A Long Way to Fall, A short story by Michael Fine

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A short story, by Michael Fine © Michael Fine 2019 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.          First came…

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Dr. Michael Fine

Latest News by Dr. Michael Fine Dr. Michael FineContributing Writer About Michael Fine, MD is currently Health Policy Advisor in Central Falls, Rhode Island and Senior Population Health and Clinical Services Officer at Blackstone Valley Health Care, Inc. He is facilitating a partnership between the City and Blackstone to create the Central Falls Neighborhood Health…

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Short Stories by Michael Fine.

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RINewsToday is pleased to present a monthly series of short stories by writer Dr. Michael Fine…here is our first: Short Stories by Michael Fine. The First Violinist of Lowden Street © 2018 by Michael Fine – This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s…

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Father’s Day: Moments in time – Michael Morse

by Michael Morse, contributing writer There’s something about a big storm that brings people together, and creates an air of excitement and anticipation that you can feel, as though an electric current was put in the air getting us moving.  New England hasn’t seen a giant storm in a while; Irene a few years ago,…

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Fathering – Michael Morse

A couple walking on the beach with a quote that says, "she sees her.

by Michael Morse, contributing writer I was twenty-three when I met my daughters. They were five and seven years old. It was love at first sight for me, not quite sure what they thought. It took a few years but I became their dad, but never had them call me that, Michael did just fine. …

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What’s it take to save lives for a living? – Michael Morse

An ambulance driving down the road.

by Michael Morse, contributing writer Public safety jobs were once reserved for the best of the best, derived through rigorous testing, background checks and psychological screenings. The pool of applicants was vast because the pay was a little better than average and the benefits far better. Healthcare for life and a pension after twenty years…

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