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Edward Fitzpatrick

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@BostonGlobe reporter covering Rhode Island. Former @projo columnist, reporter. @FiveFreedoms board member. Host of #RIReport podcast. @NewhouseSU grad. Runner.

Providence, RI
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Edward Fitzpatrick
5 years
The ⁦Jewish activist group ⁦ @NeverAgainActn ⁩ Rhode Island celebrated the beginning of Shabbat during the Wyatt Detention Facility board meeting that was rescheduled to 6 pm Friday
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. @SenWhitehouse noted Judge Selya told @Globe_RI “I see some of the same qualities in Ketanji that I saw in Ruth – humility, the ability to inspire others in a quiet way...Some people have the capacity to inspire by example and the force of their reason.”
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In May I will be joining the @BostonGlobe team covering my home state of RI. Am I thrilled? Absolutely! Even better I get to work with @AmandaMilkovits & @DanMcGowan , two of the best reporters I know. I'm grateful for the opportunity I had to work at @myRWU & w/ @RWUJour students
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At one point in the @NBC10 debate, @AllanFungRI spoke in Cantonese to his mother in the front row, saying, “Don’t worry, he’s lying because he’s losing — I’m not going to touch your Social Security.” via @BostonGlobe
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Rep. @davidcicilline calls for censuring Republicans who ‘rewrite the history’ about Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol. “The good news is they can’t remove me from the Republican leadership like they did Liz Cheney for speaking the truth,” he said. @BostonGlobe
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4 years
Rhode Island has the best State House. Period.
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5 years
Serendipity: Nineteen years ago ⁦ @AmandaMilkovits ⁩ and I started working at the @Projo on the same day. Today we started working at the ⁦ @BostonGlobe ⁩.
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.⁦ @GovDanMcKee ⁩ signs the Equality in Abortion Coverage Act into law
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8 years
It's been a joy and a privilege. -- 30 --
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4 years
Cumberland residents react to the news that ⁦ @JoeBiden ⁩ has been declared the winner of the presidential race
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2 years
R.I. @GovDanMcKee signs three gun bills into law. ‘Don’t mess with a mom,’ @MomsDemand Action founder @shannonrwatts says at State House bill signing ceremony. ‘We will always fight like hell to protect our communities and our families.’ via @BostonGlobe
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3 years
Call me a Rhode Islander, but when I heard about The Met Gala I assumed it was in Pawtucket...
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4 years
A valiant effort by ⁦ @JonPincince ⁩ today. He began running at 4:30 am in Burrillville and covered 74 miles, raising thousands of $ for the ⁦ @NVIinstitute ⁩. At Mile 74 in Charlestown he could no longer stand. So he’ll have to take well deserved dip in ocean another day
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4 years
Good trouble
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2 years
. @RISenate votes 31 to 5 for bill to raise the age from 18 to 21 to buy long guns
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11 months
. @RIHouseofReps votes 65 to 0 for Rep. @bhenriesri bill establishing June 19th as a state holiday to be known as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day.” Henries concludes by saying, “To younger Brianna, it’s OK that you didn’t pass history – you ended up creating it instead.”
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. @RISenate votes 31 to 5 for bill to prohibit open carry of loaded long guns in public.
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4 years
A sign in Providence
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5 years
Former state Representative ⁦ @AaronRegunberg ⁩, an organizer for ⁦ @NeverAgainActn ⁩ RI, calls on ⁦ @GovRaimondo ⁩ to “stop ducking & dodging & join our call for immediate action to ban private prisons in Rhode Island.”
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"I had a loving family. I had a great job at the newspaper. I met fascinating people, and I saw myriad worldwide wonders. It’s been full of fun and laughter, too, a really good time. "I just wish I could stay a little longer." via @BostonGlobe
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8 years
. @SenatorSheehan D-NK backing Bernie Sanders for president. At HQ opening he said "We want democracy not plutocracy"
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“We should not be afraid to go to a grocery store. We should not be afraid to send our children to school,” @DianaGarlingto1 said. “This could happen anywhere. This can happen in our own backyard.” via @BostonGlobe
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3 years
Rep. @davidcicilline congratulates @GovRaimondo on her nomination to the be President-elect Biden's Commerce Secretary
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3 years
. @SenJackReed rips President Trump for pressuring Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” him 11,780 votes, saying, "This crooked phone call represents a direct attack on our democracy."
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2 years
. @RIHouseofReps committee set to vote on three R.I. gun bills Thursday. Judiciary Committee poised to vote on bills banning high-capacity magazines, prohibiting open carry of long guns, and raising age to buy long guns from 18 to 21 via @BostonGlobe
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3 years
Saturday mornings just won't be the same without @projo columnist @billreynolds401 . He's as Rhode Island as Benny's and I miss them both. His books, from "Hope" to "Fall River Dreams," line my bookshelves. Congratulations on a great career, Bunky.
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. @SethMagaziner said it’s disingenuous of @AllanFungRI to say he's against Social Security cuts while backing McCarthy's team. “That is like saying ‘I am going to put the fox in charge of the henhouse, but don’t worry — I like hens, I’m pro-hens."
