The students have been asking the school to divest from funds that are invested in what they call Israeli oppression of Palestinians. A group of 41 students from Brown University who were set to come back early from winter break to make their arraignment dates will no longer have to. Their lawyer wrote in an email to […]
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After 43 years on the job, Providence Patrolman Frank Moody calls it a day
You see a lot of things in 43 years as a patrolman with the Providence Police Department. But one thing that Officer Frank Moody did not expect to find was a tryst between two members of rival gangs at an out of the way eatery in a plush part of the East Side. “You talk […]
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Tenant group sues landlord, alleging retaliation against organizing efforts
A group of tenants has filed a lawsuit in district court against Rhode Island landlord Jeffrey Butler and his Warwick-based real estate company, alleging violations of state law protecting renters from certain forms of retaliation. The suit, brought by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and the Center for Justice on behalf of four […]
Posted inLocal, Newport Bureau
Climate activists protest outside Newport mansion to challenge lawsuits filed by local preservation group
On Tuesday night, the Elms mansion on Bellevue Avenue was aglow with white lights and alive with the sound of protests. “Preserve our future! Not the mansions! Drop the lawsuit! Drop it now!,” they chanted. A few cars honked in solidarity as they passed. Guests arrived in cars, passing through the gate on their way […]
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2023 was a year of many disappointments with a few bright spots
Good riddance, 2023! You were a no good, bad, terrible, rotten year. I can’t get rid of you fast enough. You were a disaster on so many fronts I don’t know where to start. The Washington Bridge closure? Wait! This is a sports commentary, so let’s lead off with sports. You gave us: Providence College […]
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Women & Infants Hospital front-line workers say staffing shortages are straining patient care
Unionized nurses and other frontline caregivers at Women & Infants Hospital are calling on management to address staffing shortages that are expected to be especially acute during the holidays. “Right now there’s such a nursing shortage that it’s very hard to even staff this hospital appropriately,’’ Dana Carcieri, a nurse who worked 26 years in […]
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‘Tis the season for viruses, but Rhode Island doctor says common sense can keep people healthy
The holidays are upon us and so are some unwelcome guests: COVID-19, the flu and the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV are all circulating this season in what Dr. Philip Chan, a medical director for the Rhode Island Department of Health, calls a “tripledemic.” He talked with Health Reporter Lynn Arditi about the viruses and […]
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Bobby Orr’s commitment to values is still shining bright
Sometimes we receive gifts when we least expect them. It’s Christmas 2023, but I got a present four months early. I’ll share with you. On Labor Day this year, my wife Anne and I embarked on a Great Lakes cruise aboard Le Bellot, an intimate 184-passenger French ship. Our third port of call was Parry […]
Posted inLocal, Shoreline Access, South County Bureau
ACLU says fire district letters to shoreline access donors could threaten free speech
The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Weekapaug Fire District to stop notifying shoreline access advocates that they may be called to testify in an ongoing legal matter because they donated to a GoFundMe campaign meant to support opening up public beach access in that case. In a Dec. […]
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How should Rhode Island promote its heritage?
“You just stepped onto 400-year-old wood boards, some of them as wide as a foot wide,” Bob Burke said while stepping into the mini-museum he created on Weybosset Street, around the corner from his French restaurant, Pot au Feu. “This is white oak and this would have been growing at the time that Roger Williams, […]
