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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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Portsmouth attendance stays flat
Source: RIDE. click image to embiggen. The attendance data for all Portsmouth's schools continued to show absences below state averages last week, with the exception of
2009-11-24
Alpacas at the Council Monday Night
Would this picture look better with a road cutting across the middle?I'm sure this is an oversimplification, but when Jack and I visited the Glen Ridge Farm on Frank Coelho Drive this afternoon, al...more
2009-11-22
Save The Alpacas: visit Glen Ridge on Sunday
Preserve Portsmouth sent an e-mail to supporters this morning announcing that the Glen Ridge Farm (290 Frank Coelho Drive; map) will be hosting an open house tomorrow to give the community a look a...more
2009-11-21
See "Twelve Angry Jurors" at PHS
photo courtesy PHSThe Portsmouth High School production of "Twelve Angry Jurors" (né "Twelve Angry Men") ends its run this weekend with performances at 7pm tonight and tomorrow at the PHS auditoriu...more
2009-11-20
Island Park skate update and meta-commentary
There was a meeting last night of about 30 Portsmouth citizens to form an organization called the Island Park Crime Watch Committee, and according to multiple sources who were present, a slate of o...more
2009-11-19
New business on East Main Road
If you've been on the northern part of East Main Road in Portsmouth, you've probably noticed new construction going on at the old gas station next to Pizza Hollywood, and according to Director of B...more
2009-11-19
Sen. Reed hosts college aid workshop
Sen. Jack Reed will be hosting his 19th annual college financial aid workshop this coming Monday, Nov 23, at the Lincoln campus of Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), according to an e-mail f...more
2009-11-19
Glen Ridge at Planning Board tonight
The Glen Ridge (alpaca) farm is on the agenda at the Planning Board tonight, and the Preserve Portsmouth folks will be attending, according to a note sent to supporters this afternoon.There is a ve...more
2009-11-18
Portsmouth turns out for PHS NOLA trip
photo by Jack McDaidby Karen McDaid Scampi Restaurant in Portsmouth had a full house last evening for a "Spirit of New Orleans" dinner to benefit a humanitarian trip by local high school students. ...more
2009-11-18
Carcieri makes it to The Word
Stephen Colbert had big fun tonight at the expense of RI Gov. Donald Carcieri and his veto last week of a bill that would have permitted same-sex partners of the deceased to make funeral arrangemen...more
2009-11-16

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