Seekonk voters reaffirmed that they are open to retail marijuana stores setting up shop in their town. Residents voted down a ban on marijuana shops by 704 to 496 in Tuesday’s special election, with turnout of 11.33 percent, according to Town Clerk Florice Craig. The referendum proposed an amendment to the town’s zoning bylaw which […]
Chuck Hinman
Morning Edition Host
Chuck became part of RIPR in 2012 after a career on commercial radio. He got his broadcasting start as an announcer for Off Track Betting Corporation in NYC. He’s been a news director, music director, production director and morning personality on radio stations in Providence and Boston.
A native of New Jersey, Chuck attended the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri and graduated from the University of Vermont with a BA in Mass Communications.
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Artscape: RI-Based Songwriter Grant Maloy Smith
TPR’s Chuck Hinman talks with singer-songwriter Grant Maloy Smith about his recent release, Dust Bowl – American Stories.
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Sports Betting Begins At RI Casino
Rhode Island is the only state in New England where you can bet legally on professional and collegiate sports. Twin River Casino in Lincoln will launch Phase 1 of its sports gambling offerings at three o’clock Monday afternoon.
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Recreational Marijuana Stores To Open In Leicester, Northampton
Two years after voters legalized recreational marijuana sales, the first pot will be sold in Leicester and Northampton on Tuesday. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission gave the okay last Friday for the two shops to open. Anyone over the age of 21 can go to Cultivate in Leicester or New England Treatment Access in Northampton […]
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‘Semitism: Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump’
American Jews have had reason to question their place in American society at a time when white nationalism has become increasingly visible, and, most recently, after a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Even before the shooting, New York Times Deputy Editor Jonathan Weisman was raising alarm bells about the rise of bigotry in […]
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Music Therapy Program Seeks To Help Vets Express Themselves
This Veterans Day, we look at a new music therapy program just getting started at the VA Hospital in Providence. It’s a 9-month-long songwriting and guitar playing course. Veterans who commit to the class as part of their therapy learn how to express their thoughts and feelings about their lives & their military service and set them to music. Even Vets who have never played a note before are encouraged to sign up. For The Public’s Radio, Chuck Hinman has our story.
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Bettye LaVette Transforms Dylan
Soul singer Bettye Lavette has been getting praise for her new album “Things Have Changed,” dedicated to reshaping the work of a single artist: Bob Dylan.
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Artscape: A Witch Tale For The Season
Author Laird Hunt, professor of literary arts at Brown University, is out with a haunting new book, in his series of female-narrated historical novels. The setting for this one is early colonial New England, where the new residents are bound by their strict religion and living in precarious settlements on the edge of an unfamiliar […]
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Artscape: A Witch Tale For The Season
Author Laird Hunt, professor of literary arts at Brown University, is out with a haunting new book, in his series of female-narrated historical novels. The setting for this one is early colonial New England, where the new residents are bound by their strict religion and living in precarious settlements on the edge of an unfamiliar […]
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Democrats Lament, Conservatives Celebrate After Kavanaugh Sworn In
Supporters welcome Brett Kavanaugh’s conservative influence on the court, but liberals are fuming.