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3 months
Woody Harrelson and Jamie Lee Curtis at State House re: filming of "Ella McCay"
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5 years
Honored to be elected president of the @commoncauseri board today. Looking forward to what this talented board and staff can do in the year ahead.
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2 years
Am I the only native Rhode Islander who thinks this won't be a problem because I have no idea what the exit numbers are now anyway? I mean, I don't know what the Branch Avenue exit number is. To be honest, I give most directions by landmarks that may or many not exist anymore...
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2 years
By ⁦ @bamaral44 ⁩ -- Renumbering R.I.’s Route 95 is here: Find your new exit number - The Boston Globe
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3 years
Two years ago I started working at ⁦ @Globe_RI ⁩ with ⁦ @DanMcGowan ⁩ and ⁦ @AmandaMilkovits ⁩. Lots of bylines and lots of fun since then.
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2 years
After nearly 30 years in office, House Labor Committee Chair @rep_williams9 loses in House District 9, with @EnriqueForRI receiving 52.8 percent of the vote.
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4 years
Rhode Island is the most aggressive state versus coronavirus, according to a WalletHub analysis.
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2 years
While not an official entrant, this proposed RI license plate from ⁦ @Radzie ⁩ would certainly capture attention on the open road...
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5 months
As I've pointed out to @GovDanMcKee before he can control his answers but not the questions. @nbc10_brian asked a legitimate question & McKee eventually answered it saying, "I have full faith in the team that’s sitting here" including "the leadership at DOT.” Why not start there?
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It was a totally fair question from @nbc10_brian , who’s one of the best in Rhode Island at getting answers from public officials in these settings.
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6 months
Democratic congressional candidate @gabeamo brings his mother, Weady Socree, to the Kennedy Manor polling site in Pawtucket. He faces GOP's Gerry Leonard in today's CD1 race.
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1 year
Your 2023 Boston Marathon winner, Hellen Obiri of Kenya
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10 months
So is it also too late for a billionaire to try to save Benny's? Asking for a friend ...
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2 years
. @RIHouseofReps Judiciary Committee posts three gun bills for a vote on Thursday: a bill that would limit magazine capacity to 10 rounds, a bill to prohibit the open carry of long guns in public, and a bill to raise the age from 18 to 21 to buy long guns and ammunition.
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2 years
Democratic gubernatorial candidate ⁦ @mattbrownRI ⁩ says he knows he's not getting party endorsement but calls for party not to endorse candidates who don't support reproductive rights and other parts of the party platform
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4 years
Sign of the times
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3 years
US Census Bureau announces that Rhode Island will not lose a House seat after all
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4 years
US Rep @davidcicilline introduces the "The White House is Not a Political Prop Act" to try to prohibit actions such as hosting a political convention from the White House, giving campaign speech from White House press briefing room, using Air Force One as campaign rally backdrop
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1 year
An early nominee in the Full Rhode Island category: "It is also alleged that former Lt. Stone filed false tax returns for the 2015 through 2020 tax years by failing to disclose and pay taxes on income received as a part-time waiter at Twin Oaks restaurant in Cranston."
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We are going to miss this guy at ⁦ @Globe_RI ⁩. He's a lot of fun. Also his father, ⁦ @bamaral44 ⁩, is a talented writer and reporter that we are glad we got to work with.
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5 years
I’ve never seen this man happier. Happy birthday ⁦ @DanMcGowan ⁩!
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3 years
UPDATE: Today, the fourth-graders at @icsrhodeisland in Pawtucket got the sprinkler they had petitioned for so eloquently. #freshnes via @BostonGlobe
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Senator ⁦ @DawnEuer ⁩ and Rep. ⁦⁦ @repkazarian ⁩ received Excellence in Public Service Awards tonight from ⁦ @commoncauseri ⁩. They were lead sponsors of Let RI Vote Act.
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5 years
Final day at @myRWU
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4 years
Coincidentally, I'm a Rhodes on the Pawtuxet scholar...
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4 years
Thousands of us are also Rhode Map scholars. That counts, right, . @DanMcGowan ?
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1 year
Doug Flutie on Boylston
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1 year
Name that Rhode Island governor. And no, it's not Jeff Goldblum...
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2 years
R.I. could elect its first transgender state legislator this year. Amid a national surge in legislation aimed at limiting LGBTQ rights, 3 transgender candidates -- @RevDrDonnie @gionapicheco @DamianLimaRI -- are running for Assembly seats via @BostonGlobe
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9 months
As I was writing about the CD1 race, @AaronRegunberg 's mother and mother-in-law came to the door canvassing for him. Only in Rhode Island.
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2 years
. @AndrewYang , a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and 2021 New York City mayoral candidate, on Monday announced he is endorsing @LuisDanielMun0z for governor of RI. Yang, who graduated from @BrownUniversity , has founded the @Fwd_Party . @BostonGlobe
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10 days
Had first Del's of the season (no straw, of course)
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3 years
If I had to guess, I would say that former Central Falls Mayor @JamesDiossa will be the next lieutenant governor
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. @PeterNeronha may run for governor, citing frustrations on health care, climate, utilities. The R.I. attorney general is term limited but raised more than $68,000 in the third quarter, according to a new campaign finance report via @BostonGlobe
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5 years
The Providence River Pedestrian Bridge opens Friday, Aug. 9.
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3 years
Today's wonderful celebration of Erika Niedowski's life, organized by @plaverty24 , is equal parts poignant and inspiring. On a beautiful March day, it's providing a reminder of Mary Oliver's question: "Tell me, what is it you plan to do/With your one wild and precious life?"
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4 years
Where Benny’s used to be (Branch Avenue, PVD)
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5 years
Clearly the @nytimes magazine will need to run a correction: Everyone knows the senator from Rhode House is Patrick Swayze...
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2 years
After two years of COVID press conferences I might have more photos of Dr Alexander-Scott than of my kids…
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Still can't get over the true story of how one Boy Scout fell through the ice, another Scout saved him, and they both grew up to be governors of Rhode Island -- Bruce Sundlun and John Chafee. Thanks to ⁦ @SusanPegden ⁩ for unearthing this January 2010 ⁦ @projo ⁩ column.
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4 years
Cheers! @GovRaimondo just signed an executive letting restaurants and bars include wine and beer with to-go orders until March 30
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2 years
Let's take a moment to gives thanks for the journalists that are risking their lives to report on what's going on in Ukraine and letting the world know about the harsh reality of the Russian invasion.
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3 years
Xander Bogaerts wins the Senate District 3 race… no wait, Bogaerts hits a home run to give the Red Sox the lead
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Big cheer from former ⁦ @RIHouseofReps ⁩ colleagues for ⁦Secretary of State @GreggAmore1
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Let the record reflect that when Rhode Island's own General Michael Flynn was asked if he believes in the peaceful transfer of power, he plead the Fifth...
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8 years
Democratic strategist Symone Sanders to be keynote speaker at NAACP Providence awards gala By @AlishaPina
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4 years
RBG remembered in PVD
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Ladies and gentlemen, your PVD St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee President, Patrick Griffin, Grand Marshal (and Judge) Mary McElroy and the Deputy Grand Marshal, our own ⁦ @DanMcGowan
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In (very) local breaking news: Ned Fitzpatrick commits to @RegisPrideMBB during ceremony at @PSAhoops
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In one short day, we have now seen the most amazing soccer game in history and the most ridiculous football game in history
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4 months
No truth to rumor that Independent Man insisted on going through Dunkin' drive-thru
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Governor Dan McKee
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It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later. #IndependentManRI
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5 months
After all those years standing atop the State House, the Independent Man deserves a chance to lie down awhile
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3 years
Ran into the new US Secretary of Commerce, ⁦ @SecRaimondo ⁩, near her home in PVD today. The former governor said she had just returned from DC and did not attend the inauguration ceremony for Governor McKee.
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2 years
.⁦ @GovDanMcKee ⁩ signs gun legislation in State Room surrounded by legislators and advocates
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1 year
Remembering Martin Richard
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7 years
I thought Goodell looked deflated...
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US @SenJackReed calls for Senate to return to session to vote on gun background check legislation following mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
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4 years
Couldn't ask for better teammates than @AmandaMilkovits and @DanMcGowan and couldn't ask for better masks thanks to Dan and @riarteducator (mine has headlines about the polio vaccine being tested and JFK being shot)
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4 years
No, it’s not a robbery — it’s just the ⁦ @BostonGlobe ⁩ Rhode Island bureau celebrating our first anniversary. With ⁦ @FitzProv ⁩ and ⁦ @DanMcGowan
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This I believe: Sandwich Hut is awesome 🥪
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3 years
. @repmorgan said many students can afford their own feminine hygiene products, asking: “Are we going to buy shaving equipment for boys next?" But @repmcentee33 said “A man can chose to shave or not shave. I don’t think a woman has a choice in this matter.”
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Four years today I began working at the @BostonGlobe and it's been so much fun telling the stories of my home state, working first with @AmandaMilkovits and @DanMcGowan , now with @WriteEditRepeat @bamaral44 @AlexaGagosz @ReadCarlos and @mariacap , plus @MhallRI on #RIReport
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Rhode Island runner’s final numbers: 19 hours, 74 miles, $10,000 raised -- @JonPincince didn't reach the beach, but he ran almost the entire length of his state, raising money for the @NVIinstitute via @BostonGlobe
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3 years
When she pulled out of the Wexford Innovation Center today, ⁦ @VP ⁩ Harris enjoyed the same view I have outside my office window of the VOTE mural
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We're golden. Thanks for the shot, ⁦ @MhallRI
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Amid a world of chaos, some good news: Mr. Lemon has opened for the season
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4 years
Crowd chanting “Black lives matter” at State House
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I know one guy who was glad to be inside for a change today
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