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Ralph Kinder, a lawyer representing one of Robert Healey’s beneficiaries following
the death of the shaggy-haired Cool Moose Party founder in 2016. Healey,
who wanted to be stuffed and kept in a glass cabinet after his demise, left behind
a messy will that still hadn’t been resolved three years later. “Yelling, screaming and
berating the officials
humiliates your child.”
Rock Around Our
Rollicking Little State
RHODE ISLAND
According to the state auditor,
Medicaid has paid $11.6 million to
dead people.
PROVIDENCE
Police arrested an intoxicated man
after he struck forty-one cars; there
were no serious injuries.
BRISTOL
The Rogers Free Library canceled its
drag story hour after strong opposi-
tion. Days later it was reinstated.
PAWTUCKET
The PawSox celebrated J.Lo’s
engagement to A-Rod at an April game.
Fans named Jennifer got in free.
AQUIDNECK ISLAND
Drivers crossing the Newport Bridge
have racked up $9.6 million in unpaid
tolls, fees and fines in six years.
Tom Mezzanotte, head of the state’s
Interscholastic League, explaining
that the shortage of referees is
because of obnoxious parents.
QUOTABLES!
“To secede from Rhode Island
and our laws is not an
appropriate response.”
Governor Raimondo on WPRO after
Burrillville declared itself a
“Second Amendment sanctuary,”
following her gun control proposals.
WOONSOCKET
Domino’s Pizza awarded the city
$5,000 to fix its roads.
PROVIDENCE
Eight cars got flat tires, including
three with two flats each, after trying
to navigate a monster pothole on
Allens Avenue.
seeing red,
part one:
Providence issued more than
10,000 tickets a month to drivers
after cameras caught them
speeding through school zones.
The violations generated more
than $3 million in fines while
school was in session.
seeing red,
part two:
In one week, Pawtucket’s traffic
cameras nabbed 13,000 drivers,
mostly for running red lights and
speeding through school zones,
but let them off with a warning
during the probation period.
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“This is a good reason why you don’t draft your own will.”