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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Cathy Barlow,
Joseph O'Connell, Margaret D. Farrell, Lisa Rios,
John Bello and Adam J. Gwaltney, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of Astro-Med, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3,
4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act)
and the rules thereunder,

(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely file such forms with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

(3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
 and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is Bancorp Rhode Island, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
or Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file the
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by Bancorp Rhode Island, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of
November 2004.


/s/ John D. McGuinness
John D. McGuinness





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