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Colombian Ballet coming to the ParkThe Ballet Folklórico De Antioquia, Colombia will perform in their first U.S. Tour at the historic Park Theater on Feb. 25, beginning at 8 p.m. The troupe Ballet …
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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2/22/12
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Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the …
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By Geoff Schoos
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2/22/12
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THEIR MARRIAGE CELEBRATED: As part of the …
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The light was blinking. I knew there was at least one voice message.
“I have some sad news,” the strong voice said after I dialed in my code. There was barely a pause and then the words, …
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By John Howell
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2/21/12
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The lights are going out in Providence. With the city’s critical financial troubles front and center at the moment – receivership possibly looming by June – the fact that Bank of America has …
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By John Hazen White Jr.
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2/21/12
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The adjective intramural is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary with a secondary definition of “competed only within the student body.” That’s how most of us came to know the word, as in …
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By Bruce Saccoccio
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2/15/12
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BETTY GARRISON
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I met Betty Garrison only once.
Once was enough to be thoroughly impressed. Betty makes that impression within minutes of meeting her. Her life story reads like a New York Times bestseller, and …
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By Meg Fraser
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2/15/12
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Pertussis and flu clinic on for ThursdayFollowing the success of the recent pertussis vaccination clinics in Barrington, the Rhode Island Department of Health plans to exercise its public health …
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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2/15/12
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The town of Coventry provides a useful example of what’s been wrong with independent, locally funded (or rather underfunded) pension plans across the state for some time now, and why these 36 plans …
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By John Hazen White Jr.
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2/9/12
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"I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich. They're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the very …
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By Geoff Schoos
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2/8/12
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Journalism 101 teaches you to make the people you’re interviewing feel comfortable, but don’t get too close. Understand the subject, but don’t get attached. Analyze both sides of the story, but …
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By Meg Fraser
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2/8/12
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