Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application of South Kingstown passed away on October 6 she was a daughter of the late Nicholas and Catherine (Carty) Florio Catherine worked as an esthetician before retiring She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends Jeff Raposa and his wife Bianca of Los Angeles Rosemary McCann of Narragansett; and three grandchildren Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Mass of Christian Burial on Friday memorial contributions may be made to Parkinson’s Foundation New England Chapter Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience A Cranberry woman has been charged for attempting to get in contact with a high level UPMC official over 180 times Pennsylvania State Police were informed about 38-year-old Lauren Raposa attempted to contact the President of UPMC Children’s Hospital starting in October 2024 Raposa would attempt to contact the president via email It’s alleged that Raposa was sent several cease and desist letters in attempt to stop her from contacting the official police were called after Raposa allegedly attempted to reach the UPMC official 28 times in one day She has been charged with harassment and is awaiting a preliminary hearing 2025 at Tufts Medical Center after a period of declining health daughter of the late Tom and Elsie (Burgess) Reed she lived in Dartmouth for most of her life She was formerly employed as a secretary at St Luke's Hospital for many years until her retirement Esther enjoyed spending winters in Florida with her husband and Tom Raposa and his wife Debbie; four grandchildren Dorothy Reed and Louise Corrigan; four great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews No services are scheduled at this time. For online guestbook, visit www.saundersdwyer.com many in the modern world have become sceptical of the importance of rituals Some have gone even further and argued that rituals are themselves harmful because of negative effects they produce But might there be indispensable value in ritual Raposa draws on the work of American pragmatist philosopher Charles S it is through certain habits formed by ritualistic behaviour that we are able to escape our rigid modes of thinking and perceive realities which have previously gone unnoticed There is considerable ambivalence concerning how we ought best to evaluate human ritual behaviour Negative assessments take many different forms; here I want to consider only two of them undermines creativity and our capacity for experimentation Ritual is also sometimes maligned for its ‘cosiness’; the false security provided by participation in certain rituals allows us temporarily to avoid exposure to life’s harsher realities These evaluations underscore either the stifling redundancy that characterises ritual activity or its all-too-efficient functioning as a problematic source of comfort and protection A good deal of human ritual behaviour can be accurately portrayed in this negative fashion But my opening remark about ambivalence was intended to suggest that it might be possible to articulate a different and more positive perspective on the nature and purpose of ritual are cherished and defended at least as often as they are disdained How should we think about this ambivalence can be cast in a negative light except under certain specifiable circumstances One might be exhausted after a dizzying and lengthy period of time consumed by experimentation – encountering and adapting to challenges of various kinds – so that the numbing effect of a retreat to ritual could be understood as providing much needed psychic rest the efficacy of ritual as a source of comfort might be (and very often is) given a positive appraisal A frightened or 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new extension of the high school’s culinary arts program, which is incorporated into its career technical education (CTE) program Molina and Villegas are doing their internships with the Tiger Truck “It’s a great opportunity for students to learn a new skills set and benefit if thinking of being an entrepreneur,” said Darla Hartung Taunton-area athletes to watch Top Greater Taunton H.S. sports performers for Jan. 20-26 Co-Director of the CTE Program Michael Raposa said the truck is always staffed by one teacher In addition to practicing food operations before they go out into the field Raposa said menu development happens weekly Raposa said the schedule has been inconsistent with the Tiger Truck due to winter weather Taunton restaurant scene New coffee bar with 'New York City feel' opens in downtown Taunton. What's on the menu? the intention is to have the Tiger Truck operating in the city on a regular basis is to have its operations match the schedule with the Tiger Den Café having been closed since last summer while its commercial kitchen space has undergone renovations The Tiger Truck’s schedule, as in hours and locations, will be made available through its social media and website Raposa also said the intention is to have the Tiger Truck available for events booking and catering Superintendent John Cabral