Showing posts with label Pat Anderson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pat Anderson. Show all posts
Sunday, December 28, 2025

The Gavle Goat is dead. Long live the Charlestown New Year's Eve bonfire!

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After several safe Christmas seasons, world's favorite goat finds a new way to die By Will Collette I first started writing about Sweden...
Thursday, March 10, 2022

Secrets From Charlestown’s Own Accounting Archives - Part 1

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Piercing the veil of secrecy By Stephen Hoff It is time to pull the curtain back on how Charlestown manages the thousands of dollars you...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Town screws up the math on DiBello settlement

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$100,000 “Oops!” By Will Collette This statement is wrong on two counts - the math is wrong and the claim this will not affect your t...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Tonight's Town Council meeting - blow by blow

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Live Blog started at 7:13 PM By Will Collette Get ready for some excitement! 7 PM and nothing yet, which is odd, because the Council ad...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

What it costs Charlestown taxpayers to wage endless war against the Narragansetts

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And for what purpose? Camp Davis: the next battleground in the CCA Party's war on the Narragansetts? By Will Collette The Nar...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

UPDATED: With Video: Charlestown Budget passes

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Taxes going up, for no particularly good reason, by 16 cents per thousand By Will Collette UPDATE: as predicted, only a small number...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Charlestown has a new Town Administrator

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Fasten your seat belts Charlestown's new Town Administrator Mark Stankiewicz By Will Collette The Town Council voted to hire ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

UPDATED: Town Council meeting highlights, so to speak

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At least it was short The meeting included some light entertainment By Will Collette UPDATE: The Clerkbase video links for the var...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Planning Commission pulls the plug on Clerkbase

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Too much “open and transparent government” apparently Collage by Lin Collette. More more, click here . By Will Collette Since the...
Monday, November 5, 2012

Lots of questions on this year’s ballot

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Along with many candidates, eleven state and Charlestown issues to vote on By Will Collette When you go to the polls on November ...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Attorney Larisa’s cover-up was out of bounds

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Larisa’s invoices are town property, not his By Will Collette The town released a copy of its contract with Indian-fighter attorne...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Larisa stonewalls open records request for his Charlestown bills

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Attorney Larisa literally covers up what he did with our tax dollars This is what Larisa did for YOUR money To read the rest of his...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Council finishes its July meeting with a 25 minute silly session

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Council disdains MOU as well as open, transparent and professional governance By Will Collette It was not Tom Gentz's finest h...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

NEWS FLASH - Y-Gate Scandal may be over!

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YMCA has another buyer By Will Collette According to reliable sources, the Westerly YMCA signed a deal to sell its controversial abando...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Town admits the Charter Revision Advisory Committee violated the Open Meetings Act

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But claims the violation was “unintentional” By Will Collette For the second time this week, Charlestown town government had an “oo...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Reminders for Charlestown residents

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Coming up over the next seven days By Will Collette Get help for federal problems. On May 31 st , Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is ...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

CRACed CRABs finish crunching the Charter

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Chewed it up and spit it out By Will Collette One of the great achievements of the Charlestown Charter Revision Advisory Committee ...
Friday, May 11, 2012

So much to do, so little time

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On the agenda: Y-Gate and the Budget, Deputy Dan's Revised Ninigret Plan, Planning's Power Grab, Charter Changes, the Boston Post Ca...
Saturday, May 5, 2012

UPDATED: It comes down to the Town Council (or the courts) to make final decision

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Charlestown Bond Counsel Calls for Separate Vote on Y-Gate $475,000 By Will Collette As the week comes to a close, there is at ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Town Council meeting – color commentary

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A very bad night for Deputy Dan and the town council majority Deputy Dan plays "Three Resolution Monte" By Will Collette ...