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The path to a bachelor’s degree is getting shorter — and cheaper — at Johnson & Wales University. Starting next fall, the 110-year-old private university will offer one of the …
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By GEOFF DECKER
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11/27/24
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The Tony Award for best play went to Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing.” “Amadeus” was playing in movie theaters. And in Rhode Island, the lights went up for the first time …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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11/20/24
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2024 has been a rough year for live entertainment in Rhode Island. Numerous places like Dusk, Mayday and B’z Community Bar among others have closed up while other establishments either have …
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11/13/24
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By PAUL DANESI
Rhode Island’s elder softball icons gathered recently to celebrate the end of another stellar season.
Santa Maria DiPrata was the location of the RI Senior Softball …
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11/6/24
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Lights. Camera. Cranston.
For the past several months, film crews have been all over the state, mostly based in Cranston to shoot the comedy film “The Roaring Game.”
Filming …
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By PAM SCHIFF
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10/23/24
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With a season of shorter days approaching, wakefulness and how to overcome the darkness with less yawning is on our minds.
Rhode Islanders with unorthodox sleep schedules might help us with how …
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By JESSICA McCARTHY
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10/16/24
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The craft beer community is a vibrant one, especially around Rhode Island. Nearly every city and town in The Ocean State has at least one brewery with some places having two, three or more.
he craft beer community is a vibrant one, especially around Rhode Island. Nearly every city and town in The Ocean State has at …
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10/9/24
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For almost 100 years, Rhode Islanders have had the chance to see a movie or a show at the Historic Park Theatre on Park Avenue. This fall, Spectacle Live will keep the tradition going.
The …
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By HALEY LONG
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10/2/24
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It was immediately clear the last official Saturday of this summer was no beach day. The morning began with rain and continued into an equally drippy afternoon. Anybody expecting the wet day to …
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By HALEY LONG
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9/25/24
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Elly McGuire is looking for her greatest second chance.
In 1978, she met Dan Rowan — one of the hosts of Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In and the former boss of Saturday Night Live …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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9/18/24
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The Greater Providence YMCA is on a mission next week to welcome people from around the world and across the state. That’s the reason for wall-size global maps at the Y’s six branches as …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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9/11/24
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On Saturday at noon, local bands will take to the stage to make a lasting mark on the village of Pawtuxet.
The second annual You Rock the Neighborhood Music Fest will be held at Pawtuxet Park to …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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9/4/24
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The Ocean State has far more tiny teeth than the requisite dental providers needed to keep them clean and healthy.
By mid-morning, the ladies stationed outside the Cranston Street Community …
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By RORY SCHULER
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8/28/24
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Pollinator Pathway, a country-wide nonprofit organization advocating for pollinators, is connecting habitats one backyard at a time. Right here in Rhode Island, the Warwick Wildlife and Conservation …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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8/21/24
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I never made it to the Woodstock festival, billed as “Three Days of Peace and Music.”
Something I regret today.
Still in our early teens, my friends, “the Arctic …
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By MIKE LEVESQUE
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8/21/24
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Rhode Island residents may recognize Charlie Hall’s name from his cartoons published in newspapers across the state, his comedy sketch show or his double act “Aging Disgracefully.” …
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By ANISHA KUMAR
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8/7/24
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On May 6, 2023, my fellow directors gave me the honor of inducting Gene Valicenti into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, the most prestigious award that the state has to offer.
In my …
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7/31/24
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The bingo room at the Johnston Senior Center was at full capacity Wednesday for a performance by renowned illusionist Lyn Dillies. Each audience member was on the edge of their seat, unable to …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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7/24/24
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Do you ever wonder where your food comes from? Or how the cabbage in the premade coleslaw gets from the farmer to the supermarket? Cranston’s Eastland Foods is the local linchpin of the produce …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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7/17/24
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s the summer weather takes over, it’s important to know that fishing in Rhode Island is not quite as easy as casting off …
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