told the Gazette the district matched the $75,000 donation through federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) funds the district still had for a total of $150,000 going toward expanding the culinary arts program to $150,000 Said Superintendent Cabral: “I’m really proud of our students and I’m proud of our Culinary Program and Taunton High School for providing our students with this real-world application in the food services industry.” This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The page you requested does not exist or has moved Student Business Competition winners JoJo Johnson (left) and Connor Raposa The Center for Innovation and Economic Development will be featuring past business competition winners in a Student Business Competition Showcase on Thursday founder of “Jawnz” a women’s streetwear company founder of “C_RPhotos,” will discuss the experiences they had as they navigated through the competition.  The event is slated for the Blue Lounge at the Williams Center The presentation is free and open to the public and lunch will be provided JoJo and Connor’s visionary ideas and relentless dedication have distinguished them as trailblazers in the realm of student entrepreneurship With a commitment to fostering creativity and empowering the next generation of business leaders CIED is thrilled to showcase the remarkable achievements of these talented individuals.  the center provides an opportunity to develop a new business idea and deliver an investor-focused pitch.  CIED is a collaborative hub for entrepreneurship The center also provides several of services ranging from administrative and business services to mentoring and networking.  For more information on the Fredonia Center for Innovation and Economic Development please visit the website.  Contact Us | 716-673-3111 © 2025 State University of New York at Fredonia - 280 Central Avenue - Fredonia MA and was the daughter of Louis Abrantes and Gertrude Patricia (Arruda) Abrantes She had been a cafeteria manager at Gomes School for many years Shayne Raposa and his fiance Samantha Medeiros Cheyenne Raposa and his wife Jen and Crystal Raposa; her grandchildren Shayne and Cody Raposa and Devin Nunez; her siblings Kevin Abrantes and his wife Cheryl and Mark Abrantes and his wife Renee; as well as her nephews Kim’s visiting hours will be held on Sunday Her funeral service will be held on Monday morning at Perry Funeral Home Burial will immediately follow in Evergreen Cemetery  Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Perry Funeral Home Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission And yet a love story that involves three battling wills — Fleabag’s and God’s — must surely disappoint one person In my search for something romantic to take from the conclusion a progressive and rabble-rousing Catholic and a retired English professor whose Yale Ph.D in Renaissance English and multi-decade teaching career has trained him to interpret the world as a literary text “Of course they end up together,” he said to me the morning after he finished the final episode “The fox chases the Priest down the street.” My father’s conclusion struck me like a revelation because he saw what I wanted to see: The fox represented something crucial about the relationship the Priest has with his celibacy Fleabag and the Priest drink gin-and-tonics on a bench in the church garden when the fox first appears — right after the Priest tells Fleabag she’s good for him because she makes him question his faith “I’ve never felt closer to God.” Just then the Priest hears something rustle in the bushes physically barricading himself from the invisible fox while she laughs at him It’s like they have a pact or something.” He explains that his relationship with foxes began long before he met Fleabag including one time he was on a toilet in a train and a fox tried to get through the window and another time he was at a monastery and woke up with a fox pointing at him out his window When Fleabag says she can’t imagine being a priest — “Especially the celibacy” — just then become inextricably linked to his sexuality every time he’s seen a fox has been when he’s second-guessing his celibacy perhaps having stolen a private moment in the train bathroom or woken from a sexy dream in the monastery “Chill out about the fox!” Fleabag tells him “I just don’t know what they want from me,” he says apologetically the two talk more explicitly about Fleabag’s desire for a sexual relationship with him He tells her sex between them won’t bring any good he notices her turn away from him and disappear for a moment from their conversation but we do — by this point the audience is familiar with how she sees us This meta-moment, when he notices her breaking the fourth wall initiates a new kind of physical and emotional intimacy one cut short when both characters simultaneously scream because they see a fox The fox is a stand-in for the Priest’s conflicted feelings about his celibacy and his budding love for Fleabag The night they consummate their relationship “I can’t have sex with you because I’ll fall in