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Herb Weiss is a Pawtucket writer covering aging, health care and medical issues. To purchase Taking Charge: Collected Stories on Aging Boldly, a collection of 79 of his weekly commentaries, go to herbweiss.com. Herb’s volume 2 of Taking Charge: Collected Stories on Aging Boldly will be released this summer.

Generations of Students Take Field Trips to Historic Slater Mill

By Herb Weiss • Local Sites

In Pawtucket’s downtown can be found historic Slater Mill, consisting of the Slater and Wilkinson Mill and the Sylvanus Brown House, sitting on five acres of land on both sides …
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4 years ago

Rediscovering Pawtucket’s Red Pollard

By Herb Weiss • Biography, Sports

In 2003, a dramatic movie about a Depression-era race horse and his oversized jockey became a top box office film hit. This story of hope and perseverance was woven into …
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The Online Review of Rhode Island History has been formed to promote the state's wonderful history. We intend to offer a variety of articles intended for a popular audience, but with an eye for accuracy over legend. We hope to make the state’s history interesting and fun, and eventually create an impressive archive of articles for both readers and researchers. We want to publish articles on narrative history, but also want to cover newly-published books on Rhode Island history, as well as Rhode Island history sites, artifacts, architecture, and historic preservation.

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Generations of Students Take Field Trips to Historic Slater Mill

Rediscovering Pawtucket’s Red Pollard

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