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September 14, 2008 - September 20, 2008 Archives
6:35 PM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera  Email
Journal photo / Bob Thayer U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton waves to assembled press as her motorcade breezes down Shore Drive in Bristol today on her way to a fundraiser at the home of Alan Hassenfeld, head of toymaker Hasbro.......
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1:15 PM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
E-mails are circulating around Rhode Island from Barack Obama's campaign recruiting local supporters to take part in "Camp Obama." Ray Sullivan, state director for the Obama campaign in Rhode Island says in the e-mail, "during these training sessions, people like......
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1:09 PM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Governor Carcieri is making the rounds of radio talkshows today with a don't panic, stay-the-course message for listeners concerned about the confluence of scary state and national economic news, including a 15-year high in the state's jobless rate. "We are......
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11:42 AM Fri, Sep 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
The Democrats are making their presence felt today in Rhode Island. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign will hold an open house and rally for volunteers and supporters on today at 6 p.m. at the Rhode Island for Obama headquarters......
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5:48 PM Thu, Sep 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
PROVIDENCE -- This afternoon around 30 Republican candidates gathered on the marble staircase in the State House rotunda to pose for a group photo. A photographer was standing at the ready. But before the photo was snapped, Governor Carcieri's communications......
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5:08 PM Thu, Sep 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
Republican Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian has agreed to "voice his support'' for the fledgling Moderate Party of Rhode Island at an Oct. 10 fundraiser. In an interview today, Avedisian confirmed comments attributed to him in a statement issued by Ken......
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6:08 PM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
They braved fire, explosions and water to save lives and now they'll be honored for their heroics. Seven Rhode Islanders will gather at the State House today to receive accolades from Governor Carcieri and Secretary of State A. Ralph......
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5:15 PM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
PROVIDENCE - The prospect of paying more for health insurance in their retirement years has led more than 1,000 state workers to serve notice they want out now before the new and more expensive rules take effect. Simply put,......
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4:27 PM Wed, Sep 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg Email
About 250 people have registered so far today for the National Speakers Conference that is drawing House Speakers from across the country, and their spouses and staff members, to Newport, according to Larry Berman, spokesman for the Rhode Island......
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6:01 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy's office today announced his new press secretary is Kerrie Bennett, who for the past three years was a spokeswoman and projects manager for the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority. Before her time with the convention center......
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5:25 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
By Edward Fitzpatrick Journal staff writer Two big-league Democrats are heading to the smallest state. Sen. Joseph Biden will be coming to Rhode Island on Thursday, Sept. 25, to raise money for Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and Sen. Hillary......
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1:03 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
(AP Photo/Julia Cumes) Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., arrives with his wife Victoria to vote in the statewide Democratic primary at the town hall in Hyannis, Mass., today. HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (AP) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy has had his......
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1:01 PM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Governor Carcieri has headed up north for a conference in Downeast Maine. His schedule e-mail tells us that he's at a conference today of New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers in Bar Harbor. It's the group's 32nd annual conference.......
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10:59 AM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
BOSTON -- Primary day carries some uncertainty for John Kerry for the first time in his 24 years in the Senate. Kerry faces his first challenger in a Democratic primary since he was elected in Tuesday's election. Gloucester attorney Ed......
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10:00 AM Tue, Sep 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Pawtucket Mayor James E. Doyle has agreed to make an appearance today on the Glen Medeiros Show, on Public Access Channel 18, to debate his opponent Donald R. Grebien. Doyle had initially said he would not appear on the show,......
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3:38 PM Mon, Sep 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Former Lincoln Chafee press secretary Debbie Rich has stepped up her acting resume. The one-time politico appears in the recently released remake of the 1939 film The Women, where she pops up alongside Silver Screen greats Meg Ryan, Annette Benning......
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3:25 PM Mon, Sep 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- Erin P. Lynch has kept her lead over David Bennett in the Democratic primary to vie for the Senate District 23 seat in Warwick. After a recount at the state Board of Elections this afternoon, Lynch was ahead......
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2:34 PM Mon, Sep 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- The recount of the primary race that appears to have unseated longtime state Sen. Stephen D. Alves is over. And Alves's opponent, newcome Michael Pinga, remains ahead. Pinga increased his lead by two votes in the recount at......
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