“Wicked” that ultimate prequel to “The Wizard of Oz” is back at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Rhode Island Public Radio’s Bill Gale says it’s a…
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CDC Warns States About Counterfeit Painkillers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning states about an uptick in the availability of counterfeit painkillers. These drugs are…
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New England Farmers Deal With Drought, Climate Change
This summer in the Northeast, if you happen to have had an irrigation system on your farm, your crop fields might have been just fine, or not. “We just…
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TGIF: 22 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Leave it to Rhode Island to provide a counter-narrative to the notion that the news slows down in summer, right? Thanks for stopping by for my weekly…
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State Police Chief: “No Viable Argument” For High Capacity Magazines
Rhode Island State Police Chief Colonel Stephen O’Donnell supports a ban on high capacity magazines for automatic rifles. That’s the kind of weaponry…
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Fishways Improved Along Saugatucket River In Wakefield
For the first time in years, river herring are traveling up the Saugatucket River in Wakefield without the help of humans lifting them over a dam during…
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Annual Parade Brings Art And Music To Urban Ponds
More than 200 people danced and marched to music for a mile and a half around parks in the south side of Providence. They were part of the Urban Pond…
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Interstate Fisheries Group Opposes Marine National Monument Proposal
More than 160,000 people have signed a petition asking President Obama to declare a marine national monument in New England waters. It’s an effort…
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Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus Retire Elephants In Providence
Performing elephants, a staple of the circus for decades, will no longer be part of the big-top event. The elephants’ final performances were Sunday in…
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Theater Review: With ‘Winter’s Tale’ The Gamm Takes Shakespeare’s Challenge Head On
Pawtucket’s Gamm Theatre is closing its season with one of William Shakespeare’s most difficult to do plays.
