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Our frequently infrequent enewsletter

This is a living/changing/growing site for the clients, partners and friends of Duffy & Shanley. Duffy & Shanley is an advertising, public relations and marketing firm based in Providence, Rhode Island. Providence, Rhode Island, is located 50 minutes south of Boston and is New England’s second largest city. Cities are incorporated municipal centers with high concentrations of residents. The Residents are a seminal performance-art band from San Francisco who made waves with their parody of the Beatles.

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NEWS
I’m feeling kind of newsy.

We were at the Emmys and in a bus barn. We drove a Ferrari and wore hard hats in a ballroom. We partied with Polynesian twins and worked really hard with commercial lending officers. We were on the NFL, Access Hollywood and The Early Show. And this thing is a little late (which is really news to no one).

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COMMENT
Wind power, brainpower and moving an entire highway to make way for our new office. Kinda. Welcome to Rhode Island: The Optimistic-as-all-hell State. Put it on the license plate. Let’s go!

Our little state’s biggest optimist, Jon, is taking a shot at this one (as if he doesn’t walk around here commenting enough).

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PRIDE
A client, a kid and Annette’s great big idea: How Sagus saved J.V. Martin Junior High.

In March 2009, Sagus International, an innovative furniture-supply company, hired us to boost their visibility in their hometown of Chicago. But if you’ve been paying attention over the last 35 years or so, you know we tend to — how shall I put this — do more.

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SWEET P
Rebel Headquarters: Home Sweet Home/Gallery/Circus Kind of Thing.

It’s a warm, early autumn night and you walk past a well-lit house on Hope Street. It looks like the house has cracked open and the contents of an odd party have spilled out over the porch and onto the streets below. A banjo, some guitars and a didgeridoo drone from...

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