Election commission meets public in Warren meeting
The Governor's Commission on the Election Process will hold its last in a series of public meetings Monday at 7 pm in Warren town hall. Created by a Feb 10 executive order, the non-partisan panel reviews voter registration residency absentee ballots primaries ballot counting and related election laws with citizen input sought statewide.
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Governor’s Commission
Warren Town Hall
Joseph Garrahy
Leonard Clingham Jr
Secretary of State and Election Commission
Pawtucket
Newport
Westerly
West Warwick
Providence
Robert F Burns
Clingham
Democratic Party
Schools face looming deficit as budget talks ease purchase bans
The School Committee weighed a $150,000 to $170,000 shortfall for the current year. It approved over $3,500 in purchase orders to support sports and essential supplies while debating moving $72,000 from capital improvements. Critics warned against fund juggling as a public-relations issue, with warning of hard choices ahead.
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Vincent Santo
Tiverton
Frank Canario
Edward P Travers
J Roderick Eaton
Ting
Eaton
Frank Campagna
Decca Club
Californiaa
Travers
Lewis Mello Jr
Mello
Econdia
Committee considers revising ground rules at March meeting
At a March 22 committee session five of seven members were present. They studied adopting the ground rules again after a January vote. Roderick Eaton Frank Canario and Joseph Vento sought to strike the rules from minutes. Vento dissented in January. The panel later kept rule one by five to two, requiring 4 pm notice to speak before meetings. Edler Annarummo opposed keeping item one.
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J Roderick Eaton
Frank Canario
Joseph Vento
Vento
Louis Annarummo
Barbara Edler
Edler
Annarummo
Loan to Preserve Converse Jobs in PF Industries Buyout
The Economic Development Administration approved a 12 million dollar loan to PF Industries to purchase the Converse Rubber Co plant on Buttonwood Road. The move aims to preserve 450 current jobs and may lead to expansion to about 1,700 workers within a year. The town faces a ten year tax exemption request costing roughly 28 thousand dollars annually.
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Federal Economic Development Administration
PF Industries
Converse Rubber Co
US Justice Department
Posture Foundation) Industries
Buttonwood Rd
Anthony Agatiello
Community garden plan moves forward in town
Public Works Director Joseph Cavallaro announced a spring community garden project at the corner of Bayview and Metacom Avenues. The site offers 36 plots of 20 by 30 feet at a $10 per plot fee, with plowing lime water and staking provided. interested residents must submit a form at Town Hall by April 22, as about 25 or more plots are needed to proceed.
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Public Works Dept
Public Works
Joseph Cavallaro
Bayview and
Metacom Aves
Cavallaro
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Election Commission
Warren
General Assembly
Joseph F Rodgers Jr
Warwick
Maxine L Bradford
J. Leo Bradley
Woonsocket
Edwin C. Brown
Margaret Conlon
J. William Carr
East Greenwich
Max Gordon
Susan McGuirl
Robert Perry
Eleanor Sasso
Cranston
Julio Sequeira
Rocco A. Quattrocchi
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thomas Fay
House Judiciary Committee
Lila M Lapinsley
Senate
Frederick Lippitt
House
Commission
Burns
US Senate
Richard Lorber
Philip Noel
Garrahy
Edward Oliver
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