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I’m driving along Rt.10 listening to WRNI radio and I hear an interview with CNN international correspondent Christiane Amanpour. She went to college at U.R.I. How cool is that? International journalist graduated from You Are High! And she said she loved her time at college. The great thing about living in Rhode Island is — [...]...
Kmareka - 6:05 a.m. - 7 clicks 
Yes, that's Jack Black as Jesus. Hat tip, BoingBoing . While you're thinking about it, why not stop by Marriage Equality RI to learn about their food drive in Providence next Wednesday. ...
Hard Deadlines - 4:31 a.m. - 3 clicks
Save Cranston’s Open Space is having a food drive this Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm. The food drive will benefit our local food pantry at CCAP (Cranston Community Action Plan) which is reporting a greater need than ever for food. Non-perishable food items may be dropped at the intersection of New [...]...
Kmareka - Wed 7:28 a.m. - 3 clicks
Town Council swearing in. (l-r) RI Supreme Court Justice Paul Suttell, Dennis Canario, James Seveney, Huck Little, Peter McIntyre, Keith Hamilton, Jeff Plumb, Karen Gleason. The new Portsmouth Town Council was sworn in this evening, and two members with records of long service to the community were elected as the incoming leadership. Peter McIntyre was unanimously voted Cou...
Hard Deadlines - Mon 6:04 p.m. - 9 clicks
Discovered a brilliant, horrifying, fantastical web comic called Bayou . From the synopsis: "South of the Mason-Dixon Line, lies a strange land of gods and monsters. Born from centuries of slavery, civil war, innocent bloodshed, hate and strife lurks a world parallel to our own." Thanks to equally brilliant sf/fantasy writer Nalo Hopkinson , for blogging it. ...
Hard Deadlines - Sun 8:03 a.m. - 16 clicks
Coinciding with the national initiative, “Day Without a Gay,” Marriage Equality Rhode Island is seeking to draw attention to the fact that low-income LGBTQ families are some of the most left vulnerable by marriage discrimination. Securing joint health insurance, hospital visitation rights for a spouse or children, and property inheritance are as easy as purchasing [...]...
Marriage Equality Rhode Island - Nov 26 - 12 clicks
Okay, this is a bit of a surprise. I met Nick Manocchio when working for Cindy Fogarty’s campaign. He came to a Democratic party planning meeting. He gave an impressive summary of how the Laborers are using wellness programs to improve employee health. He was also at the victory party [...]...
Kmareka - Nov 25 - 10 clicks
According to Portsmouth Canvasser Madeleine Pencak, the RI Board of Elections has confirmed that Jim Seveney has defeated Joe Robicheau for the 7th seat on the Town Council. When reached by phone this morning, Ms. Pencak did not have the final tally from the Board of Elections, but she did confirm that the result was official. ...
Hard Deadlines - Nov 25 - 10 clicks
Guestblogger (and recent Portsmouth Town Council candidate) Mark J. Katzman reports on last night's meeting. Mark J. Katzman Thanks to everyone who supported me. Now that the election is over, I will continue to do what I’ve been doing for 2-3 years now: Go to town meetings, pay attention, ask questions, offer helpful suggestions, and disagree publicly when appropriate. ...
Hard Deadlines - Nov 25 - 10 clicks
Portsmouth School Committee leadership (l-r) Marge Levesque, Clerk, Richard Carpender, Chair, Sylvia Wedge, Vice-Chair. The incoming Portsmouth School Committee was sworn in at Town Hall this evening, and the group elected new leadership. The two newly elected members, Marilyn King and Angela Volpicelli joined Sylvia Wedge, who was re-elected, and the three sitting members, ...
Hard Deadlines - Nov 24 - 8 clicks
Tuesday, on the fifth anniversary of the Goodridge decision, GLAD announced the goal of “Six by Twelve”: ensuring that same-sex couples in all six New England states will be able to marry in their home state by 2012. “We can make New England a marriage equality zone by strategically combining existing legal, electoral, and on-the-ground [...]...
Marriage Equality Rhode Island - Nov 24 - 6 clicks
John R. MacArthur speaks in Portsmouth John MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine , addressed a group of Preserve Portsmouth supporters and friends this evening at an event at the Green Valley Country club, and he spent much of his half-hour talk praising last year's successful grassroots effort to block Target from building a store on West Main Road. "It was the in...
Hard Deadlines - Nov 20 - 7 clicks
Bob Kerr has a nice piece in today’s Providence Journal about David Gergen’s appearance at Roger Williams University and his comment on marriage equality. And he [Gergen] thinks full rights for gays is something that has to happen because it is the right thing. He told the large audience in Bristol that it is the new [...]...
Marriage Equality Rhode Island - Nov 19 - 8 clicks
Yesterday’s rally received a fair bit of local media coverage. The Providence Journal put us on the front page of today’s paper, and compiled a video. Our rally was also covered in: Boston.com The Boston Herald The Day (CT) SeaQWa (Seattle) Edge Providence Brown Daily Herald Eyewitness accounts (that we’ve found so far) appear in: Portsmouth Blog Daily Kos Truth Spew (If you blog...
Marriage Equality Rhode Island - Nov 16 - 6 clicks
This is something EVERYONE is talking about...McCain's health... "It’s against this backdrop that Palin’s public pronouncements, culminating with her debate performance, have been so striking. The standard take has it that she’s either speaking utter ignorant gibberish (as to Couric)......
RIslander - Oct 5 - 4 clicks
