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Rhode Island health officials close two Middletown beaches due to high bacteria levels
What's Up Newp - Rhode Island
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August 26, 2025
Rhode Island’s economy is teetering on a recession, according to the latest economic overview by University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro. Rhode Island’s economy is teetering on a recession, according to the latest economic overview by...
Rhode Island economy ‘on a recession precipice’
What's Up Newp - Rhode Island
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August 26, 2025
Rhode Island’s economy is teetering on a recession, according to the latest economic overview by University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro. Lardaro has published his monthly Current Conditions Index for years. The report usually lags by...
New York politicos love a cameo
City & State New York
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August 28, 2025
According to federal prosecutors, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, former chief adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, helped a pair of well-connected film executives stop a controversial Brooklyn street redesign project partly in exchange for help landing a cameo...
Trump’s bullying on behalf of fossil fuel companies threatens Rhode Island’s clean energy future. It’s time to say no.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The Trump administration’s pact with oil, coal, and gas companies isn’t just bad for our planet and our health – it could cost Rhode Island hundreds of high-paying jobs, send our already high energy costs soaring, and potentially lead to...
Bristol filmmaker wins top prize at Rhode Island International Film Festival
East Bay RI - Rhode Island
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By Christy Nadalin The comedy may be offbeat, but the accolades are spot-on: Rich Allen has won the Grand Prize for the New England Film Festival Award, presented annually to a New England director whose work brings cinematic excellence to an...
Massachusetts and Rhode Island May Be Fading From Blue to Red
1420 WBSM - Massachusetts
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August 27, 2025
Imagine a time when the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island morph from a deep blue to a red, and Republicans rule the roost instead of Democrats. The conversion may already be in progress, according to data collected by the New York Times....
Editorial: Elitist Entitlement on Full Display in Rhode Island
Cranston Herald - Rhode Island
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The August 14th arrest of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan is more than an embarrassing episode caught on bodycam—it is the latest, glaring example of an elitist political culture that breeds entitlement, arrogance, and an...
Report: Offshore wind critics played role in Revolution Wind work stoppage
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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(The Center Square) – Offshore wind opponents in the fishing industry helped shape the Trump administration’s decision to halt work on the Revolution Wind project, a $4 billion development off the coasts of Rhode Island and Connecticut, a new...
Namibia's Ambition to Become Oil Hotspot Tested by Wildcatter
Rigzone
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August 29, 2025
Searching for oil prospects in a block bigger than Rhode Island, Travis Smithard made a last-minute decision to send the Noble Venturer drillship twice as far as originally planned to spud a well off Namibia’s coast. The switch paid off. The...
Comedy, politics, horror: 6 shows not to miss at RI theaters this fall
Newport Daily News - Rhode Island
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Even when money is tight, the need to be engrossed in a well-told story – whether mired in love, hate, hope or a combination – drives us to the theater to escape. This fall, we’ve assembled our best recommendations from Rhode Island’s live theater...
Following Sol Power Solar’s Example, R.I. Worker Co-Ops Gain Energy
ecoRI News - Rhode Island
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August 29, 2025
CHARLESTOWN, R.I. – Sol Power Solar has installed renewable energy for more than 1,100 customers since becoming an early pioneer in Rhode Island’s solar industry in 2013. The staff credit this success to the company’s business model, in which each...
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Brookline Bank to merge
Financial Regulation News - Washington D.C.
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August 27, 2025
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, the parent company of Berkshire Bank, and Brookline Bancorp, the parent company of Brookline Bank, Bank Rhode Island, and PCSB Bank, recently received regulatory approval to complete their proposed merger and become Beacon...
Rhode Island lawmakers tilt at windmills, hoping to save Revolution Wind
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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August 26, 2025
Revolution Wind, the massive offshore wind farm under construction off the Rhode Island coast, appears to be dead in the water for now. Citing unspecified security concerns, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued an immediate...
Navy Starts Building USS Wisconsin Submarine
MilitarySpot - Alabama
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August 29, 2025
AUGUST 29, 2025 – The keel for the future USS Wisconsin (SSBN 827), a Columbia-class submarine, was laid during a ceremony on Aug. 27 at the General Dynamics Electric Boat Quonset Point facility in Kingstown, Rhode Island. The keel laying ceremony...
Democrats demand Trump resume a nearly completed major wind project near Rhode Island
WJCL TV - Georgia
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August 26, 2025
A nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut faces an uncertain future after the Trump administration abruptly halted construction, and the states' Democratic governors, lawmakers and union workers called Monday for...
With little local fanfare, U.S. Labor Secretary swings through New England ahead of Labor Day
MassLive - Massachusetts
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August 29, 2025
During her trip through New England this week, U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer met with firefighters in Rhode Island and viewed a stun-gun demonstration in Boston. In Maine, well, no visit to Maine is complete without getting up close and...
Rhode Island state prosecutor Devon Flanagan gets six-month suspension for Newport incident
The Public's Radio - Rhode Island
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August 25, 2025
The Rhode Island state prosecutor whose arrest after declining to leave a Newport restaurant went viral on the internet is getting an unpaid six-month suspension. “On August 14, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan mistreated the...
East Providence company shares how Trump's tariffs have harmed business
East Bay RI - Rhode Island
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By Ethan Hartley International trade tariffs can seem like a distant issue far removed from the day-to-day operations of local companies. But a visit from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to one of East Providence’s largest manufacturing companies last...
A Rhode Island company made a commitment to women’s golf. Now, FM’s impact is raising the bar across the LPGA Tour.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“I guess the word I would use is ‘underwhelmed,’ ” Ingram said. “I was underwhelmed by the size of those purses, and I was disappointed with that.” He saw the numbers, then he saw the potential. “I viewed it as an opportunity for us to kind of...
Rhode Island’s newest treasure: A trail of giant trolls
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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“Young Boulder,” sitting on a boulder overlooking Browning Mill Pond in the state’s Arcadia Management Area, on the Exeter/Hopkinton line. “Iver Mudslider,” riding a mud worm (actually a berm) in Ryan Park in North Kingstown. “Mrs. Skipper,”...