love with you And if I fall in love with you I won’t burst into flames but my life will be fucked.” To the Priest sex and love are synonymous and sacred — he believes one will lead to the other fall in love with her that night after they sleep together (The fact that Catholics don’t believe in contraception opens up another possibility that their night together could result in future plot points.) When Fleabag and her priest wake up in the morning The next mention of a fox happens just before the wedding begins when Fleabag tries to find a quiet moment in the garden amid some family drama to smoke a cigarette She stumbles upon the Priest practicing his homily “I don’t know what this feeling is,” he tells her Since he vowed to fall in love with her if they had sex Fleabag sits at the bus stop while the Priest admits he’s chosen God over her As he walks away he looks over his shoulder and tells her Alabama Shakes’ “This Feeling” begins playing “I just kept hoping / I just kept hoping / The way would become clear,” they sing “Being a romantic takes a hell of a lot of hope,” the Priest told the wedding-goers just hours earlier it feels like hope.” The lyrics might as well say both Fleabag and the Priest went on loving When the fox — the symbol of sexual desire — chases him down the block after he tells Fleabag he can’t choose her but foxes haven’t left the Priest alone since he first chose God What’s less clear is whether the Priest will stick to his vow of celibacy since his indecision Vulture’s Kathryn VanArendonk has suggested, alternately, the fox could symbolize God though: pictures getting knocked off the wall in times of blasphemy It happens when Fleabag says she doesn’t believe in God (“I love when He does that,” the Priest says when a picture spontaneously falls) and to stop the Priest from breaking his vow of celibacy during his confessional make-out with Fleabag When God wants to catch the Priest’s attention to correct his course So why does the fox silently follow him even when he’s walking away from temptation That’s hardly benevolent supervision from a higher power “One must take into account not only the actual text the actions involved in responding to that text.” Some of us are the romantics the Priest referred to in his homily — those who dare to hope But that’s the beauty and power of art — the possibilities that exist beyond the narrative Like the Priest’s explanation about the Bible’s inconsistencies “It’s for interpretation to help us work out God’s plan for us,” he says As I rewatched the series with this new possibility foxes will continue to haunt him until he resolves his celibacy and allows himself to be with the person he really loves Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York former gossip columnist for the Boston Herald did a career 180 and opened the Foodsmith bakery in 2015 As the owner of the Foodsmith that kind of thinking comes with the territory “I usually decide what I’m going to bake for the day in the car on the way in,” says Raposa (CGS’81 If Raposa’s name rings a bell, that’s because she worked for the Boston Herald for 30 years, most of the time as a reporter—along with recently retired Gayle Fee (COM’75)—for the paper’s “Inside Track” gossip column Raposa started as an editorial assistant at the Herald in her senior year at BU “I would work at the Herald from six o’clock in the morning until about one and go to classes from 1:30 until 9,” she recalls and not many people in my class could say that.” Raposa says she loved writing the “Inside Track,” and she particularly loved the perks that came with it—being wined and dined at the Four Seasons going to the Red Sox World Series games and every Super Bowl the Patriots played in during her tenure But “it was also a very intense job,”she says I just didn’t want to be that woman on the rope line anymore when she decided to go for her dream of opening up a bakery Raposa’s zeal for cooking and baking is deep-rooted. Her grandparents and great-grandparents owned bakeries, and her family has owned and operated the Lincoln, R.I.–based bakery supply business JAR Baker’s Supplies for most of the last century she would spend Saturday nights cooking with her roommate “We’d go earlier in the day to Haymarket and pick through the rotten produce And we would spend the night cooking and baking.” She still uses Schulder’s zucchini bread recipe “Judy’s recipe—it’s written on this card that’s all yellowed now.” While at the Herald she ran a small catering business on the side I’d get a box of lemons and have to zest the whole box you’re watching—I’m a trained observer—and I learned a lot.” In August 2015, the Foodsmith opened in Halls Corner, a small Duxbury shopping district where five streets converge at a rotary. Raposa and her husband, former Boston Globe business columnist Steven Syre where they had originally hoped to open shop “There wasn’t any affordable real estate available at the time,” she says “and there seemed to be a lot of places to get breakfast and lunch in Scituate already.” She and Syre did due diligence before settling on the location with