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Journalist. @ProJo reporter. Editor, @NMHomicides. Past: @PatriotLedger, @CapeCodTimes, @RGSun. Fan: Cats, deutsch, mustard.
Providence, RI
Joined June 2012
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RT @ecoRInews: We put trackers in plastic bottles and tossed them in recycling bins around Rhode Island. Then we tracked their incredible j….
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This for some reason came up when I was on our website, but I totally got suckered in, and frankly, now want to plan a vacation to San Antonio to meet & befriend Cthulhu the giant pacific octopus.
usatoday.com
Britney Taryn said her 6-year-old son has visited the Giant Pacific Octopus many times. Previously, the animal let her son go, but not on July 14.
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RT @PatrickAnderso_: Political Scene: From raking seaweed to working at Dunkin' Donuts, RI politicians share their summer jobs, from @anton….
providencejournal.com
The Providence Journal surveyed elected officials about their summer jobs in high school, college and beyond and got some ... interesting responses.
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Was searching for something else on our website when I came across this gallery of "favorite cats." Some real chonkers in there, as well as Oscar (RIP), the nursing home death prediction cat.
providencejournal.com
Favorite cat photos
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People buying "supplements" at gas stations for erectile disfunction were actually buying . Viagra!. Via @kmulvane. Fascinating read.
providencejournal.com
The government identified the man as the president of Noor Inc., a supplier of merchandise to convenience stores across New England.
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RT @projo: Supplier to RI convenience stores to admit to selling misbranded erectile dysfunction drugs
providencejournal.com
The government identified the man as the president of Noor Inc., a supplier of merchandise to convenience stores across New England.
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RT @propublica: People aren’t just misusing groundwater, they’re flooding their own coasts and cities in the process, the study warns. Tha….
propublica.org
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
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RT @projo: How the central Providence community made public bathrooms in their parks a priority
providencejournal.com
The Providence Parks Department and One Neighborhood Builders worked together to provide Merino Park with sustainable public restrooms.
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Brown Health considers closing more facilities: Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest nonprofit behavioral health care provider, and the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center, more adult inpatient psychiatric services.
providencejournal.com
For decades Gateway Healthcare and the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center have provided key services in Rhode Island, but their futures are in jeopardy.
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RT @projo: Did Providence police cooperate with ICE raid? Body camera footage released
providencejournal.com
The video shows some coordination between ICE and Providence police, who are focused on safeguarding bystanders and investigating the crash.
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RT @projo: Had enough of this heat? National Weather Service says, 'One more day of dangerous heat'
providencejournal.com
The heat and humidity that has engulfed Southern New England will break on Friday, July 18, according to the National Weather Service.
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RT @antoniafarzan: “Mother after mother came forward at the meeting, sharing stories of the care and support they experienced while at Newp….
newportri.com
Mother after mother came forward at the meeting, sharing stories of the care and support they experienced while at Newport Hospital’s birthing center.
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RT @BPetrishenTG: Admired Steve in so many respects - for his excellent work, his chuckle and humor (calming presence on many assignments)….
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One super cool @courtlistener feature is to get updates on cases once they either get scraped from an RSS feed or someone with RECAP installed checks the docket/pays for a document.
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Hey Rhode Island Journalists!. I have a plea, from a fellow reporter:. If you cover the federal courts at all, please install the @courtlistener extension RECAP so court dockets and documents can be publicly available, not not pay per view. See here:.
free.law
RECAP is an online archive and free extension for Firefox, Chrome and Safari that improves the experience of using PACER, the electronic public access system for the U.S. Federal District and...
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RT @BenBerke6: This is an invasive species infestation with an unusually clear origin story. It shows how individual actions can have a rea….
thepublicsradio.org
It may look beautiful, but the sacred lotus has been taking over Cranston’s Meshanticut Lake. When the plant native to East Asia (scientific name Nelumbo nucifera) sinks its roots into the lake...
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RT @BenBerke6: Meet the sacred lotus. It’s been taking over a lake in Cranston, planted here with good intentions by a woman honoring a lov….
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RT @projo: When will the Big Beautiful Bill go into effect? How it will affect you financially
providencejournal.com
The bill is expected to affect the personal finances of millions of everyday Americans, but not all of the provisions will roll out at the same time.
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Everybody in Newport isn't a swinger. They just like pineapples.
providencejournal.com
The story goes back to the days of Christopher Columbus.
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RT @kathyprojo: Whoa. Sextortion, mold and raw sewage: Tenants file RICO lawsuit against RI landlord. What it says via @WheelerReporter .ht….
providencejournal.com
A Rhode Island landlord is the target of a RICO lawsuit filed by 12 current and former tenants and Reclaim RI.
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