Breeze Publications Breeze Publications Breeze Publications is a privately owned publisher based in Lincoln, Rhode Island, serving northern and western Providence County with five free tabloid-format weekly newspapers. Founded in 1996 by Thomas V. Ward & James Quinn, Breeze Publications began—at first, produced in Ward's living room—with its flagship title, "The Valley Breeze", which later grew to two editions. In 2006, the company acquired two other weeklies in neighboring towns. In 2009, they also started a new paper which covers Pawtucket. The papers now employ 19 full-time and eight part-time employees. Each of the Breeze newspapers is printed on tabloid-sized pages and
Lousia Beaufort and Louisa advised Maria Edgeworth in her writing of "The Absentee." Louisa Beaufort had a paper presented to the Royal Irish Academy in October 1827 on the architecture and antiquities of Ireland prior to the twelfth century; this essay was then published. The work is illustrated by lithographs by the author. Beaufort was the first woman to have a paper presented to and published by the Academy. Her opportunity may have arisen because her father was one of the founders of that institution in 1785, and he served as its librarian from 1788-91. Louisa Beaufort wrote a number of tour