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Little Compton News

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Wednesday Jun 25 | Providence Journal

Lightning strike injures man as wild weather sweeps R.I.

Stormy weather blew into Rhode Island twice yesterday, with cascading quarter-sized hail and flash-flooding, wind gusts that tore down trees and power lines and severe lightning strikes that critically injured ...

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Sun Jun 22, 2008

Portals and KM

Providence Rhode Island Restaurants: A Local's Favorites

I meet Greg Lloyd , President of Traction Software at the Enterprise 2.0 conference.

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Related Topix: Life, Potatoes, Vegetables, Providence, RI

Sun Jun 15, 2008

Providence Journal

East Bay: Quirk, Murphy officially win House seats

Yesterday the state Board of Election announced that District 94 incumbent Republican Joan B. Quick will retain her House seat, having defeated challenger Democrat Michael B. Forte Jr.

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Related Topix: Portsmouth, RI, Tiverton, RI, Jamestown, RI, Newport, RI, US Politics, US News

Fri Jun 13, 2008

BellaOnline

Rhode Island Wine Trail

With $5 gasoline and some airlines charging an extra $15 for each bag you take on your trip, you might be thinking of staying closer to home this summer.

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Related Topix: Portsmouth, RI, Rhode Island, Wine, Drink, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays

Wed May 28, 2008

SouthCoastToday.com

LETTER: 'Guys and Dolls' wonderful at Voc-Tech

I just wanted to congratulate Gerald Morrissey, his staff, the cast, the crew and the orchestra of "Guys and Dolls" at Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School, which opened with a ...

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Related Topix: Opinion

Mon May 26, 2008

SouthCoastToday.com

Yard sales: Get rid of stuff, make a few bucks

So you've got tons of "stuff" cluttering up your house, and wouldn't mind a few extra bucks in your pocket for gas and groceries? Two words, my friend: Yard sale.

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Sat May 24, 2008

Newport This Week

Wind farm opponents gear up

Rhode Island's plan to generate 15 percent of its energy from wind power has until recently enjoyed a wide swath of public support.

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Related Topix: Westerly, RI, Middletown, RI, Newport, RI, Providence Metro

Thu May 22, 2008

Newport This Week

For lobster's sake, towns ban pesticide

When female lobsters laden with eggs shed their shell before the juvenile lobsters hatch, lobsterman Patrick Heaney says that something unnatural is the cause.

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Related Topix: Jamestown, RI, Middletown, RI, Narragansett, RI, Portsmouth, RI, Newport, RI

Tue May 20, 2008

WPRI-TV East Providence

Rhode Islanders at War: Soldiers training in Afghanistan

Eyewitness News correspondant Doug Grindle has an exclusive look into local soldiers serving right now in Eastern Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Hope, RI, Rhode Island, World News, Asia, Afghanistan

Fri May 09, 2008

SouthCoastToday.com

Sunday is Mother's Day, so we asked moms about books they love, or loved, to read to their kids.

“It's about the special bond that parents share with their children, because I was so overwhelmed with the love I have for my daughter”

Sunday is Mother's Day, so I thought I'd ask moms about books they love, or loved, to read to their kids. via SouthCoastToday.com

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

Wed Apr 30, 2008

SouthCoastToday.com

Remy, check a map: We're in Bay State, too

“Somewhere near Little Compton, isn't it?”

Shame on you, Jerry Remy. You may be the president of Red Sox Nation, but you certainly don't know your geography. via SouthCoastToday.com

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Mon Apr 28, 2008

Turnto10.com

Stone House named historic place

Little Compton's Stone House was named to the National Register of Historic Places, the official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. via Turnto10.com

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Fri Apr 18, 2008

Gawker

Men's Vogue Writer Makes Implausible Gangster [Party Pictures]

It was hard to imagine anything less menacing than Hud Morgan in a bar fight , but a helpful tipster has supplied one: the Men's Vogue writer, dressed we presume as a gangster, at up-and-coming socialite Serena ... via Gawker

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Tue Apr 15, 2008

Providence Journal

He's the voice of America in talks with North Korea

“I thought I understood everything”

When he was helping to run a rural credit union as a 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon, recalls Assistant Secretary of State Christopher R. Hill, he won gestures of thanks and assent after telling ... via Providence Journal

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Related Topix: South Korea, North Korea, Asia

Sun Apr 13, 2008

The Providence Journal

House of the Week: 1690s home comes with guest house and 19 acres

“Houses were built with the oven to the right of the fireplace after the turn of the [18th] century, and after many women suffered burns from having to reach into the back of the fireplace to retrieve bread.”

The master bedroom is in the addition to the main house. There are two bedrooms and a half-bath on the second floor of the main house. via The Providence Journal

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Related Topix: Carolina, RI, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Bread, Riverside, RI

Fri Apr 11, 2008

Westport Shorelines

Blogger of record

“Music, politics, anything that strikes my fancy. It's my blog”

If it's true, as Jesse Jackson once said, that deliberation and debate is the best way you stir the soul of our democracy, then Eileen Spillane is doing more than her fair share of stirring. via Westport Shorelines

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Related Topix: Newport, RI, Blog News, Rhode Island, Riverside, RI, Glendale, RI

Wed Apr 09, 2008

Westport Shorelines

At the statehouse

M. Teresa Paiva-Weed and Sen. June Gibbs co-sponsored legislation that would direct the Department of Human Services to seek additional federal funds through the food stamp employment and training program to ... via Westport Shorelines

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Related Topix: Newport, RI, Middletown, RI, Adamsville, RI

Wed Apr 02, 2008

Westport Shorelines

at the Statehouse

Bruce Long introduced legislation that would require the director of the Department of Corrections to determine the legal status of inmates and notify the attorney general and the Immigration and Customs ... via Westport Shorelines

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Related Topix: Jamestown, RI, Middletown, RI, Newport, RI

Sun Mar 30, 2008

Turnto10.com

Polio Victim Remembers Salk's Breakthrough

“In those years, polio was such a nightmare. It was so awful, people don't realize it”

It's considered one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. On March 26, 1953, Dr. via Turnto10.com

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Fri Mar 28, 2008

Boston Herald

Rhode Island winery deserves Cock of the Walk tag

But no matter how many French and California wines you've drunk, the odds are good they haven't included lemberger or chancellor. via Boston Herald

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Related Topix: Drink, Wine, Entertainment

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