Raposa putting her observation skills to work yet again “We counted cars that went around the rotary counted how many people went to the nearby Dunkin’ Donuts From the moment Raposa puts up the day’s menu online “it’s just nonstop,” with customers calling and coming in until she closes again at two p.m One item that always sells out at a lightning pace You have to be on your toes if you want them.” but often Raposa will serve them with a twist adding house-roasted wild sockeye salmon and dill-infused mayo to the applewood-smoked bacon a summer special made with North Atlantic lobster meat and served on buttery bread and spinach bowls made with Persian cucumber Almond scones (top left) and a salmon BLT (top right) Raposa adds fennel to a crab salad on the day’s menu (bottom) On Mondays, the one day the Foodsmith is closed, Raposa makes the rounds of produce stands and farms—among them R&C in Scituate, Mass., Young Family Farm in Little Compton, R.I., and Copicut Farms in Dartmouth she’ll take to social media to share her bounty with customers and tease about what tasty treats might come out of a purchase like the Young Family Farm peaches that made it into scones the next day customers bustle in and out—the hairdresser next door Everybody who walks through the door seems to know one another She and Syre are pleased to find that they have become part of a close-knit community She says she owes much of her success to her time at the Herald “If I didn’t have that experience schmoozing people It prepared me in terms of customer service.” eyes darting from the bakery case to an employee tidying up in the back thank goodness,” the woman says with a smile Download Judy Pachter Schulder’s zucchini bread recipe here Mara Sassoon can be reached at msassoon@bu.edu Pioneering Research from Boston University Brazil — “I want to see the Yanomami and Raposa Serra do Sol territories free of invasions,” Joenia Wapichana the first Indigenous woman named president of Brazil’s national Indigenous affairs agency describing one of her dreams for northern Roraima state Joenia Wapichana highlighted the “urgent and humanitarian” issues in the Yanomami territory Children are dying of malaria and malnutrition it is not simply a matter of removing the miners but you have to take immediate action to ensure security there.” Joenia Wapichana says that in order to put an end to this crisis coordinated actions are required among several governmental entities with “permanent oversight,” including the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Health’s special secretary for Indigenous health “It’s not simply remove [the wildcat miners] and leave no one there to protect,” she says “It is [also necessary] to do a study [of] what was left [behind] by [illegal] mining.” Joenia Wapichana also urges to hold politicians accountable for “absurd” situations in which they defended illegal mining on Indigenous lands “It is not an ideological political positioning “Our legislation prohibits mining on Indigenous lands.” On the first day in office on Jan. 1, 2019, Bolsonaro issued a provisional measure that moved Funai from under the Ministry of Justice and sent it to the Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights. It also transferred Funai’s decision-making power to demarcate Indigenous territories to the Ministry of Agriculture But Joenia Wapichana’s collaborative action with other political parties hampered its approval in Congress “Despite receiving many threats for my positionings from the first moment I arrived highlighting the adversities she faced as the only Indigenous representative during an anti-Indigenous-and-environment government “Everything is a challenge in my life.” She will be sworn in as Funai’s president on Feb After four years of consistent dismantling of Funai and Indigenous policies overall under Bolsonaro Joenia Wapichana says she is aware of the challenges ahead to lead the institution It is not going to be overnight that we are going to pull Funai out of the hole redeem all these years of lack of investment “But we will do our best to recover everything that was taken away Resuming the land demarcation process — 13 Indigenous territories with the due processes are ready to be demarcated — and expelling invaders from Indigenous reserves “Indigenous people always have this concept ‘my land first.’ So this is very important in the sense that I am at the forefront of this defense in the responsibility of seeking any visibility and viability to fulfill an obligation that Funai has.” One of the main pillars to comply with this mission are the civil servants who “have to be valued and have to have good working conditions.” For her it’s “absurd” public servants are receiving salaries as low as 2,000 reais ($390) to go into the field to confront loggers and drug dealers in Indigenous areas to protect the lives of Indigenous peoples who take care of 14% of the Brazilian territory She recalls the case of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, brutally murdered with British journalist Dom Phillips in June 2022 in the Javari Valley She says she aims to “precisely strengthen this mission he had of oversight.” is Funai’s precarious budget of R$600 million ($118 million) annually of which R$400 million ($78.8 million) is just to keep it running She says she is looking at how to maximize the existing funds including the request of a government building for its headquarters to free up R$1.5 million ($296 million) yearly spent on rent “totally incoherent with the reality of Funai today.” it’ll also be necessary to raise funds through cooperation agreements with other countries and government bodies “It was thanks to these international cooperation agreements that the demarcation of Indigenous lands in the Amazon advanced I accompanied several demarcations related to these terms of cooperation.” She says the resumption of the Amazon Fund whose funds were immediately unblocked after Lula’s inauguration is an alternative and several institutions and countries want to help Funai Joenia Wapichana highlights the long-standing history of collaboration with the U.S. on environmental efforts, including the investigation led by a department under Haaland’s umbrella that prompted troubled former Minister of Environment Ricardo Salles to be ousted after charges in a probe into alleged illegal exports of Amazon timber She urges the importance of tracking Brazil’s exports adding that one of her projects is to track gold buying Joenia Wapichana says she aims to be reelected congresswoman and see more and more Indigenous representatives in the Congress “I bring in my trajectory precisely the issue of pioneering Of being the first to open doors for others.” As the first Indigenous woman to became a lawyer in Brazil she says she dreams about being appointed justice in the Federal Supreme Court in the future “My dream is to see the Indigenous peoples with their rights protected adding that she really wants to carry out Davi Kopenawa’s dream to lead the expulsion of invaders from Indigenous lands “Many Brazilians aren’t aware of the question of the guarantee of Indigenous lands They don’t know that there is exclusive Indigenous usufruct there,” she says adding that many times people think “it is not ‘no man’s land.’ No Banner image: In a video interview with Mongabay but you have to take immediate action to ensure security there.” Image by Fellipe Neiva for Mongabay Karla Mendes is a staff contributing editor for Mongabay in Brazil. Read her stories published on Mongabay here. Find her on Twitter: @karlamendes FEEDBACK: Use this form to send a message to the author of this post Sonia Guajajara: Turnaround from jail threats to Minister of Indigenous Peoples The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa as protected areas become battlegrounds over history and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss Mongabay’s Special Issue goes beyond the region’s world-renowned safaris to examine how rural communities and governments are reckoning with conservation’s colonial origins and trying to forge a path forward […] NEW BEDFORD — A city woman whose toddler son swallowed part of a bag of fentanyl-laced heroin in 2018 was sentenced to six months in jail and three years probation following her release according to the DA's office and court documents admitted sufficient facts and was found guilty by Judge Katie Rayburn and sentenced to six months in the Women's Division of the Bristol County House of Correction a spokesman for Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M Raposa will receive credit for 80 days served awaiting trial Prosecutor Gillian Kirsch requested a sentence of 2 1/2 years in jail for Raposa with one year to serve and the balance suspended for 18 months Defense attorney Anthony Clune of New Bedford asked for a one-year jail sentence with 60 days to serve and the balance of the sentence suspended for 18 months Raposa also admitted sufficient facts to a charge of unlawful possession of a Class A substance (heroin) and the judge found her guilty and gave her a 2 1/2-year suspended sentence The suspended sentence commences after Raposa finishes her six-month committed sentence and runs until Oct The judge also ordered Raposa to undergo drug treatment and submit to random drug screens On a charge of permitting substantial injury to a child Raposa admitted sufficient facts and the judge continued it without a finding for three years and also ordered her to complete parenting classes offered by the state Department of Children and Families and remain drug and alcohol-free Raposa will serve the next six months in jail and be on "a stringent form" of probation for an additional three years she could be required to serve an additional 2 1/2 years in jail Attorney Clune did not return calls for comment about the case a spokesman for Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M confirmed Thursday that Raposa is a prisoner there in Raposa's former Grinnell Street apartment when a New Bedford police officer was called to the house on a report of a child not breathing Raposa first told police the child choked on “a piece of plastic,” and it was not until sometime