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I saw an article titled “75 Ways to Boost Your Mood Right This Very Second”, which caught my eye. That title alone gave me a tiny mood boost—something to look forward to. But …
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3/12/25
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The tiny melody of a violin, climbing sharp peaks and descending again to lose its echo, filled the halls of the New York Public Health Department’s hospital. Thirty-five-year-old Italian …
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3/12/25
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With the arrival of March, we start to see the trees begin to bud again, the grass becomes a little greener and the winter thaw nears its conclusion as the blustery winds of spring make their …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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3/5/25
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In 1944, Helen Geneva (Carter) Barnes committed suicide. Eighty-one years later, her great-grandson is searching for her remains.
Helen Carter was born in Oklahoma in 1907 or 1908 – …
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3/5/25
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Many Christians are now in the season of Lent, the period between Ash Wednesday (yesterday) and Easter. During these 40 days, Christians typically observe Jesus’ fasting in the desert before …
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3/5/25
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WARWICK – Thomas Francis Hackett had been sick for several days. Shaken with chills and drowning in fatigue, the 22-year-old man lay suffering from stomach pains and a headache as his …
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By KELLY SULLIVAN
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2/26/25
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As I grow older, the issue of inheritance has been on my mind, should I survive Hubby, (which is highly unlikely because his dad lived well into his 90s, and his mother is still going strong in her …
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2/26/25
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Leo Milton Gray was born on March 16, 1922 to David Gray and his wife Alice (Hodgson). Leo and his brothers, Eugene and Richard, grew up in Volinia, Michigan where their father was a farmer. A 1941 …
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2/19/25
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Lately, discouraging things have been weighing on me. For the first time in my life, I’m struggling to pay bills and living paycheck to paycheck. Supporting my adult children with disabilities …
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2/19/25
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Ever since the start of the month, things have been rolling along in excellent fashion for the Proclamation Ale Company located on 298 Kilvert Street in Warwick. Back on February 3, they teamed up …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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2/12/25
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be a devastating condition, most often associated with military veterans. My father’s experience exemplifies its profound effects.
Before serving …
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2/12/25
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On a cold February morning in 1938, Warren Cole stepped into a bathtub filled with scalding hot water. A patient at the Rhode Island State Hospital for Mental Diseases, Cole, 29, succumbed to …
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2/12/25
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A lot of aspects of American culture have either withered away or become modernized over the past few decades, but one of the few that have defied the test of time is comics. Ranging from superheroes …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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2/12/25
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Watch the news on television, and you’re bound to see something that’s alarming to the senses within the first five minutes. Surfing the internet can be even worse with the amount of …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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2/5/25
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John and James Sullivan of Warwick were siblings with five years between them. They may have had a connection, however, stronger than space and time.
The boys were the sons of Daniel Sullivan …
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By KELLY SULLIVAN
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2/5/25
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I have fully embraced the magic of Amazon, with my Prime membership, nearly everything I need materializes on my doorstep the very next day. Alas, gone are the days of leisurely Friday night shopping …
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By LINDA PETERSEN
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2/5/25
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Valentine’s Day tends to garner polarizing reactions. Those in a happy relationship are making plans to do something special with their significant other, while those who are single either poke …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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2/5/25
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My daughter, Marie, needed major surgery, so I flew in to take care of her. Since her home is quite lively—with her girlfriend, her girlfriend’s elderly mom, and three energetic young …
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By LINDA PETERSEN
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1/29/25
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North Providence native Ace Aceto has a variety of professions. He’s an author, podcaster, live show producer, an actor and a voiceover artist. And now, add stand-up comedy. As part of a show …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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1/29/25
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Back in the 19th and early 20th centuries, few things were as terrifying as hearing a cry of “Mad dog!” Wild-eyed canines, yelping and foaming at the mouth were to be feared as much as …
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1/29/25
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