LTE: Register to vote in the RI Primary by March 25
This letter to the editor is from Portsmouth resident Linda UjifusaTo vote in the April 26 RI Presidential Primary, you must be registered to vote by March 25, 2016. In this contentious election year,...
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Watch RI Rep suggest that proposing gun legislation be criminalized
There was a lot of contentious talk at last night's RI House Judiciary hearing on gun safety bills, but one piece of testimony stuck out for me as being particularly chilling. One of the bills, H7199,...
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Healthy local food summit on Saturday in Portsmouth
Portsmouth will host a free (registration required) half-day "Food Summit 3" on Saturday, April 2, focusing on local-grown food on Aquidneck Island. The event will "take the pulse of the emerging...
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Portsmouth author's hypermedia novel featured at Rutgers symposium
Click to embiggenOn April 21, my 1993 hypertext novel "Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse" will be the topic of a symposium at Rutgers University. The poster for the event just dropped, and it looks...
View ArticlePortsmouth community-building dog park wins $10K grant from Rhode Island...
The town of Portsmouth is among the organizations that will share $500,000 in "Centennial Community Grants" from the Rhode Island Foundation, according to a release sent to media this afternoon. The...
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Portsmouth Rep. Canario co-sponsors Ethics Commission legislation
Portsmouth Rep. Dennis Canario has co-sponsored legislation (H8189) sponsored by House Speaker Nick Mattiello (D-15, Cranston) to broaden the powers of the state’s Ethics Commission by eliminating...
View ArticlePortsmouth high school electives to be discussed by committee June 14
Over the last week, teachers and students at Portsmouth High School began to hear that many elective courses were being eliminated next year (unless I've missed an e-mail, parents have yet to be...
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LTE: R.I. must build smarter now to adapt to already-rising sea levels
By Rep. Lauren H. CarsonIn recent years, it has become common to walk out my front door near Newport’s waterfront in the historic Point neighborhood during a storm and see several inches of water...
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Rep. Canario school bus driver training legislation passes House
Portsmouth Rep. Dennis Canario’s legislation (H8082) that requires school bus drivers’ annual training include the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s school bus driver in-service training...
View ArticlePortsmouth Water District elections June 8
The Portsmouth Water and Fire District will hold its annual election of officers on Wednesday, June 08, 2016 at the District's main office at 1944 East Main Road. The polls will open at 7:00 AM and...
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Election Day in Portsmouth -- please get out and vote for the Water Board
Today is Election Day for the Portsmouth Water and Fire District with two (uncontested) positions on the ballot. You can vote at the District's main office at 1944 East Main Road and polls will open at...
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Aquidneck Planning hires development and comms director
The Aquidneck Island Planning Commission (AIPC) announced in a release today that Mary Alexandre has joined its staff as Development & Communications Manager. In this new position, Ms. Alexandre...
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Portsmouth's new wind turbine rises
Workers lift the generator unit atop the new wind turbine as one of the massive blades is trucked into the work site. Click to enlarge.Tags: 02871, Localblogging, WTG
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Portsmouth police station bond passes House
Rep. Dennis Canario’s (D-71) legislation (H 7793) that authorizes the Town of Portsmouth to issue $10,000,000 of general obligation bonds and/or notes in order to design, construct, equip and furnish a...
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Posts from the Democratic National Convention
Last week, I had the opportunity to cover the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia for RI Future. You can read all the stories I filed on their web site.Disclaimer: I am currently a...
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AIPC to hold solar forum at Salve on 9/23
The Aquidneck Island Planning Commission (AIPC) will be holding a public forum on solar energy at the Salve Regina Pell Center at 6pm on September 23. This will be the first in a "Smart Island" series...
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Opiod Awareness town hall meetings across RI next week
United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha today announced a series of public discussions and town hall meetings to raise awareness about the rising public health crisis in Rhode Island of opioid...
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Aquidneck Island communites net $1M EPA clean water grant
On Friday Sept. 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Sen. Jack Reed announced a $1 million grant to the communities of Aquidneck Island for an innovative new program to protect and restore...
View ArticlePortsmouth water mains to be flushed in October
The Portsmouth Water and Fire District (PWFD) announced their annual water main flushing schedule in a news release, and advised that in early October, PWFD customers' tap water may temporarily appear...
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