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There are 3,092 students in the Johnston Public Schools. At Tuesday night’s School Committee meeting – a meeting where major cuts to the funding of education were being discussed – six parents we...
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 | 1 |
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You wouldn’t know it from the seeming complacency of the General Assembly, but it’s budget crunch time. Actually, like a vice, there are two moving elements to the bind both the state and municip...
Mar 05, 2010 | 0 | 1 |
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Money talks, so it’d be hard not to support a plan that would give Johnston $2.4 million more than they’re used to. Although the district posted a surplus of $476,468 this year, times are uncerta...
Feb 26, 2010 | 0 | 4 |
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KISS In case you’re perplexed, KISS is the acronym for, “keep it simple, stupid.” The Moderate Party, the brainchild of businessman Ken Block, has defined the issues of this year’s campaign in ...
Feb 19, 2010 | 0 | 1 |
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If Mayor Polisena is right, Senator Chris Maselli will likely have a fight ahead if he wants to pass legislation requiring fingerprinting of Rhode Islanders seeking public assistance. Back when h...
Feb 19, 2010 | 0 | 1 |
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February is American Heart Month, a great time to educate ourselves about how to identify, manage and prevent heart disease, and to make lifestyle changes that will improve our odds of celebrating ...
Feb 12, 2010 | 0 | 2 |
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Governor Donald Carcieri’s decision to withhold the third quarter excise tax payments to cities and towns, despite the fact that the law says the money must be released by Feb. 1, is a troubling ma...
Feb 05, 2010 | 0 | 1 |
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At Johnston High School, not a single 11th-grader reached proficiency with distinction on their math NECAP test. Out of the 1,658 who were tested in the seven grades represented, only 133 were at t...
Jan 29, 2010 | 0 | 2 |
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Consolidation. It’s a word we’ve been hearing a lot of lately. From cities and towns all over the state, consolidation has been the buzzword for officials faced with mounting deficits and the thr...
Jan 21, 2010 | 0 | 2 |
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The statistics are difficult to comprehend. Estimates now put the numbers killed in Haiti at close to 200,000. That’s more than the total population of Warwick and about twice the total number of...
Jan 15, 2010 | 0 | 2 |
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The defined benefit pension plan for Rhode Island state employees has become anything but that over the last five years. Since 2005, the state has tweaked the pension plan a total of three times,...
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