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Biden speechwriter predicts a rise to the occasion tonight

5:29 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Scott MacKay    Email

Few people in American politics know Joe Biden better than Thomas S. LaFauci of Cranston, who served as the Delaware senator's speechwriter from 2001 to 2007. "He can be a great orator,'' said LaFauci in an interview today. "When he......

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 Tags  Biden   Democratic Convention   speechwriter   Thomas S. LaFauci   Thurmond   vice-president  

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How John O. Pastore helped shape Joe Biden's career

12:37 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight will undoubtedly show his passionate side; vice-presidential candidates traditionally are a presidential ticket's designated attack dogs. Rhode Islanders of a certain age will remember another time that Biden spoke from his......

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 Tags  Biden   Democratic National Convention   Pastore   vice-president  

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R.I. convention volunteer helps set the stage for Obama

3:12 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

Elayne Burke is best known in East Bay as the proprieter of Chatelaine, the upscale women's clothing boutique on Bristol's waterfront. But this week in Denver, Burke, a Roger Williams Law School graduate and veteran of the Bill Clinton White......

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 Tags  acceptance speech   Democratic Convention   Elayne Burke   Invesco Field   Obama  

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Providence's Old Canteen pays a visit to Denver

1:52 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

Tomorrow night's big bash at the Democratic National Convention will feature food from eight American cities, including Italian fare from the Old Canteen, a favorite on Providence's Federal Hill. The party theme is "A Taste of American Cities" and will......

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 Tags  Cicilline   Democratic Convention   Denver   Italian food   Old Canteen restaurant   Providence  

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Former Governor Sundlun elected director of WWII society

1:16 PM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

Former Rhode Island governor Bruce Sundlun was elected a director of the the Eighth Air Force Historical Society at the society's recent annual meting in Savannah, Georgia. The Eighth Air Force Historical Society was created in 1975 to preserve......

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 Tags  Air Force Historical Society   governor   Sundlun   World War II  

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Whitehouse invites constituents to community dinner

11:20 AM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is having a community dinner tomorrow in North Providence at the Salvatore Mancini Senior Resource and Activity Center. Whitehouse will answer questions from constituents and speak about the nation's foreclosure crisis, rising energy costs and other topics.......

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 Tags  community dinner   Sheldon whitehouse  

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Reed to chat with Young Democrats at Providence pub

12:18 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, fresh from a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, will meet today at 5 p.m. with Rhode Island Young Democrats at the Ri Ra Irish Pub at 50 Exchange Terrace in......

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 Tags  Democrats   election   Reed   Tingle   U.S. Senate   Young   Young Democrats  

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CSPAN's campaign bus making stop in Warwick

4:16 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

CSPAN's "Road to the White House'' bus tour will land in Warwick this Wednesday afternoon. The bus, a 45-foot mobile studio used in the cable network's coverage of the presidential campaign, will be parked at Warwick City Hall from 2......

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 Tags  Avedisian   CSPAN   presidential campaign   Road to the White House bus tour   Warwick  

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Harvard chooses R.I. woman as vice president for public affairs

1:28 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

Christine Heenan of East Providence, a former aide in the Bill Clinton White House, was today named vice president for government, community and public affairs at Harvard University. Heenan, 41, has been most recently president of Clarendon Group, a Providence-based......

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 Tags  Brown University   Christine Heenan   Clarendon Group   Harvard  

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Nader files for Rhode Island ballot as independent candidate for president

11:48 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

Ralph Nader, the onetime consumer advocate and perennial candiate for president, today filed petitions to run as an independent candidate for president in Rhode Island. Nader, 74, a Connecticut native, ran unsucessfully for president in 2000 and 2004. Nader submitted......

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 Tags  Matt Gonzalez.   presidential campaign   Ralph Nader   Rhode ISland politics  

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Brown University names new public affairs chief

3:09 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

Marisa Quinn has been appointed vice president of public affairs and university relations at Brown University. Quinn, of Jamestown, was an aide to former U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell and former New Jersey governor James Florio. Quinn also served as chief......

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 Tags  Brown University   Claiborne Pell   education   Marisa Quinn   university relations  

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Pelosi to visit Rhode Island

2:52 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Scott MacKay    Email

U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman House speaker, visits Rhode Island next week for a series of events, including highlighting early childhood education, speaking to labor union members and raising money to help Democrats kep control of the......

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 Tags  childhood education   Democrats   Kennedy   labor issues   Pelosi  

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