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From Leonard Moorehead

March 25, 2009

My Dearest Elizabeth,

We cannot call the city a barren place. The moment pavement yields to soil grows living green.
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Divine Launches "Mini-News"

March 17, 2009.


Divine Providence announced the introduction of its latest format, the Divine Providence "mini-news" on March 17, 2009.


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Sideways at Sidebar

By Eric Marion

March 17, 2009

Friday March 20 will mark the second monthly meeting of "Sideways at Sidebar", a MERI (Marriage Equality Rhode Island) sponsored event for Rhode Island lesbians.


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Divine Providence Story Appears In Brown Daily Herald

March 6, 2009.


The transition of Divine Providence to online publishing appears to have not gone unnoticed in Providence's intellectual circles.
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Manhattan Says Hello To Providence

By Eric Marion

March 6, 2009

The opening of State nightclub last month brings opportunity to Providence, and challenges to its owner.
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Providence's Nightclubs Unite

February 24, 2009.


Providence restaurant and nightclub owners launched a new association at State on February 23.
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A New Hope For Providence

By Eric Marion

February 24, 2009

The launch of the Providence Nightlife Association is a welcome change for struggling nightclub owners.
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Two Key Bills Pending In Legislature This Week

February 23, 2009.


The State’s Senate Judiciary Committee will meet on February 26 to vote on two key bills relating to same-sex couples. The first bill, introduced by long-standing enemy of gays and lesbians, the homophobic Senator Leo Blais of Coventry, would prohibit same-sex marriages in Rhode Island.


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Divine Providence Endorses Civil Unions

By Eric Marion

February 23, 2009

The State Legislature will be presented with several bills this week for consideration in the Senate Judiciary Committee. One set of bills will address the divorce issue first raised in an embarrassing opinion rendered by the Rhode Island Supreme Court in the Chambers v. Ormiston decision. The second set would seek to limit or expand marriage rights to same-sex couples.


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Mayor Cicilline Falsely Accused of Ordering Transportation for Gay Porn Stars

February 5, 2009.


Colorful former Providence Mayor 'Buddy' Cianci accused Providence Mayor David Ciciline today of sending a police car to Logan Airport in Boston to retrieve two gay porn stars


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"Be My Valentine"

By Lee McDaniel February 23, 2009

How long has it been? A decade? Longer? Just how long has it been since we last embraced?


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Rhode Island: Budget Hostage Of Correctional Institutions?

January 31, 2009.

Preliminary Conclusions:
Rhode Island spends more on an individual prisoner than any other state in the US. The amount Rhode Island spends on prisoners is double and in some cases triple the amount spent per capita as many other states. Rhode Island has a long history of excessive expenditures on its Correctional System.


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Dearest Elizabeth

By Leonard Morehead

My dearest Elizabeth I can barely contain myself with such wonderful and good news. Today I found an unmistakable totem of spring, a patch of favored snowdrops, the ever noble Galanthus.


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