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AIPC legislative forum rescheduled for April 27
The Aquidneck Island Planning Commission (AIPC) has rescheduled its 2017 Newport County Legislative Forum. Previously scheduled for March 15 but postponed due to weather, the event will be held...
View ArticleJohn McDaid featured at Sandywoods April 25
I'll be doing the feature performance at the Sandywoods Center for the Arts in Tiverton, RI, on Tuesday, April 25 at the open mic hosted by Gary Fish. My 40-minute set starts at 8pm (doors open at 7)....
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Rep. Canario announces State House joins Hasbro ‘Good Night Lights’ tomorrow
Rep. Dennis M. Canario (D-71, Portsmouth, Little Compton, Tiverton) is pleased to announce that the Rhode Island State House will be participating in the “Good Night Lights” program this Wednesday...
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My testimony against Rep. Mendonca's sub-minimum wage bill
What it looks like when I testify. Photo courtesy Sen. Jeanine CalkinJust got back from the State House where I testified before the House Labor Committee on Rep. Ken Mendonca's bill H5594 which would...
View ArticlePortsmouth High School to call in drug sniffing dogs
In an email dropped on a Friday afternoon during school break, buried in the fifth paragraph of what starts as an innocuous and boring memo, PHS principal Joseph Amaral announced the school would be...
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RI ACLU opposes PHS drug-sniffing dog plan
Click for full document.In a tweet this afternoon, the RI ACLU announced it had sent a letter to the Portsmouth schools "strongly urging" PHS to reconsider their plan to use drug-sniffing dogs. The...
View ArticlePHS proceeds with K-9 sweep over ACLU objection
In an e-mail message just sent to parents, principal Joseph Amaral announced that a K-9 drug sweep had been conducted this morning at Portsmouth High School. A message from PORTSMOUTH HIGH SCHOOLToday,...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Drug-sniffing dogs in our schools
This letter appears in the Portsmouth Times and Portsmouth Press this week:To the editor: Last Friday, for the first time anyone can recall, drug-sniffing dogs were deployed at Portsmouth High School....
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Support the AIPC at Town Council on Monday night
On Monday, May 8, the Aquidneck Island Planning Commission (AIPC) is being hauled before the Portsmouth Town Council yet again for an inquisition into their activities. The Town Council has been...
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Raimondo urges increase in mimumum wage during Portsmouth Senior Center visit
Gov. Gina Raimondo speaks at Portsmouth Senior Center.During a visit to the Portsmouth Senior Center this afternoon, RI Gov. Gina Raimondo spent 45 minutes talking with more than 30 seniors and...
View ArticleGov. Raimondo talks tax credits for local manufacturing with Portsmouth This...
During her visit to the Portsmouth Senior Center yesterday, Gov. Gina Raimondo sat down for a 7-minute video interview with Doug Smith of Portsmouth This Week to talk about manufacturing tax...
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Portsmouth Water District election June 14
The Portsmouth Water and Fire District will hold its annual election of officers on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at the District's main office at 1944 East Main Road. The polls will open at 7:00 AM and...
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Protect Portsmouth kids at Town Council Monday night
Monday night, May 22, the Portsmouth Town Council will hear two agenda items that bear on the safety of children in town: speeding in Island Park and concealed weapons in our schools.A group of Island...
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Portsmouth Community Theater auditions next week
Auditions will be held for the Portsmouth Community Theater season on June 5th and 6th at 4PM at the Aquidneck Island Christian Academy. PCT hopes to cast for "You Can't Take It With You" for...
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Testimony on guns in schools at Senate Judiciary
Thanks to all the folks at the Senate hearing last night who testified with such passion, intelligence, and empathy on all the gun safety bills. I'm glad to have been able to contribute a few...
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VOTE TODAY! Portsmouth Water board election [IUpdated]
The Portsmouth Water and Fire District election is today, June 14, at the District office at 1944 East Main Road. Polls are open until 8:00pm.UPDATE: Daniela Abbott told a reporter today that she is...
View ArticlePortsmouth Water election results: Driscoll, Kelly win
Both candidates on the ballot in the Portsmouth Water and Fire District election today held on to win, with incumbent Clerk Phil Driscoll racking up 102 votes and newcomer Andrew Kelly picking up 105...
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Prudence Island Water District election results
Both incumbent candidates on the ballot, Phil Brooks and Ann Marie Lockwood, were re-elected to the Prudence Island Water District board at last Saturday's election -- Phil Brooks with 19 votes and Ann...
View ArticleCanario marijuana commission bill goes to governor
Rep. Dennis Canario (D-71, Portsmouth) and Sen. Cynthia Coyne’s (D-32, Barrington) legislation (H 5551Aaa) that would create a 19-member special legislative commission to study the effects of...
View ArticleResponding to attack by an elected official
Following the Portsmouth Water and Fire District election last week in which Mr. Phil Driscoll ran unopposed, the newly re-elected Clerk took the time to attack me in letters to the editor of the...
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