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Whately signs mutual aid agreement with Hatfield to cover Interstate 91 emergencies Whately Fire Department’s Engine 4. Per a proposed mutual aid agreement with Hatfield, the Whately Fire Department would be responsible for coverage of the Interstate 91 southbound lane in Hatfield, while the Hatfield Fire Department would be responsible for the northbound lane in Whately. STAFF FILE PHOTO/ANDY CASTILLO Published: 3/1/2021 3:41:47 PM WHATELY — Following a brief discussion last week, the Sele...

Whately forwards mutual aid agreement on I-91 emergencies to Hatfield board Whately Fire Department’s Engine 4. Per a proposed mutual aid agreement with Hatfield, the Whately Fire Department would be responsible for coverage of the Interstate 91 southbound lane in Hatfield, while the Hatfield Fire Department would be responsible for the northbound lane in Whately. STAFF FILE PHOTO/ANDY CASTILLO Published: 3/2/2021 1:02:06 PM WHATELY — Following a brief discussion last week, the Select Board...

The membership ranks of the Friends of Mattiello Club have shrunk.  New House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchis emissaries spent the legislatures recess week delivering layoff notices to 18 legislative employees. Another four left before the purge, leaving 224 on the part-time General Assemblys payroll. The majority of the laid-off employees were former House Speaker Nicholas Mattiellos hires and/or political allies at the State House. Nine of the 22 departing employees came from the defeated forme...

Biden Teams Video Of Call With NATO Chief Provides Rare Insight Wednesday, January 27, 2021 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and then-Vice President Joe Biden talk during the 51st Munich Security Conference in February 2015. Christof Stache / AFP via Getty Images When the president speaks to a world leader, the contents of the call are typically released in a short statement known as a readout. But when President Biden spoke Tuesday with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenb...

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Who will win the lottery to run Rhode Islands six new medical marijuana dispensaries? Tom Mooney, The Providence Journal © The Providence Journal file / Kris Craig A customer walks through Greenleaf Compassion Center in Portsmouth. PROVIDENCE — David Spradin is the CEO of a California-based marijuana company called Perfect Union. It has 14 marijuana stores between Los Angeles and Sacramento and six stores in New Mexico, and the company has had stores in Oregon and Washin...

David Spradin is the CEO of a California-based marijuana company called Perfect Union. It has 14 marijuana stores between Los Angeles and Sacramento, six stores in New Mexico and has had stores in Oregon and Washington, says Rick McAuliffe, a Rhode Island lobbyist who now also serves as a director for Spradin’s new local affiliate: Perfect Union-RI. The company and 27 other businesses all filed applications last month for a chance to run one of six new medical marijuana dispensaries planned f...

Who will win the lottery to run Rhode Islands six new medical marijuana dispensaries? Tom Mooney, The Providence Journal © The Providence Journal file / Kris Craig A customer walks through Greenleaf Compassion Center in Portsmouth. PROVIDENCE — David Spradin is the CEO of a California-based marijuana company called Perfect Union. It has 14 marijuana stores between Los Angeles and Sacramento and six stores in New Mexico, and the company has had stores in Oregon and Washin...

PHOTO BlackInk CC GoLocal has a complete breakdown of who has applied for the new and expanded list of medical marijuana licenses -- so-called compassion centers -- and the applicants include some of the top insiders in Rhode Island and even one sitting mayor. All applications needed to be filed last week with the State of Rhode Island. The applicants directors are almost exclusively male, white and an overwhelming number of high-level political players -- lobbyists, past and present elected of...

The Untouchables (1987) TV stations have been doing sterling work in keeping the memory of Sean Connery alive since he died during the summer, and this weekend sees another double bill courtesy of BBC Two. Sidney Lumet’s intense Second World War drama The Hill (1965) is generally considered among Connery’s finest films, made at the peak of his Bond stardom and offering an altogether starker and more severe entertainment. Before that, however, the Beeb is dusting off The Untouchable...