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Amanda Milkovits
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Amanda Milkovits
@AmandaMilkovits
Journalist in ⚓️ Rhode Island for @bostonglobe. @FiveFreedoms member @IRE_NICAR Tips: [email protected] BlueSky: @amandamilkovits.bsky.social
- R.I. neo-Nazi member of group that targets drag queens is accused of possessing child pornography bostonglobe.com/2024/05/29/met… via @BostonGlobe
- EXCLUSIVE: The middle school boys thought their teacher was a ‘creep.’ So they tracked how he treated the girls. bostonglobe.com/2022/09/09/met… via @BostonGlobe
- The adventure begins for #HonorFlightRI veterans to Washington DC on this Juneteenth holiday. Roger Desjardins,98, leaves his wheelchair to lead the group, wearing his original uniform from WWII. @IFlyRhodeIsland
00:00 - Big personal news -- Today is my last day @projo, where I've loved, loved, loved reporting on crime for 19 years. Here I come, @BostonGlobe -- joining the team covering Rhode Island. Whoo-hoo!!!
- Amazing encounter just now between a Providence father and Police Chief Hugh Clements of .@ProvidenceRIPD talking about the riot last night. Sound up.
00:00 - Replying to @AmandaMilkovitsDesjardins led #HonorFlightRI at the start of the day. The 98-year-old WWII veteran closes the evening by dancing with volunteer Julie Latessa. “It’s an honor & a gift to do this for them,” she says.
00:00 - Little liquor store in Pawtuxet village says that this has been a big day for Champagne. People are buying bottles of bubbly so fast that he can barely keep up stocking the shelves.
- Authorities cited video of NBA trainer Robert McClanaghan of RI putting something in his date's drink. He allegedly later texted the woman a photo showing him having sex with her while she was bound, face down, & wearing a collar. bostonglobe.com/2022/11/22/met… via @BostonGlobe
- “Americans who rely on social media as their pathway to news are more ignorant and more misinformed than those who come to news through print, a news app on their phones or network TV.” washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…
- Rhode Island Ethics Commission?
- In Rhode Island's District 39, the GOP incumbent who marched on the US Capitol on Jan. 6 lost to a progressive Democrat by -- four votes. @CotterforRI edged out Rep. Justin Price, 2,989 to 2,985. Independent Sean Comella got 669 votes, pulling away the conservative vote.
- No, it’s not a robbery — it’s just the @BostonGlobe Rhode Island bureau celebrating our first anniversary. With @FitzProv and @DanMcGowan
- Front page of the @BostonGlobe today, featuring my story on a Rhode Island man obsessed with the #Sopranos and accused by many of being a con artist. It took a long time to get here. 🧵
