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Five Rhode Island golf courses you'll want to play before summer ends
Newport Daily News - Rhode Island
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Eric Rueb revisited five Rhode Island golf courses he had previously stopped playing, and regretted. Each course review includes reasons for initially abandoning the course, positive and negative aspects of revisiting it, and whether the author...
Democrat Stefano Famiglietti Wins Rhode Island Senate Seat
Times News Global
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August 7, 2025
Providence, Rhode Island — Voters in District 4 cast their ballots on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, to fill the state Senate seat left vacant by the late Dominick Ruggerio. Democrat Stefano Famiglietti emerged victorious, securing nearly 83% of the...
Community effort helps fight food insecurity in Rhode Island
WJAR - Rhode Island
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CUMBERLAND, R.I. (WJAR) — On a warm summer day, 50 volunteers, young children to retirees, take to the gardens at Franklin Farm to harvest vegetables, zucchini and summer squash, for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and food pantries. "I just...
Movies and TV shows casting right now in Rhode Island
What's Up Newp - Rhode Island
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August 7, 2025
The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities’ Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a...
New TSA ‘family lane’ coming to Charleston International Airport. It’s the first and only in SC.
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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August 7, 2025
NORTH CHARLESTON — Charleston International will be among the first U.S. airports to add a dedicated family lane at its security checkpoint starting next week. The federal Transportation Security Administration is rolling out the new initiative on...
With GLO push, RI becomes first state to explicitly codify student unionization rights in state law
Brown Daily Herald - Rhode Island
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August 6, 2025
A new law signed by Gov. Dan McKee has made Rhode Island the first state to explicitly protect graduate student workers’ right to unionize if the National Labor Relations Board declines to do so. McKee signed House Bill 5187 on July 2, capping off...
Take it from an experienced travel writer: These are the best rest stops in New England. (And one rises to the top.)
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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I had doubts, but as Nancy Sinatra once crooned, “You only live twice.” The fries, drenched in gravy (with what I think were cheese curds), were delicious. But as anyone who has driven through New England knows, this is a rarity. Rest stops are...
Preserve Rhode Island announces 2025 Rhody Awards, recognizes 10 historic preservation projects
What's Up Newp - Rhode Island
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August 6, 2025
Preserve Rhode Island announced on Wednesday 10 recipients of the 2025 Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation, celebrating projects that utilize historic preservation to strengthen communities, improve quality of life, and address social...
We found the best books that came out in July
AOL
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Author: Sarah MacLean | Genre: Contemporary fiction | Length: 400 pages As a lifelong Rhode Islander, I love to see my tiny state being used as the backdrop in books, so you know I’ll be picking up These Summer Storms. The novel takes place on a...
Watch Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Tigers 2025 Prep Football Preview: Tigers Fighting to Make a Run Past the First Round of Playoffs
SpaceCoastDaily.com - Florida
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August 7, 2025
Holy Trinity Tigers went 5-5 a year ago WATCH: Orville Susong and Zane Garcia of the Friday Night Locker Room team preview the 2025 Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Tigers alongside head coach Hurlie Brown and starting quarterback Rico Buitrago. The...
Rhode Island writes its own cybersecurity rules for nonbanks
American Banker - New York
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August 6, 2025
Last month, Rhode Island enacted a new cybersecurity law significantly tightening cybersecurity requirements for nonbank financial institutions within the state, largely mirroring the framework established by the New York Department of Financial...
Preserve Rhode Island announces 2025 Rhody Awards, recognizes 10 historic preservation projects
What's Up Newp - Rhode Island
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August 6, 2025
Preserve Rhode Island announced on Wednesday 10 recipients of the 2025 Rhody Awards for Historic Preservation, celebrating projects that utilize historic preservation to strengthen communities, improve quality of life, and address social...
Texas Democrats fleeing to block GOP map echoes 1924 in Rhode Island
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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If you’ve been following the news out of Texas, you know that Democratic legislators have left the state in an effort to block their Republican colleagues from approving a new congressional map that is supported by President Trump. While...
Mini Entrepreneurs of Rhode Island Helps Kids Find Their Passions
Rhode Island Monthly
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August 6, 2025
Mini Kids Entrepreneur Fair at The WaterFire Arts Center. Photo courtesy of Mini Entrepreneur of Rhode Island. COVID-19 was the start of unprecedented struggle, especially for those who had to work remote while tending to their own children’s...
Jake Gyllenhaal joins co-star Ashley Walters on the set of upcoming supernatural romantic thriller Remain as filming begins in Rhode Island
Daily Mail
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August 6, 2025
Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk By LAURA PARKIN, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER Published: 10:46 EDT, 6 August 2025 | Updated: 11:13 EDT, 6 August 2025 Jake Gyllenhaal was seen on the set of upcoming supernatural romantic thriller Remain...
Leadership at Rhode Island’s top economic development agency is in limbo at a critical moment for the state’s economy
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The next leader of the powerful agency will help shape the economic future of Rhode Island — a state competing with Massachusetts for jobs, companies, and development dollars. The McKee administration has yet to name a permanent commerce...
Buncombe County no longer included on latest DHS 'sanctuary jurisdiction' list
WLOS - North Carolina
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BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Buncombe County, along with four other North Carolina counties, no longer appear on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) latest "sanctuary jurisdiction" list that was released on Aug. 5, 2025. This comes...
One of nation's best housing markets is Ballwin for 3rd year in a row
KSDK - Missouri
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Ballwin was ranked No. 4 this year, after ranking second in 2024 and tenth in 2023. BALLWIN, Mo. — One of the hottest real estate ZIP codes in the country is right here in the St. Louis area. For the third year in a row, the Ballwin ZIP code of...
Rhode Island Energy Board to hold public hearings on proposed natural gas moratorium for Aquidneck Island
What's Up Newp - Rhode Island
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August 6, 2025
The Rhode Island Energy Facility Siting Board will conduct two public hearings later this month to gather community input on a potential moratorium that could restrict new natural gas connections on Aquidneck Island. The hearings are scheduled for...
Rhode Island's Music Festivals
Cranston Herald - Rhode Island
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by DON FOWLER NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL Rhode Island is world famous for its Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, which have found a home at Fort Adams. Jazz legends like Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves and...