later that police firefighters and paramedics learned the child had swallowed part of a plastic bag of heroin Police learned the child had actually swallowed some heroin when they asked Raposa if the bag was “tied up” like a narcotic and the mother answered yes Police found a piece of a plastic bag of heroin with saliva on it Prosecutors said precious minutes were lost because Raposa did not tell first responders immediately that her son ingested heroin Raposa admitted to having heroin in the apartment she had a relapse about a month before the incident and began using heroin again The child is in custody of a family member “This case highlights the grave impact of the opioid crisis A one-year old child was chewing on the mother’s bag of fentanyl which could’ve easily led to his death," DA Quinn said "The child’s condition was such that three doses of Narcan were administered and eventually the hospital staff had to place the child on a Narcan drip to combat the overdose," he said "I hope and pray that the child can remain in a safe environment and lead a normal life I also hope the mother can get the help that she so desperately needs," he said Follow Curt Brown on Twitter @CurtBrown_SCT The statement was provided to the label by Raposa’s family “It is with great sorrow that the family of Raymond Raposa announce his passing today,” the label wrote He will be greatly missed.” A cause of death has not been revealed Born Raymond Byron Magic Raposa on January 22, 1981, Raposa released six studio albums under his Castanets moniker. All of his LPs were issued by Asthmatic Kitty—the label founded in 1999 by Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams. Raposa’s debut Castanets LP, 2004’s Cathedral introduced his spare but intimate song craft; it also achieved critical acclaim within the independent music sphere Raposa filtered his gritty twang through a vocoder The Indians of Raposa–Serra do SolAct now   Donate The peoples of Raposa-Serra do Sol are under attack from violent farmers Vicious attacks have shaken their communities as the state government refuses to uphold the law Makuxi wearing traditional paishara costumes Taurepang and Patamona peoples inhabit a land called Raposa-Serra do Sol (Land of the Fox and Mountain of the Sun) in the north of Brazil It is a spectacularly beautiful region of mountains The territory is about 1.7 million hectares and is home to approximately 23,000 Indians Despite having had contact with outsiders for over two centuries, the Indians maintain their languages and customs Many communities run their own education and health projects and have set up several organisations to defend their rights and help run their projects Two Brazilian Indigenous people from Raposa-Serra do Sol After years of campaigning led by the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) Survival and many NGOs in Brazil and elsewhere Raposa-Serra do Sol was signed into law by President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva on 15 April 2005 There was much jubilation at this milestone as the territory had been the object of a sustained and violent campaign by local ranchers and settlers to stop the Indians winning it back In the last three decades over twenty Indians have been killed and hundreds injured during the Indians’ tireless struggle to reclaim their ancestral land shooting and wounding at least ten Indians burning bridges to prevent Indians entering or leaving their land The government of Roraima state lodged a petition in Brazil’s Supreme Court contesting the federal government’s official recognition of the Raposa-Serra do Sol and demanding that it be reduced in size Nearly 20,000 Indians live there and rely on the land and rivers for their livelihood yet the six farmers and local politicians claim that they are obstacles to the state’s development the majority of Supreme Court judges upheld the Indians’ rights to their land saying it had been demarcated according to the constitution and that its size and borders should be maintained The judges also affirmed the importance of maintaining indigenous territories as single continuous areas and stated that territories on Brazil’s borders do not pose a risk to national sovereignty Makuxi leader Jacir José de Souza of the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR) said ‘The land is our mother We are happy that [our land] has been reclaimed and that the Supreme Court has vindicated indigenous people.’ ‘Now we have the right to fish in our rivers once more without fear of being shot at by the farmers’ gunmen,’ said another Makuxi leader the largest tribe living in Raposa-Serra do Sol are descended from the children of the sun who left for their descendants the gift of fire but also disease and the hardships of nature © William Milliken/SurvivalMakuxi man thatching a roof with buriti Some raise small herds of cattle in the savannah region and keep other domestic animals This is also when they build and repair their houses making many of their summer activities impossible and are based on ties of marriage and family but each household grows its own crops for and rears a few domestic animals for personal use the indigenous peoples of Raposa-Serra do Sol have fought for their land rights against waves of violent invasions colonisation and attempts to resettle them Against all odds they have managed to hold on to their ancestral land Makuxi children wearing decorative feather headdresses at Uiramutã Cattle ranchers occupied their land in the 20th century setting up large ranches which were routinely patrolled by gunmen who subjected Indians to much violence – at least 20 Indians were assassinated in the 1980s and 1990s Wildcat miners also illegally invaded in the territory prospecting for gold and diamonds which resulted in pollution of rivers and tensions with communities More recently despite protests from the Indians several small towns have been built by settlers in the area and the military have built a barracks right next to the indigenous community of Uiramutã In 1996 a large group of farmers invaded Raposa-Serra do Sol to plant rice fields They used large amounts of pesticides which leaked in to the rivers and streams used by the Indians for bathing In the last decade they have resorted to terrorist-like tactics threatening leaders and setting fire to indigenous schools Since the Supreme Court’s decision in 2009 which recognises Raposa-Serra do Sol as one single indigenous territory the rice farmers and ranchers have left the area Today the indigenous peoples of the Land of the Fox and Mountain of the Sun now live in peace on their land and are developing their own education and health projects Your support is vital if the Indians of Raposa Serra do Sol are to survive More than one hundred and fifty million men women and children in over sixty countries live in tribal societies Find out more about them and the struggles they’re facing: sign up to our mailing list for occasional updates Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian reservation known as Raposa-Serra do Sol should not be broken up Indians across Brazil are celebrating today as the majority of judges in the Supreme Court ruled to uphold Indigenous land rights in a key case Indian representatives have called the decision a ‘great victory’ Indigenous people from the Amazon state of Roraima are gathering in the Brazilian capital Brasilia today to await the Supreme Court's ruling on a key land rights case Leaders of Barro community in the Indigenous territory of Raposa-Serra do Sol in Brazil have denounced destruction of their property by farmer Paulo César Quartieiro on 3 September Yesterday in a packed Supreme Court in Brazil a key judge voted to uphold the demarcation of the Indigenous territory Raposa-Serra do Sol The case was adjourned at the request of another judge It is with great sadness that the family of Paul Andrew Raposa of Portsmouth announces his unexpected passing on March 3 and Helen Marjorie (Finnegan) Raposa on March 17 Paul will be forever remembered by his wife of 40 years Paul will also be lovingly remembered by his two grandchildren Paul is also survived by brothers David Raposa and wife Susan Stephen Raposa and wife Donna and sister Nancy Raposa along with many cousins He went on to be a Business graduate of Providence College he began his career in the family operated business of Montle Plumbing & Heating Paul’s vast knowledge and expertise in field work allowed him to become Project Manager of the Plumbing Division and eventually Treasurer of the company At an early age Paul developed an affinity for life on the water The Sakonnet River and Narragansett Bay quickly became his places of great enjoyment and deep peace In 1989 he embarked on the trip of a lifetime- setting sail from Sakonnet Point to Bermuda with his brother Peter and close friends Paul continued to share his love for boating with his family and together they enjoyed many trips to Block Island & Martha’s Vineyard Paul also enjoyed many years of coaching Nicholas & Colby in the Portsmouth Little League He would load up his red truck with equipment and the kids and head to the ball field As his family grew and started their own lives he began to travel frequently with his wife Together they enjoyed many vacations and once in a lifetime experiences including the Vatican and Paris Paul greatly looked forward to additional travels ahead A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, March 8th at 11:00 AM at St. Barnabas Catholic Church, 1697 East Main Rd, Portsmouth, RI. The funeral service will be livestreamed at sbportsmouthri.net/PaulRaposaFuneral memorial donations in Paul’s name may be made to Sail to Prevail a nonprofit that encourages individuals with physical mental and emotional disabilities to be active participants in the sailing experience SOMERSET – Even to those who didn’t know his name Jacob “Jake” Raposa may have been the most recognized person in town The serious look as he kept his eyes and ears open from his various observation spots Raposa will be painfully conspicuous by his absence the man you could find at virtually every police and/or fire department call In a Facebook post from Sunday, Jake’s