Fighting cancer is indeed a battle, and we can’t win it alone. Our lawmakers can help by passing legislation that removes the financial barriers many face to get care and treatment.
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4/25/24
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The state Department of Environmental Management (DEM) cancelled this week its plan to euthanize an untold number of mute swans on Briggs Marsh, under a controversial state policy put in place 15 …
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By Ted Hayes
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8/20/21
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5/19/22
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In reference to your article, August 18th edition “New life for old marina” : It’s a positive move to see the property transferred from Rhode Island Department of Transportation …
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8/24/22
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STORY OF THE WEEK: House Speaker Joe Shekarchi remains in an enviable political position heading into his second term in what is sometimes called the most powerful post in Rhode Island state …
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By Ian Donnis
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12/20/22
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At press time the Cape Cod Salties Sports Fishing Club plans to hold a community forum on the possible discharge of nuclear wastewater from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant into Cape Cod Bay. …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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1/11/23
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There is nothing like explosive surface action from Atlantic bonito and false albacore. Last week anglers fishing in the Pt. Judith area were treated to non-stop action on Thursday, just a …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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9/26/23
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Biologists from the Mystic Aquarium will examine a white-sided dolphin that washed ashore in Little Compton Saturday to determine how it died.
The dolphin was spotted on the beach at Little Pond …
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11/20/23
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Construction is underway to build thousands of huge wind turbines from New Jersey to Maine. From an average Joe’s perspective, this process feels extremely rushed, and there are dozens of unanswered questions.
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12/20/23
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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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The Westport Friends Meeting will hold a vigil this Sunday, Jan. 23 to stand together against intolerance and hate, following the recent theft of seven "Black Lives Matters" flags from the meeting …
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By Ted Hayes
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1/20/22
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A Fairhaven couple has purchased the former Gray's Grist Mill on Adamsville Road, long known as one of the oldest continually operating grist mills in the country.
Sarah and Bruce Delano of …
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By Ted Hayes
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12/30/22
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‘Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet’
By Stephanie Cowell
If you favor Impressionist art and a good love story, you will like this book about French painter Claude Monet and the …
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By Donna Bruno
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1/18/23
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STORY OF THE WEEK: New Bedford’s half-billion-dollar commercial fishing catch is one of the economic bright spots in southern New England. But the underside of the seafood business includes …
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By Ian Donnis
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9/26/23
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Chuck Kinnane loves organizing the World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day parade , which this year runs Sunday, March 17 in Adamsville. But his wife jokes that it's all she ever hears about.
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By Ted Hayes
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2/2/24
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will shift the location of the crossover from the westbound side of Interstate 195 to the eastbound side and eventually over the Washington Bridge as …
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By Mike Rego
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4/8/24
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With cases continuing to surge and hospitals now reaching 97 percent capacity of their available COVID-19 beds, Gov. Gina Raimondo said she had no choice but to place Rhode Island on a two-week …
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By Kristen Ray
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11/19/20
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Mother’s Day is the day when we celebrate our moms and the other women in our lives who have given us love, guidance, inspiration, and support.What we don’t often do on Mother’s …
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By Diane LeValley
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4/29/22
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A Providence man was killed in an industrial accident in Tiverton Friday morning,
Police and fire crews were called to Tiverton Materials at 810 Fish Road around 8:35 a.m. Saturday for a report …
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By Ted Hayes
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10/8/22
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Crime among adolescents and teens has gone up since 2020, with multiple East Bay communities seeing their highest number of arrests in 2021 or 2022. We examine this troubling trend and search for reasons why that might be.
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By Ethan Hartley
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2/15/23
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Photos with Santa - Winter 2017
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12/24/17
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The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries is alerting all mariners in Cape Cod Bay about the risk of vessel collision with a large aggregation of North Atlantic right whales recently observed in …
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By Capt. Dave Monti
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1/25/23
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PORTSMOUTH — The team lost its first match, 3-0, but it didn’t really matter. Portsmouth High School now has a competitive boys’ varsity team it can call its own.
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4/4/23
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