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Consumer Warning: Boar's Head deli meat recalled in RI over risk of Listeria contamination
Boar’s Head Provisions Co. is recalling all of its liverwurst products because they may be contaminated withListeria monocytogenes, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health. The company is also recalling other deli meat products, including some ham, salami and bologna, that were produced on the same line and on the same day as the liverwurst, the Health Department said. ...
Rhode Islander With Ties to White Supremacy Sentenced for Plotting to Destroy Energy Facilities
Three men -- including a Rhode Islander -- were sentenced this week for various conspiracy and firearms offenses in connection with a racially-motivated scheme to destroy an energy facility. A 25-year-old Rhode Islander was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. According to the Department of Justice, Paul James Kryscuk,...
Babin receives national Innovation Award from APSE
The Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council has announced that Chepachet resident Sue Babin, director of the R.I. Self Employment Business Incubator Project, was awarded the 2024 David Hammis Employment Innovation Award at the national Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) Conference, held this June in North Carolina. Erica Belois-Pacer,...
INVESTIGATION: RI Nursing Home Rankings Fail to Disclose Crimes and Serious Violations
The process is a nightmare for a family trying to investigate the quality of nursing homes in Rhode Island. Popular rankings can be incomplete at best and misleading at worst. U.S. News and World Report ranks nursing homes across the country. According to U.S. News, Cedar Crest Nursing Centre in Cranston is one of six top facilities in Rhode Island.
R.I. constitutional convention ballot question opponents mobilize to convince voters to just say no
Hours before a commission started work Wednesday to lay the groundwork for a once-in-a-decade ballot question in November asking voters if Rhode Island should hold a constitutional convention, nearly 40 labor and civil liberties groups launched a preemptive attack to persuade voters to say no. Members of Rhode Island Citizens for Responsible Government gathered at […]
Rhode Island reports first positive finding of West Nile Virus in mosquito sample
(WJAR) — Rhode Island reported the first finding of the West Nile Virus in a mosquito sample this year on Friday. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Department of Health announced that WNV was found in a mosquito sample collected in Pawtucket on July 15.
Rhode Island leaders celebrate millions in federal funding for RIPTA
(WJAR) — Rhode Island leaders celebrated millions in federal funding for the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority on Friday. U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse were among those who will celebrate RIPTA getting a $7.4 million fund from the Buses and Bus Facilities grant award. The award is...
'This is the new normal': RI's median home price hits nearly a half-million dollars
The price of a single-family home in Rhode Island has nearly doubled since 2019, with the median price of a single family home now just short of a half-million dollars. "It's nuts, it's crazy, it's nuts," said Redfin real estate agent Bryan Quinlan. Quinlan recently listed a single-family house in Coventry for $510,000...
Rhode Island’s Largest Closed Landfill Solar Site Goes into Operation
The 6.9 MW Bristol Landfill Solar Project, Rhode Island’s largest closed landfill solar site, is now operational. Developed by NuGen Capital Management, the project occupies 90 acres across the Town of Bristol’s capped landfill and consists of 20,692 solar panels. “All of us at NuGen are incredibly excited...
Secretary of State Michael Adams to co-chair national panel’s Election Committee
Kentucky’s Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams has been chosen by his peers in the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) to co-chair its Elections Committee, along with Democratic Secretary of State Gregg Amore of Rhode Island, it was announced recently. The bi-partisan Elections Committee keeps NASS members...
Bally's has new ownership after hedge-fund buyout. What does it mean for RI?
PROVIDENCE – Hedge fund Standard General, the majority shareholder in Bally's, which operates Rhode Island's two state-run casinos, has agreed to purchase the company's remaining shares, according to a Bally's press release. Bally's announced that it has accepted an $18.25-per-share buyout from Standard General, led by Bally’s chairman Soo Kim. ...
Rhode Island Prepares for Intense Heat Wave Next Week
Providence, RI – Residents across Rhode Island are advised to prepare for a significant heat wave next week. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), above-average temperatures with heat indices between 95 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit are expected. Some areas may experience heat indices exceeding 100 degrees. These elevated...
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