had been at least partially vaccinated against the coronavirus by Friday morning, according to state Department of Health officials, with 9,243 of them fully …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/15/21
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What took place at our nation’s capital last week was an attack on our country and Constitution from within. It was another 9/11 moment perpetrated not by foreign terrorist but from American …
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1/14/21
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If written a week ago, this editorial would describe the shame and embarrassment of watching one of the sad days in American history unfold on live television. It would excoriate all those …
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1/14/21
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A 21-year-old Portsmouth man died early Wednesday morning after his car was struck head on by another vehicle that was traveling the wrong way on Route 195 in Somerset early, according to …
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1/13/21
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