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Aug 1, 2008 9:34 am
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Today's NY Times features an article entitled "Is the Water Actually Fine?". This article deals primarily with storm water discharges onto the beaches along...
Newport Yacht Owners Find $10,800 Buys Gas, or Two Chanel Bags By Brian K. Sullivan Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Durand Blane measures the rising cost of filling her...
I grew up in Europe, which since about 1900 has been importing petroleum. For my whole life gasoline has been taxed at a rate designed to discourage one person...
The same story is on the first page of today's Projo Business section http://www.projo.com/business/content/BZ_NEWPORTYACHTS_08-02-08_0EB2MFK_v7.30cb8b9.html ...
There is a letter in today's Daily News about currency exchange. I can't write back because NDN only runs one letter a person a month and I just sent one in,...
I know Martin isn't serious about killing off our state bird, flower, fish, tree, drink, insect, etcetera, as being ephemeral--- but I have been seriously...
Rowena Burke
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Aug 5, 2008 12:25 pm
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I was at a council meeting when one member of our City Council said "We don't need to do anything about sewage overflows, the problem is not an increase in...
The Neptune LNG offshore terminal is under construction and on schedule for completion in about one year. (First terminal is the Excelerate project which is...
This one is for Ted Wrobel I disagree with your description of terminals being "....miles off shore where they pose no safety risk." Minimal safety risk, but...
Unedited off the Bloomberg machine this am: ===== Not Even 2% Fed Funds Help Municipalities as Rates Reach Record 2008-08-07 04:01:07.0 (New York) By William...
Who Lives There The Old House and the Sea By PENELOPE GREEN Published: August 7, 2008 Clingstone, a faded, shingled, 103-year-old mansion set on a rock in ...
Has there been any school committee or city council discussion about using the November ballot to ask one or more non-binding questions about new school...
One has to scratch one's head about the long-term viability of all these LNG terminals. "Build it and they will come" , outside of the movies, is generally a...
Governing state law follows. The deadline for submission of such questions has passed . I believe that questions about new school plans should be addressed to...
Mike You don't get it. You got to have a couple more surveys, followed by school committee meeting where the parents can state their opinions and you select...
Editorial: Seeking local savings Friday, August 8, 2008 Rhode Island's balanced state budget is at risk, thanks in part to state workers' rejection of a new...
Why is the City replacing Malbone Rd. sidewalks, heading South from Van Zandt Ave.? They were perfectly functional, yet the area from Van Zandt heading North...
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From: Jamestown Philomenian Library 26 North Road Jamestown, RI 02835 http://www.jamestownri.com/library/ Contact: Rowena...
Rowena Burke
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Aug 10, 2008 4:49 pm
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Edward Achorn: R.I. should be booming: A radically underperforming state It's NOT CLEAR whether Governor Carcieri will succeed in strong-arming members of...
Mike: I'm not sure if you have received an answer to a question you posed recently, so....although the deadline for submitting local ballot questions has...
13 August 2008 Local Letters to the Editor Section Local Newspapers Newport, RI 02840 Dear Editors: The Newport School Committee has been given the same...
In reply to Bobby Oliveira, who is running for office. I would be less sarcastic about a private citizen. I like one word Mr Oliveira used in his posting. The...
Hi Catherine, This morning's PROJO advises that Lower Thames has finally gained National Register of Historic Places status. In the article, Paige Bronk is...
BOSTON - It is a Massachusetts anachronism, often prompting out-of-state visitors to scratch their heads. On any given day on any given road, uniformed police...
Plus Fours
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Aug 14, 2008 5:58 pm
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Downtowns Across the U.S. See Streetcars in Their Future http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/us/14streetcar.html?th +4s...
Plus Fours
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Aug 14, 2008 5:59 pm
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Patrick to set new curbs on police details - The Boston Globe The Boston Globe ran an article yesterday about the situation in Massachusetts. Governor...
Articles like these in the Times/Globe exaggerate the 'waste' of police details in order to grab your attention to boost ad revenue. They have a sympathetic...
