Schools districts in Massachusetts that have enrolled students recently arrived from Puerto Rico will soon be getting a portion of $15 million dollars…
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One Square Mile: Touring New Bedford With Mayor Jon Mitchell
New Bedford’s mayor is a former federal prosecutor whose grandfather was a fisherman. As part of our series One Square Mile: New Bedford, Rhode Island…
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Top 10 Stories Of 2017
We’re counting down the top 10 local news stories of 2017. Each day, we’ll post a new story. And we’ll reveal RIPR’s top story of 2017 on New Year’s Day.
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For Puerto Ricans Displaced By Hurricane, A First Christmas Away From Home
Miosotis Castro, her husband Francisco Alvarado and their three children are among thousands of Puerto Ricans who lost their homes when Hurricane Maria…
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RI Secretary Of State To Spend Holidays In Native Puerto Rico
It’s the first time Secretary Nellie Gorbea will return to the island since the devastating Hurricane Maria.
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How ‘Feminism’ Became Merriam-Webster’s 2017 Word Of The Year
Merriam- Webster has revealed “feminism as its word of the year for 2017. The Massachusetts-based dictionary said “feminism” was looked up on its…
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Fleeing Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria, Two Sisters Settle In New Bedford
For weeks after Hurricane Maria, Cynthia and Vanessa Melendez were trapped in their village in Humacao, Puerto Rico. They had no water and were running…
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This I Believe New England: Hope Is Our Future
Sometimes, too often perhaps, it seems impossible to absorb the steady diet of toxic news stories and headlines: mass shootings, deadly hurricanes,…
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In One Puerto Rican Mountain Town, Health Care Volunteers Frustrated By Logistics
Blanca Ortiz-Torres was sitting in a Puerto Rican oasis. She was at a working bakery in the tiny mountain town of Maricao that had both a generator and…
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Without Power For Five Days, Rural Areas Hit Especially Hard
Some Rhode Islanders were just getting their power back Friday, after hurricane-force winds left more than 140,000 people in the state without power…
