Monique Chartier

Re: A Misplaced Focus

By Monique Chartier | September 18, 2007 |

Justin’s post about the contaminated land in Tiverton provokes a comparison to the major complication of nuclear energy — the issue of long-term storage of spent nuclear materials — and the advisability of augmenting our generation of nuclear energy which would, naturally, increase the amount of highly toxic waste product to be dealt with. After…

Plagiarism and Menard’s Canard?

By Monique Chartier | September 16, 2007 |

Woonsocket (along with Jamestown) will be holding an off-year election this November, to be preceded on October 9 by a primary for City Council and Mayor on October 9. This is undoubtedly the driving force behind the revelation that significant portions of the speech that incumbent Mayor Susan Menard gave in June at Woonsocket’s High…