Archive - Nov 13, 2011
COVENTRY â Cumberlandâs one quarter of domination was just enough to overcome Coventryâs three quarters of solid play.
It seems the term âTall Shipâ must have come from John Masefieldâs poem, Sea Fever. My sea-faring Dad quoted that poem to me a hundred times, but he never sailed in a Tall Ship. Still, as a seafarer, he too felt the romance that whistled with the wind in the rigging.
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NARRAGANSETTâThe town council voted unanimously on Monday evening to request a repeal of the state tax on tour operations. The Rhode Island General Assembly passed the law for the upcoming 2012 fiscal year budget, and applies a sales tax upon local businesses who operate tour vehicles in the state.
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EAST GREENWICH â When a family has lost a loved one, especially near the holidays, they donât want presents. They want presence.
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NORTH KINGSTOWN â There is a rich history where the Quonset Business Park is growing by leaps and bounds.
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Shakespeare inhabits it; so do Will Rogers, Booker T. Washington, William Butler Yeats, Swift, Pope, Keats, Dickinson and two hundred other giants. It is the 1948 book, âLeaves of Gold.â Each week on these pages, our columnist gleans more pearls from its pages.
All we ever seem to do is complain.
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