Dear community members,
Be Great For Nate was created four years ago to support youth in our community by raising suicide awareness. It has been our honor to serve in this organization in memory …
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4/26/22
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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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To the editor: Several days ago I entered my local gym only to see a twenty-something guy hoofing it on a treadmill, earbuds in, wearing a “F*** BIDEN” t-shirt. Writing this, I …
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4/20/22
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To the editor:
This winter for the first time I had Goldfinches at the Niger feeder. Although both male and female were a drab, nondescript pale brown, they were easy to distinguish from English …
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4/15/22
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To the editor:
Refugee: A person who has been forced to leave their country to escape war or persecution.
Nobody, absolutely nobody should ever have the fate of being a refugee. Forced to …
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4/15/22
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To the editor:
Some tensions are part of our lives. But have you ever had a tension headache? Bad ones are really bad and you think you just might collapse. Well, I think America may be …
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4/15/22
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To the editor:
‘Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.’ This phrase, controversial to some, is embedded in our culture and had to do with spurious or unrequited love. …
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4/6/22
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To the editor:
We are thankful to the Westport and Little Compton fire departments for their extraordinary service in fighting a fire at our home in Westport Harbor during the late evening on …
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3/22/22
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Every child in Rhode Island deserves to go to a school that is safe, warm, dry, and equipped for 21st-century learning.
In 2018, I co-chaired the state’s School Building Task …
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By Seth Magaziner
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3/18/22
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To the editor:
It warmed my heart to hear about the film exploits of the Kinnane Brothers of Adamsville. My family and I watched "Head Coach" on Netflix a few weeks ago and I had no idea it was …
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3/2/22
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To The editor:
In response to the ongoing discussion of aquaculture on the Sakonnet River, I would like to add my observations. My family has lived on the Sakonnet River in Little Compton for …
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3/2/22
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It’s disappointing that in the many months the Bowens’ application has been in review, they still don’t realize that communication is key, most of all, honest communication.
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2/24/22
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To the editor:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” C.S. Lewis
Over the past two years, it has become …
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2/9/22
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To the editor:
I was disappointed to read the Sakonnet Times January 27 issue that amplifies the Bowen’s characterization of those who oppose the proposed aquaculture lease near the Seapowet …
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2/2/22
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To the editor:
So here we are, recovering from the storm which will likely be among the top five in Rhode Island's
history. But we will also be dealing with one issue that prevails after …
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2/2/22
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To the editor: Dr. Anthony Fauci has dedicated his long life to protecting us all from deadly viruses, including ebola, HIV, and COVID-19. Our nation’s New Year’s Resolution should be to …
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1/6/22
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To the editor:
It’s been a few weeks since you published a story called “Parents vs. The State.” I responded to the writer directly in my shock at this kind of attention being …
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1/5/22
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To the editor:
A modest proposal.
In this most intractable debate, a letter to last week’s Sakonnet Times drew my interest. Jean Ernster of Barrington made a most intriguing proposal to …
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1/3/22
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To the editor:
Imagine a world with no domestic violence — where no Rhode Islanders have their lives cut short by abuse, where children do not witness this violence, where our …
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12/6/21
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To the editor: Thank you so much for the excellent article in last week’s East Bay papers about the status of music performance in the schools. You balanced all of the important information so …
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12/2/21
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To the editor:
In 1919 the Volstead Act was passed, which was a nationwide mandate to make the manufacture and sale of alcohol illegal. It failed, and was repealed. We still, nonetheless, have …
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11/17/21
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Today is profound. It is the first Veterans Day post-Afghanistan, the longest sustained conflict in U.S. history. The aftermath bears an eerie similarity to that of our second longest, the war in …
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11/11/21
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To the editor:
One of the joys of living in Tiverton and reading the Sakonnet Times is our town police blotter. Up to the pandemic locking everyone down last year, I could always count on …
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11/4/21
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To the editor:
Remember when - it was only a few years ago - that Boston’s parking lots near Fenway Park were gouging fans with ridiculously astronomical parking fees. Why would …
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11/4/21
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To the editor:
I have been sailing on the Sakonnet River for about 35 years. I’ve always made it home on my own. On Sept. 15 at about 5 p.m., a powerful gust tipped my sailboat over right …
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10/1/21
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