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Rhode Island Report
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Researchers hunt for clues about Snowtown, a vibrant, mixed-race neighborhood wiped out to build the R.I. State House, train station
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, two Snowtown Project team researchers tell the Globe they aim to put the people of Snowtown “back into the imagination, as real as people who matter, as someone that we, you know, we came from.”
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Come along on a tour of the R.I. State Library
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, State Librarian Hamlin-Black and Secretary of State Amore point out the key documents and moon rocks found in the Hogwarts-like three-story library at the State House.
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A new program at Brown is preparing Providence students for college
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, director Nick Figueroa talks about the Brown Collegiate Scholars Program that brought 30 Providence students to the campus this month.
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R.I. soda pop presidential poll: A preference of politics or palate?
Rhode Island Report podcast host Ed Fitzpatrick headed to North Providence, where Yacht Club Soda has recently launched its latest Soda Pop Poll from its bottling works in Centerdale. It’s a rematch pitting Donald’s Trumpian Punch against Joe’s Bidenomics Berry.
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The ‘Clamarati’ ride again, ranking the best clam cakes in all the land (or at least Rhode Island)
The Rhode Island Report podcast hits the road to witness the 10th Lil Rhody Clam Cake Crawl and a guest appearance by US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
GLOBE RI + RI PBS
Institutionalized in R.I.: A thousand nights stuck in a system that fails kids
The US Department of Justice has accused Rhode Island of warehousing children at Bradley Hospital, the state’s only pediatric psychiatric facility. Families hope the investigation finally means help for their children is on the way.
GLOBE RI + RI PBS
Podcast: The big decisions in the final hours of R.I.’s 2024 legislative session
On the Rhode Island Report, Globe RI’s Steph Machado and Jim Hummel, host of “A Lively Experiment,” break down the legislative action on police accountability, the state budget, and the “granny flats” bill.
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This season is bittersweet for the Mr. Lemon family
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Janice, Colleen, and Joe Rao talk about the love that their mother, “Mama Lemon,” poured into the Providence lemonade stand, which opened 50 years ago.
More Recent Stories
RI REAL ESTATE
‘Miramar’ estate in Newport, first built for Titanic survivor, will eventually become a museum
The property last sold in 2021 to Stephen A. Schwarzman, the chairman and CEO of Blackstone, for $27 million.
MILITARY
US military faces ‘more volatile, uncertain, complex’ pressures, says outgoing Naval War College president
During a change of command ceremony, Rear Admiral Darryl L. Walker was appointed the 59th president of the US Naval War College in Newport.
RI POLITICS
R.I. reaches tentative 3-year contracts providing raises of 5%, 4%, 3% to state employees
“Amid a labor shortage in key areas and inflation, we must remain competitive with both the public and private sector,” Governor McKee says.
‘I trusted them to take care of her’: Teen girl missing from R.I. group home is found in male employee’s residence
The girl’s mother wants to know what happened, demanding accountability from the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families, which placed her daughter in the home run by the North American Family Institute.
RHODE MAP
Which R.I. cities are prompting the most open government complaints?
The attorney general’s office provided records of all the complaints it has received in 2023 and (so far) in 2024 that allege violations of the Access to Public Records Act and the Open Meetings Act.
HEALTH
R.I. resident dies from rare bacterial infection, prompting warning about open wounds and salt water
Vibriosis infections can also be developed through consuming raw or undercooked seafood, health officials said.
R.I. man arrested for allegedly stealing $13,000 worth of chips from Everett casino
Gary Baldelli Hunt, 35, of Woonsocket, R.I., is facing larceny charges after he allegedly reached into a dealer's tray and stole 13 orange chips before fleeing through an emergency exit Tuesday evening, State Police said.
THINGS TO DO
401 Fun: The best things to do in Rhode Island Aug. 9-16
This week: A county fair, jazz from South Africa, a beer fest, a Dominican music fest, a film fest, and more!