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UNH poll shows close race for Rhode Island lieutenant governor; Foulkes, Reed hold lead
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (245+ words) Southern New England is preparing for this weekend's nor'easter. Here is everything you need to know. President Trump and the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, deliver remarks during a State Dinner. (WJAR) — Rhode Island’s race for…...
Providence distillery turns Rhode Island’s coffee milk into bourbon
7+ hour, 42+ min ago (254+ words) by DEVIN BATES, NBC 10 NEWS PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A Rhode Island classic is coming to a whiskey glass. ISCO Spirits is releasing a coffee milk-inspired bourbon made with Autocrat syrup. The Providence distillery has drawn on local flavors before, including pizza…...
RI Energy warns of outages as powerful nor'easter bears down
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (376+ words) Rhode Island Energy says it has extra crews ready to respond to power outages as a strong nor'easter is expected to move into the region Friday and linger through the weekend. The National Weather Service says, "A strong coastal low…...
From the West End to Providence, WWII comedy???Operation Mincemeat??? is so much stranger than fiction
19+ hour, 43+ min ago (264+ words) PROVIDENCE — There is no shortage of musicals that have been record-breaking successes in the West End but flop upon their transfer across the pond to Broadway. Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus’s “Chess,” for instance — an allegory for the…...
RI gun owners renew push to overturn magazine ban
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (422+ words) The Big Bear Hunting and Fishing store in Glocester and other gun owners are once again challenging the high-capacity firearm ban, arguing it represents an unconstitutional block on the possession of magazines owned by millions of Americans, including many Rhode…...
Providence's next mayor inherits a high-stakes Flock decision
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (334+ words) Providence's contract with Flock Safety expires next spring, not this fall as the city previously said, giving the next mayor freedom to eliminate the license-plate reading system in 2027. Over the summer as national opposition to Flock systems surged and other…...
How Morales took Mamdani's playbook and made it work in Providence
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (879+ words) A two-week trip to Providence last summer convinced Ben Shanahan, campaign manager for Providence Democratic mayoral nominee David Morales, to leave his Philadelphia home for a year to unseat an incumbent mayor in little Rhode Island. Staying at Morales' Elmhurst…...
Rhode Island women's clubs are fading. Why they're fighting on
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (1367+ words) “We can make 100 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches in two hours,” said a member of the Rhode Island chapter of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), an international nonprofit organization dedicated to community service with more than 2,000 affiliate clubs, at their recent…...
40 homeowners sue to block Rhode Island's 'Taylor Swift tax"
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (75+ words) Forty property owners are coming together to challenge Rhode Island’s so-called "Taylor Swift tax," which took effect July 1, as an unconstitutional infringement on their property rights. They fault... 40 homeowners sue to block Rhode Island's 'Taylor Swift tax' They hail from…...
10 Italian Restaurants In Providence, Rhode Island Famous For Massive Portions
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1730+ words) What do Providence and Italy have in common? A serious appreciation for feeding people. Rhode Island’s capital has deep Italian-American roots, especially around Federal Hill, where generations of Italian immigrants helped shape the city’s food culture. And apparently, they brought…...