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Sen. Seveney appointed Finance subcommittee chair
Portsmouth Sen. Jim Seveney (D-11), a member of the RI Senate Finance Committee, has been appointed chair of the Subcommittee on Public Safety and Transportation.William J. Conley, Jr., Chair of...
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Sen. Seveney intros drink-driving fine to support substance abuse programs
Portsmouth Sen. Jim Seveney (D-11) has introduced legislation that would impose a substance abuse fine for those who drive under the influence or fail to submit to a breathalyzer test.The legislation...
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MacGibbon and Shers for Portsmouth Water Board 6/12
While I'm not running in the Portsmouth Water and Fire District election this year — I've got a conflict with Tuesday meetings — I'm supporting Tasha MacGibbon for Moderator and Allen Shers for...
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New print/interactive story just published
My latest story, a print/Interactive hybrid science fiction short just appeared in Cream City Review #43.1 and its online companion, I/O. You can read for free at the I/O site..Tags: 02871,...
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My WorldCon Dublin performance schedule!
The musical performance schedule for the World Science Fiction Convention Dublin2019 has been posted, and I'm delighted to have two 50-minute concerts where I'll be playing my geek-inflected folk/filk...
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Proverbs of Hell by John McDaidTags: 02871, Localblogging, Music, Filk
View ArticleEighteen years
Heaven/is falling The angels/lie on sidewalks in the rain. The serpent/calling Up from the lost world/buried deep within our brain. And the saints have piled up in the streets Their sacred blood...
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New hypertext fiction: Standing By The Wall
Written for the Association for Computing Machinery Hypertext 2019 "48-Hour Hypertext Challenge" (took about 30 hours), this work was displayed as part of the exhibition at the conference in Hof,...
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Aquidneck Island Emergency Preparedness Fair Nov. 9
There will be an Emergency Preparedness Fair on Saturday, Nov 9 from 9am-noon at the Gaudet Middle School in Middletown with displays and representatives from local and state agencies to help answer...
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[LTE] Ocean State must face reality of rising shores
Ocean State must face reality of rising shores By Rep. Lauren H. Carson and Rep. Terri Cortvriend You may have heard about the Charlestown man who is suing the town of South Kingstown and one of its...
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LTE: Rhode Island needs real environmental action in 2020
By Rep. June S. Speakman, Rep. Susan R. Donovan, Rep. Liana Cassar, Rep. Terri Cortvriend and Rep. Lauren CarsonIn virtually all the predictions of what will be hot in the 2020 General Assembly...
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LTE: Action needed to avoid an eviction crisis
By Sen. Dawn Euer and Rep. Jason KnightRhode Island is on the precipice of a cataclysmic housing disaster stemming from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. But swift, decisive action would...
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LTE: Urgent action needed to serve adults with intellectual/developmental...
By Rep. Terri Cortvriend (D-Dist. 72, Portsmouth, Middletown)The COVID-19 pandemic has hit hardest the areas and populations that were already struggling, since they had the fewest resources for...
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New music video for "Trail Of Mars"
Album releases on Friday, Oct. 2. Pre-order at johnmcdaid.bandcamp.com>Tags: Localblogging, 02871, Music
View ArticleEvil, Pure and Simple, from the Eighth Dimension (a poem)
[Listen on Bandcamp]As writers, we were warned: Never make villains too evil Or no one will believe them. After all, Hitler loved dogs Nero was a patron of the arts Ayn Rand once gave an orphan An ice...
View ArticleCOX OUTAGE TAKES PORTSMOUTH OFFLINE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: John McDaid 401 662-3198 Feb 16, 2021COX OUTAGE TAKES PORTSMOUTH OFFLINEPORTSMOUTH, RI — For more than two weeks, scores of Portsmouth residents have suffered internet...
View ArticleTestimony for RI House Judiciary on H5555
H5555 — SupportI urge the Committee to support H5555 as a parent and a member of the RI Coalition Against Gun Violence, an organization representing more than 100 groups and 120,000 Rhode Islanders.RI...
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