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…
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Majority Of RI, MA Coastal Sites Are Vulnerable To Effects Of Climate Change
A new study recently released by The Nature Conservancy, a global wildlife conservation group, has found the majority of coastal sites, such as wetlands…
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Influx Of Displaced Puerto Rican Families Prompts New Bedford Mayor To Ask For Help
New Bedford is one of several cities experiencing a wave of new arrivals from Puerto Rico, following the devastating Hurricane Maria. New Bedford’s…
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Weeks After Maria, Bringing The Basics To Puerto Rico
We drove to Caguas, a city south of San Juan, four weeks after Hurricane Maria hit. Our guide was Luis Cotto — a former Hartford city councilman now…
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RI Lt. Gov. McKee Slams National Grid On Storm Response
Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Dan McKee today hammered the National Grid election utility for what he calls poor communication to Rhode Island customers in the…
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Local Nonprofit: Adapting To More Frequent, Intense Storms Will Cost Money
People’s Power and Light, a local nonprofit that advocates for clean energy, says Rhode Island and Massachusetts residents will have to pay to adapt to…
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More Than 300 People Not Expected To Have Power Until Early Saturday Morning
National Grid reports only about 300 customers remain without power as of Friday night. The bulk of the remaining customers are in Providence County….
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Warwick Residents, State Crews Clean Up After Storm
“It sounded like a war zone.” That’s how Warwick resident Adam Logan described the storm that knocked out power to his home and more than 140,000 others…
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Most Of Barrington Awaits Power Restoration After Storm
In the town of Barrington, nearly all National Grid customers were without power Monday morning, some 5,377 households and businesses, according to the…
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‘It Sounded Like A War Zone,’ Residents Remember Storm
In Warwick, the Rhode Island city with the largest number of customers who lost power, nearly 14,000 homes and businesses remained in the dark Monday…
