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Jon on March 31st, 2010

See more photographs here The Pawtuxet River continues to rise today, and it is now at 20.2 feet as of latest report at 0145 am and is now expected to crest at perhaps 21 to 22 feet at around 0900. The current level is more than double the flood stage of 9.0 feet, and is [...]

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Jon on March 14th, 2010

See more of the Newport St. Patrick’s Day parade photographs here. Yesterday Newport hosted its 54th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, despite the rainy weather. The parade has in the past run through the rain and inclement weather, and the parade’s website makes it clear that the parade runs regardless of rain; so this is [...]

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On Sunday at around 2 AM Samuel T. Richter drove his father’s 1998 Volkswagen Jetta onto Belleville Pond. Reportedly, Richter was able to exit the car onto the ice, and even call his father from within the car before it sank. He then told police about the incident later that morning. Belleville Pond is located [...]

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Jon on January 24th, 2010

The Northeast Auto show is back in Providence this week (well mostly last week). Today is kids day, and they will feature Spider Man between 11am-1:30pm and the Incredible Hulk between 2:30pm-5pm. The auto show got kicked off to a start on Thursday, and while the auto show this year featured some new concepts there [...]

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Thursday July 30, 2009 the New England Patriots kicked off their 2009 training camp. I knew that there was a threat of thunderstorms in the morning, but hoped the rain would hold off. There was only a slight almost comfortable mist at the beginning of camp, and for a while it seemed the storm may [...]

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Jon on July 22nd, 2009

As Promised I have photographed the Moon rocks at the Rhode Island State House. They will be on display until Friday. When viewing the rocks (if you can call them that) initially what strikes you is just how small and unimpressive they are. It is incredible how small they are and how they look as [...]

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Jon on July 20th, 2009

Today 40 years ago in 1969 the Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon. The crewmembers were Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Neil Armstrong is probably the most famous as the first man to walk on the moon, and of course everyone knows [...]

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Jon on April 18th, 2009

Click Here to Purchase Photo Well this past tax day many states all across the nation had tea party symbol of the original Boston Tea Party of 1773. Just like the original Tea Party these tea parties actually had little to do specifically with tea. With the one major exception being that they did actually [...]

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Jon on April 14th, 2009

Click Here to Purchase Photo Well Tomorrow is tax day when all everyone must file a tax return. While I expect to get a bit of money back on my tax return I have been dreading filing my taxes because of the hassle of getting together all my paper work and making sure I do [...]

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Jon on January 2nd, 2009

Click Here to Purchase Photo Yesterday, the annual New Year’s ritual of jumping into freezing cold water took place at countless beaches across the nation. This ritual has a few aliases: Polar Bear Plunge, Polar Bear Swim, Penguin Plunge, etc. No matter what you call it, it is all the same, a bunch of extremely [...]

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