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1 hr ago | Examiner.com

Granges in Rhode Island

Granges offer leadership development for local community service projects within their theme of "American Values, Hometown Roots."Granges also offer a legislative voice through grassroots advocacy.

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Related Topix: Portsmouth, RI, Agriculture, Science, Washington County, RI, Newport County, RI

3 hrs ago | Patch.com

Reader Roundup: 'Kiss This Developer's Feet'

Cranston : "Taxpayers of Cranston should kiss this developer's feet! Anyone willing to spend money in Rhode Island deserves a medal!" - Cranston resident , commenting on Garden City Revamp Gets Planning Commission OK Coventry :"Marijuana has proven medicinal purposes and needs to be taken seriously.

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Related Topix: Cranston, RI, Narragansett, RI

7 hrs ago | Patch.com

Free Dinner With Senator Whitehouse Tonight

NARRAGANSETT - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will be hosting a free community dinner at Narragansett High School from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat, Personal Finance, Social Security

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Go Local

Schools Improve on NECAP, but Goals Not Met

Across all levels, 56% of Rhode Island students scored at proficient or better in mathematics, a 1% increase from last year, and 73% achieved proficient or better in reading, a 2% improvement.

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Related Topix: Rhode Island Government, US Governors, Lincoln Chafee, Education Etc.

Patch.com

Homeless Advocates take Soup Kitchen to State House

Advocates for the homeless set up a soup kitchen in the State House rotundaA yesterday to bring the state's increasing homeless problem right to the feet of state legislators.

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Related Topix: Providence College, Rhode Island Government

Patch.com

Historical Society Lecture About Dorr Rebellion

This article is based on a press release issued by the Middletown Historical Society.

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Related Topix: Rhode Island Government

The Providence Journal

Questions raised as building financed by $575,000 R.I. grant to sports institute remains unfinished

The unfinished Institute for International Sport, behind the International Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame, on Route 138 in South Kingstown.

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Related Topix: University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Government

WHJJ-AM Providence

Lawmakers seek to restrict payday loan interest

Legislation in Rhode Island to restrict the interest rates that payday lenders can charge hasn't received a vote but is already winning widespread support in the General Assembly.

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Related Topix: Rhode Island Government

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Go Local

Aaron Regunberg: Let's Make Rhode Island Competitive

The Beacon Hill Institute, an economic research firm based out of Suffolk University, recently released its Tenth Annual State Competitiveness Report, which ranks the 50 states by their "policies and conditions that ensure and sustain a high level of per capita income and its continued growth." I usually don't put too much stock in these kinds of ... (more)

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Related Topix: Suffolk University

The Providence Journal

Advocates for homeless kick off 'soup kitchen' at R.I. State House

Advocates for the homeless began a weekly "Soup Kitchen" at the State House Thursday as part of an effort to feed hungry people -- and show legislators the human face of homelessness.

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Related Topix: Rhode Island Government

The Providence Journal

R.I. Poverty Institute changes name to 'Economic Progress Institute'

The Poverty Institute , a Providence nonprofit organization that advocates for policies to help poor and low income Rhode Islanders, is changing its name to The Economic Progress Institute.

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Patch.com

Assault Victim ID'd, Still in Critical Condition

The man who was seriously injured Jan. 30 and found lying in the street on Third Avenue has been identified by police as Victor Baez, 49, of 114 Third Avenue.

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Patch.com

5 Things, Feb. 9: Claim Your Listing; Blood Drive

Business: This one's for the business owners in Johnston - Do you have a listing on JohnstonPatch? Click here to visit our directory and search for your business .

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Go Local

1 in 4 RI Renters Can't Afford Home

One-in-four Rhode Island renters spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing-related expenses, according to a new report issued by HousingWorksRI.

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Related Topix: Rhode Island Government

Turnto10.com

I-Team: School bus cameras raise privacy concerns

Both enforce the same thing: drivers illegally passing a school bus. But one of the laws has violators reaching deeper into their pockets.

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Related Topix: Privacy, Rhode Island Government, ACLU

Wed Feb 08, 2012

The Advertiser Democrat

Paper routes, France, grouse and guns

NORWAY Paul Brook grew up in Rhode Island and moved here after he got married. Now he owns Woodman's on Main Street in Norway.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Roger Williams University

The Observer

St. John food pantry volunteers 'desperate' to find a new space

St. John Episcopal Church food pantry co-director Sharon Buttrick points out some of the 3,100 pounds of food delivered last Wednesday by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.

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Related Topix: Pawtucket, RI, Cumberland, RI

The Observer

Navigant Credit Union will take over CCU's Manville building

If all goes as planned, Navigant Credit Union will open a second branch in Lincoln this year at what's now Coventry Credit Union, 56 Railroad St.

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Related Topix: Lincoln, RI, Manville, RI, Kent County, RI, Chepachet, RI, North Smithfield, RI

The Observer

Regents OK First Achievement charter school

Over the objections of school Supt. Donna M. Ottaviano, the School Committee and Town Council, the Rhode Island Board of Regents last week voted preliminary approval of an elementary school that will be part of the Rhode Island Mayoral Academies in Providence.

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Related Topix: Providence, RI, North Providence, RI, Pawtucket, RI, Education Etc.

Go Local

Health | NEW: Amgen Foundation Awards Gemma Foundation $25K

The Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation has announced that it received a grant for its special outreach program for underserved women in Rhode Island from the Amgen Foundation .

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Related Topix: Rhode Island Government

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