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Last month we snuck away for a quick weekend trip and got a surprise at the hotel check-in—a $150-a-night “damage deposit” tacked onto the bill. Apparently, this was in case we …
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1/15/25
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Richard Young and Sam Strange have been performing all over the globe for more than a decade with their brand of comedic illusion in various incarnations. In turn, they’ve received rave reviews …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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1/15/25
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Sometimes certain projects take way longer than expected. This could be due to the curveballs and obstacles life can throw on a regular basis, or for a lot of folks over the past few years, it could …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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1/8/25
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University of Rhode Island point guard Sebastian Thomas made his return home this basketball season and has been electric as the Rams have quickly become one of the top teams in the Atlantic-10 …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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1/8/25
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My New Year kicked off with a fabulous party celebrating our fiftieth anniversary, masterfully organized by my bestest friend, Karen and three of my kiddos—Francis, Steven, and Dinora. Before …
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1/8/25
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Although it may not seem like it in our cozy Ocean State, the USA is an immense place with all kinds of people doing all sorts of crazy things. Come travel the country and see tales that are real and …
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1/8/25
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Mark Twain is credited with saying, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” And that was more than a hundred years before social media.
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1/8/25
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Eight-year-old Antonio Testa, the son of shoemaker Saverio Testa and his wife Mary of Penn Street in Johnston, awoke in the middle of the night on August 23, 1923. His loud crying attracted his …
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1/8/25
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AVON AND WARWICK SHOWCASE
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN * * * ½ (Dylan from 1961-66)
Timothée Chalamet gives a stunning performance as folk legend Bob Dylan during a crucial time in his …
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12/31/24
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What is Truth?
Many of us are asking that question today.
Truth in the past election.
Truth in the media.
Truth in government. What is our own personal truth?
Rev. William …
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By DON FOWLER
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12/31/24
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For the past couple of years, The Gilded Age Orchestra of Newport has been exploring the era of The Gilded Age through the musical history of “The City by The Sea.” Along with its mission …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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12/31/24
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We miss the old New Year’s Eve celebrations of First Night but enjoyed the fireworks in Providence and Warwick to welcome in the New Year.
Wilbury Theatre kicked off …
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By DON FOWLER
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12/31/24
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Ham lovers — and that includes me — will be delighted that the Honey Baked Ham Co. chain has opened in Warwick at 300 Quaker Lane (Route 2) in the shopping center at the corner of …
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Restaurant Review by DON FOWLER
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12/31/24
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For the past 50 years, the Warwick Center for the Arts has been a hub for creativity for the city it inhabits and the surrounding areas. The organization, located within the old Kentish Artillery …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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12/31/24
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Christina Rondeau knows how to fight.
But the hard-hitting blonde, who made a name for herself in kickboxing and boxing arenas across the country, knows a lot more.
She’s a mom, a …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
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12/31/24
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You can have your Christmas movies and holiday TV specials.
It takes a joyous production of “The Nutcracker” to get me in the Christmas spirit, and Ballet RI’s 2024 …
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Review by DON FOWLER
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12/24/24
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Trinity Repertory Company “Someone Will Remember Us” by Deborah Salem Smith and Charlie Thurston, and co-created by Dr. Michelle Cruz, Smith, and Thurston. Directed by Christopher Windom, …
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12/24/24
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For the past couple of years, Scott Corneau has been giving the music scene around Rhode Island a fresh jolt of rhythmic electronica. In a time where the sonic creativity around the area is …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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12/24/24
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“Mike I just heard that you are from Rhode Island?” asked the high-ranking executive of Viacom Networks (MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount Pictures, Spike TV, etc., now Paramount Global) a …
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12/24/24
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Sixty vehicles followed the black hearse through Cranston and into the hallowed grounds of Oaklawn Cemetery. Two marching bands in the mournful procession sent haunting notes drifting on the autumn …
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12/24/24
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