3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (586+ words) It's time to do some begging. Hard to believe May is going to be here on Friday. It's harder to believe that, this late in the season, I have to ask coaches to do two of the simplest tasks in…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (1533+ words) Don't tell my wife or my editor, but we're playing a lot of golf in 2026 " and you should, too. The season in Rhode Island is a mad dash, starting once the weather gets sufficiently warm and ending once you start…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1071+ words) Want to be transported out of Providence for a few hours? There is a trio of places that will do just that. One is a James Beard-nominated bar with a Latin accent that will delight with unique cocktails. One is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (454+ words) Nature lovers are gaining more access to "one of the most beautiful parts of Rhode Island" with the state's acquisition of 68 acres on Wincheck Pond in Hopkinton. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has purchased the Princess Pine Estate…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (359+ words) A longtime speaker, victims' advocate and consultant on abuse and violence, Ashley Bendiksen, has always believed that preventing abuse, violence and trauma "can't start early enough." Though she never expected to write a children's book, "A Kids Book About Boundaries…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1535+ words) The woods behind Fidelity Investments' Smithfield campus are home to the scattered remains of an abandoned 18th century farming colony, and a first-in-Rhode Island political fight over state-of-the-art data centers. A team of local developers want to build a data center…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (453+ words) PROVIDENCE " The Providence City Council passed a rent stabilization ordinance for the second time, sending it to Mayor Brett Smiley, who has repeatedly promised a veto. The ordinance passed 9-6, 21 minutes into the meeting. To override a veto, the "ayes" needed…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (355+ words) New housing starts in Rhode Island jumped more than 40% last year, Gov. Dan Mc Kee's office said Thursday, April 16. Rhode Island cities and towns issued building permits for 3, 778 residential units in 2025, according to data in an annual report released by…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (490+ words) A surge in immigration cases in Rhode Island has lawyers pleading for relief and has led to out-of-state attorneys being allowed to represent people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. U. S. District Court Chief Judge John Mc Connell Jr. , on April…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1034+ words) PROVIDENCE " After a federal judge halted Rhode Island's long, drawn out effort to award new recreational cannabis licenses and, ultimately, open new dispensaries, cannabis cultivators and would-be business owners are calling on state officials to quickly find a solution. The…...