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Url:http://www.torvex.com/jmcdaid
Author(s):John McDaid
Language:English
Tags:portsmouth, rhode island
Description:Progressive local news and politics blog covering Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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Kennedy on health care reform passage
Rep. Patrick Kennedy issued a statement this evening on the occasion of the historic passage (220-215) of health care reform in the US House of Representatives. And he began, appropriately enough, ...more
2009-11-07
Call Kennedy this weekend for HCR
Wanted to pass along this note from Ocean State Action, urging folks to call their congressperson this weekend with action coming up on the robust health care reform bill HR 3962 (OpenCongress, Tho...more
2009-11-07
Island-wide school committees workshop Monday
In search of low-hanging fruit in operational consolidation, the school committees of Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport will be meeting for a joint workshop on Monday, Nov. 9 at 7pm in the Olipha...more
2009-11-06
PUC update: Gallison and Rice on the case
Heard from our state Reps. Ray Gallison and Amy Rice, who passed along a letter they sent to the PUC last week, expressing their concern over the (shelved) plan to close the public access studio an...more
2009-11-04
Roberts launches new web site
Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts has launched a new campaign web site for her re-election bid, according to an e-mail sent to supporters.Clean, straightforward design with prominent links to social m...more
2009-11-03
PUC update: Portsmouth studio off the block
Sen. Chuck Levesque responded immediately to my e-mail about proposed PUC cable access regulation changes, and followed up with the RI Senate Policy office, passing along this response a few minute...more
2009-11-03
PUC proposes cutting cable access studios
There is a hearing tomorrow at the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission that may determine whether the cable TV public access studio in Portsmouth remains open. Their Division of Public Utiliti...more
2009-11-03
RIDE posts school absentee figures
The RI Department of Education (RIDE) has begun posting daily attendance reports from all schools in the state, Commissioner Deborah Gist's office announced today. The reports, which have been prov...more
2009-11-02
Last call for Flo's [update]
If you want a last cup of chowda to hold you over the long winter, today is your last shot at Flo's clam shack in Island Park. I know where I'm having lunch...Update: Okay, make that dinner. Thick,...more
2009-11-01
Support PHS aid trip to New Orleans
PHS spring 2010 New Orleans participants (photo courtesy Kim Cunningham)Portsmouth High teacher Kim Cunningham led a group of students on a trip to the Dominican Republic last year to build a presc...more
2009-10-31

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