mother Debra Deuso Raposa wrote my Angel..lost his battle last night in his sleep due to a seizure.” “He had very close ties to the community,” said Somerset firefighter/paramedic Rob Durette who responded to the Sunday morning call to the Raposa home Raposa was known to both the police department and fire department as “Bike 1” and more than once that title could be heard on the scanner Jake was one of the most caring people we knew He was dedicated to the Somerset Police Department and you were assured that he would be the first person at a bad accident or fire Jake is a huge loss for our community and you will not be forgotten One of Raposa’s favored stops during patrol time was The Country Store on County Street He often ended his long town patrol days by closing The Country Store He and store owner Elie Karam became very good friends he doesn’t have a bad word to say about anybody During the day he came by and bought Gatorade every single day he came in and bought two bottles of Gatorade Karam said that while Raposa had a history of seizures they had become more frequent in recent months Karam recalled how the ultra-vigilant Raposa once came to his rescue and Karam got a call from the town water department (where Jake's father works) telling him that a frozen pipe had burst at a property Karam owns downtown It was Raposa who had noticed the gushing pipe Karam was able to get the water shut off to prevent more extensive damage so he was almost always there waiting for first responders for calls in that area “But it didn’t matter if it was Lafayette or the south end of town “He was almost like a member of the fire department be respectful of the people we were helping.” Laura Pagano wrote that she just two days earlier had seen Raposa on his bicycle balancing a 40-gallon barrel full of small tree limbs for disposal While Raposa’s demeanor could seem stoic to those who did not know him very well Raposa was talkative and smiling and funny when word got out that Raposa’s bicycle had been stolen two people quickly came forward to buy a replacement I don’t have to say much about Jake,” Karam said A Jacob Raposa memorial account has been set up at Somerset Federal Credit Union to help the Raposa family with funeral expenses is covering the production cost for 200 Jake ribbon magnets The magnets are available (with a minimum $5 donation to help the family) at the following locations: Click here to learn how to subscribe to our free newsletters. Email Greg Sullivan at gsullivan@heraldnews.com SOMERSET --- The boil water order in affect since Saturday was lifted by the Somerset Water and Sewer Department on Tuesday afternoon after a major water main break near the sewage treatment faciltiy The water department had been testing for signs of coliform bacteria in the water since Sunday “We never detected anything at all in all of our testing,” said Superintendent of Water and Sewer Robert Bozikowski shortly after the order was lifted “This was definitely a precautionary measure.” near the water treatment plant at the corner of County and Whetstone streets sediment was stirred up and the water department erred on the side of caution in calling the advisory Bozikowski said it was such a severe break that water was gushing at 9,000 gallons a minute Residents and businesses were advised to boil water used for drinking and cooking Several businesses in town closed or had scaled back service like Ma Raffa’s Restaurant that decided to only offer take-out meals Get more of the local news and information you trust from The Herald News delivered directly to your inbox every day. Click here to sign up for one or all of our newsletters and always be in the know (WJAR) — The town of Somerset is paying tribute to a young man who died unexpectedly suffered a seizure in his sleep Saturday night Raposa was well-known in town and was loved by many "He was a very warm and kind person," said Somerset Patrol Officer Raymond Almeida "We met while I was responding to a call someone shows up riding a bicycle," said Almeida That is what Raposa did — kept watch over the town He was an honorary police officer and firefighter in his own right who sometimes even beat the paid professionals to calls Upon learning the news of Raposa's death hundreds of people in the community began sharing stories of his good deeds and memories they shared with him Dozens of purple seizure disorder ribbons are now attached to telephone poles; a green traffic vest with the words "Bike 1" written on it stands out as drivers pass by Kara Magoni spent the afternoon creating the memorial in the pouring rain Town Selectman Holly McNamara said Raposa made Somerset a better place "He is someone that I wish more people would emulate The whole community is going to miss him," McNamara told NBC 10 News Both McNamara and Almeida shared the same story that made them laugh Raposa was known to remember each and everyone’s birthday "To have the support from someone like Jacob it means the world to us," Almeida said "He means a lot to us and he always will." 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