A committee tasked with making recommendations on shoreline access in Narragansett has approved a proposal calling for the town to waive town beach fees for enrolled members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe.
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Fung formally launches CD2 run with critique of Democratic status quo
Former Cranston Mayor Allan Fung formally launched his GOP run in Rhode Island’s Second Congressional District Tuesday by mixing an optimistic message with criticism of Democrats over inflation and high gas prices. “Right now, our country needs strong leadership, our state needs strong leadership, and the men and women of the second Congressional district need […]
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Jasiel Correia, former Fall River mayor convicted of taking bribes, is now in prison
Correia will appeal his convictions while serving a six-year sentence at a federal prison in Berlin, New Hampshire.
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Jasiel Correia ordered to turn himself into prison on Friday
The former mayor of Fall River is out of legal options to secure another delay to his six-year prison sentence.
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Lifespan president and CEO to step down
Dr. Timothy J. Babineau will leave just months after Rhode Island’s attorney general rejected the hospital system’s merger attempt.
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Climate change creating new options for fish lovers who want to “eat local”
Warming ocean temperatures are causing fish species to shift northwards. Species once common in the mid-Atlantic are becoming fixtures off the coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Reporters Sofie Rudin and Antonia Ayres-Brown look into what it’ll take to adapt to those changes.
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Smaller fish to fry: Rhode Island project hopes to boost interest in scup
For those who fish off the coast of New England, scup is commonplace. It’s a small fish that plays a modest role in the region’s commercial seafood industry, often used for bait or shipped whole to markets in New York and Boston. An industry research group is now leading an effort to popularize the sustainable fish more broadly, which it says could be a boon for Rhode Island fishermen.
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‘Superman Building’ to be revitalized with 285 apartments
After squatting like a beautiful but bereft vestige from the Jazz Age for almost a decade, the Industrial Trust Building in Providence — better known as the “Superman Building” — will be revitalized with 285 residential apartments, state and city officials announced Tuesday. The announcement during a Statehouse news conference came exactly nine years after […]
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Communities are divided over Rhode Island’s plan for safe drug injection sites
Representative Stephen M. Casey is an unlikely crusader for supervised drug injection sites. A Democrat from Woonsocket, R.I., he’s also a Catholic and self-described conservative. He’s against abortion rights. And he supports the Second Amendment right to own a gun. “So my first reaction was like no way,’’ Casey said. “As a rescue guy I’m […]
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Political Roundtable: de la Cruz on her CD2 campaign, the ‘Big Lie,’ the economy & more
State Sen. Jessica de la Cruz (R-North Smithfield), one of three Republicans seeking an open seat in Rhode Island’s Second Congressional District, is my guest this week on Political Roundtable. The topics include:
