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This past weekend, my husband and I went to the Cape to celebrate his birthday. It’s one of our favorite spots and has been ever since we honeymooned there so many years ago.
The hotel we …
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9/11/24
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I’ve got to admit, I am not a fan of out-of-state football games at the high school level.
Sure, there is certainly a level of intrigue watching our teams square off against other teams …
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9/11/24
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The Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council will hold their Shellfish Advisory Panel meeting Wednesday, September 18 at 4:30 p.m.
Topics on the agenda include shellfish harvest seasons for …
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9/11/24
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It’s no secret that Providence has had a vibrant rock music scene for a very long time. Just go out to any venue in the city, or in the surrounding areas, on a weekend night out, and …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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9/11/24
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Within the written Public Laws of Rhode Island, in its “Act for the Restraint and Care of the Insane,” those residents hospitalized with mental illness are referred to as …
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9/11/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK : Running for office is a lot different for Seth Magaziner this time around than in the 2022 election, when visions of a GOP victory danced in the minds of Republican activists. …
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9/5/24
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Yesterday was a shopping day. I stopped at Walmart to pick up a few things, especially a pound of butter to put on my muffins in the morning. I LOVE butter, but Hubby HATES butter. …
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9/4/24
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On Sept. 7, 1910, 29-year-old Reverend Merrick Lyon Streeter married 24-year-old teacher Mary Wealthy Hall. Seventeen days later, the couple set out on a 30-year adventure as missionaries in …
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9/4/24
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Life is not meant to be stagnant where every day is the same routine over and over again. Growth is a central part to this plane of existence we’re all on, whether it’s professional, …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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9/4/24
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Two voluntary Right Whale Slow Zones were put into effect by NOAA last week as whales were detected Southeast of Nantucket, Southeast of New York, NY and redetected by the New England Aquarium …
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
Two voluntary Right Whale Slow Zones were put into effect by NOAA last week as whales were detected Southeast of Nantucket, Southeast of New York, NY and redetected by the New England Aquarium Southwest of Martha’s Vineyard. Both sl
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9/4/24
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Let’s talk some football.
After a new alignment by the RIIL, after some preseason practices, some examinations of the schedules, let’s get into where our teams stand as we get ready …
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9/4/24
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Today was a sentimental day for me at church. The service started with the hymn “In the Garden,” which holds a special place in my heart because it was my mother’s favorite song. …
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8/28/24
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An excited crowd gathered at Calef’s Hall on Plainfield Street in Johnston on the evening of June 25, 1908. The hall had been gaily decorated and everyone was dressed in their Sunday best and …
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8/28/24
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This month the European-Union’s Climate Change Service, Copernicus, said that 2024 will likely end up being the warmest year on record.
July 2024 had an average surface air temperature of …
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8/28/24
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Fall sports practices are underway as we get prepared for another fun season of high school athletics.
It’s a little too early to have firm predictions, but here are some of my initial …
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8/28/24
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One of my favorite Disney World Rides when I was a child was the Carousel of Progress, which my parents and I also saw at the New York World’s Fair in 1964. It showed the progress of …
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8/21/24
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Historic baseball returned to Rocky Point this past weekend so of course, I had to swing by to see what it was all about. I had covered the festival back in 2019, which surprised me that five years …
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8/21/24
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Rhode Island as a whole has a stellar array of musicians within its local Americana, folk and singer-songwriter scene. Go to an open mic night in Providence, a coffee shop in South County or one of …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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8/21/24
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The calendar had just recently turned its pages to the year 1893 and everyone was still in a celebratory mood. One evening that January, a group of about 20 people were invited to climb into the …
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8/21/24
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At the age of 12, a Catholic Albanian girl, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, devoted herself to God. She entered a nunnery, received an education, and was sent to Calcutta in India to be a teacher. She helped …
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8/14/24
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