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Justice Dept.
They raised a toast this Valentine's Day at McBride's Pub in Providence to John Gordon, much-remembered these past 167 years.
The Public Square
The Battle of Queen Anne Square ended in a terrible rout for opponents of a private foundation's plan to renovate a charming, tiny park in downtown Newport.
Parks Dept.
Newport's Queen Anne Square, which measures just over an acre, is a rectangle of grass and trees on the doorstep of historic Trinity Episcopal Church, overlooking the city's yacht-filled harbor. Crisscrossed by brick pathways, it reminds many of a college or village green.
Victuals
My breakfast on Day One of "The Food Stamp Challenge" cost 81 cents.
Priorities
On weekdays this spring, I’ve been driving from my home in Newport to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, where I lie under a fabulous machine that’s saving my life.
Big fat whale
Big fat whale
Rant
In a fiercely divided America, there’s one thing that the usually-correct Left shares with the almost-never Right.
When the budget gets tight, young people become an easy target
Wole Akinbi was 16 when someone phoned to say his best friend had been shot.
Citywatch
Now, the law is beginning to help substantial number of workers get jobs.
Talking politics
The reams of paper pouring from industrial-strength copying machines at the State House were still warm to the touch as they were distributed to a packed hearing room.
The Governor is politically skillful, but his ability to deliver remains a big question
For openers, Carcieri returned to a State House devoid as ever of fellow Republicans.
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