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BRIAN C. JONES
| June 12, 2007
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Human-rights campaigner to tour Maine
On the heels of news that Maine's unemployment rate is on the rise (2600 jobs were lost here in February), the state will host one of the nation's most powerful speakers on economic human rights this week.
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Globe-al anxiety
There were more lumps of coal than holiday cheer at 135 Morrissey Boulevard this Christmas season.
Press Herald for sale?
Union officials negotiating new contracts at three Maine daily newspapers — the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram , the Waterville-based Morning Sentinel , and the Augusta-based Kennebec Journal — have begun to assume that the papers will soon be for sale.
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On Tuesday, the University of Rhode Island informed Judith Tolnick Champa, who runs the URI Fine Arts Center Galleries, and Roxana Tourigny, who runs the school’s “Great Performances” program, that they will be laid off, effective July 4, and that the galleries and performance program will close.
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When John Hill sought his first mortgage as a young reporter, his banker told him, “Oh, you’ll be fine — you work at the Journal .”
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| February 15, 2012
They raised a toast this Valentine's Day at McBride's Pub in Providence to John Gordon, much-remembered these past 167 years.
IN A NEWPORT DEFEAT, LESSONS FOR THE 99%
| December 29, 2011
The Battle of Queen Anne Square ended in a terrible rout for opponents of a private foundation's plan to renovate a charming, tiny park in downtown Newport.
FAME, WEALTH, AND THE BATTLE FOR NEWPORT’S QUEEN ANNE SQUARE
| November 22, 2011
Newport's Queen Anne Square, which measures just over an acre, is a rectangle of grass and trees on the doorstep of historic Trinity Episcopal Church, overlooking the city's yacht-filled harbor. Crisscrossed by brick pathways, it reminds many of a college or village green.
TAKING THE FOOD STAMP CHALLENGE
| November 02, 2011
My breakfast on Day One of "The Food Stamp Challenge" cost 81 cents.
WHY CARE FOR ME, BUT NOT POOR RI KIDS?
| May 08, 2008
On weekdays this spring, I’ve been driving from my home in Newport to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, where I lie under a fabulous machine that’s saving my life.
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