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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING PROFOUND SYMPATHY ON THE PASSING OF PAUL V. PALANGE

     Introduced By: Representatives Phillips, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Casey, S Lima, Felix,
Kazarian, Tobon, Amore, and Messier

     Date Introduced: April 07, 2021

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this House has learned of the passing of Paul V.

Palange, beloved husband of his wife, Andria, devoted father of his daughter, Olivia and his

stepson, Jonathan Barry, and a well-respected newspaper journalist and publisher; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Palange was a graduate of Syracuse University, where he majored in

magazine journalism and sociology before commencing his nascent career at a community

newspaper in Hudson, Massachusetts; and

     WHEREAS, In 1978, Mr. Palange joined the staff of The Call of Woonsocket where he

worked as a correspondent for a year, and was subsequently promoted to a full-time staff writer

position, covering news in the City of Woonsocket and the surrounding suburbs including

Mendon, Blackstone, Northbridge and Uxbridge; and

     WHEREAS, Locally, Mr. Palange was employed as the managing editor of the Times in

the 1990s until becoming the paper's publisher from 1999 to 2004. From 2004 until 2014, he

owned and published the lifestyle magazine "Senior Digest" until returning to the Times in 2014,

serving as General Manager and Director of Advertising until 2017; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Palange had served as Executive Editor of the Norristown

Times-Herald in Pennsylvania, as Executive Editor of the Fall River Herald News, as an Account

Executive at Cumulus, and most recently, had been employed as the Director of Development for

the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, where his many community contacts, experience, and

tremendous work ethic were invaluable to expanding the Council's abilities and reach; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Palange was described by friends as "a natural leader" and "just a great

guy to have fun with." He often joined in to help on many area projects and was active with

numerous Blackstone Valley and Pawtucket-area civic organizations including the Pawtucket

Corps of the Salvation Army and Pawtucket Hall of Fame Committee, and was an avid PawSox

fan; and

     WHEREAS, There is no doubt that Mr. Palange left the City of Pawtucket, the

Blackstone Valley, and this State more informed, enriched, and enlightened by his life’s

endeavors. His integrity and common sense enriched the lives of all who knew him and set a

standard for journalistic excellence that is an inspiration to us all; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of Paul V. Palange; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Andria Palange and Family.

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