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Longtime Traffic Tribunal Judge Edward Parker dies at 85
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Judiciary expressed condolences Wednesday over the passing of state Traffic Tribunal Judge Edward Clark Parker, who served the court for three decades before his retirement last year. Known as “Eddie,” Parker, of Pawtucket, died Saturday, July 20 at age 85, according to his obituary. Parker joined the Traffic Tribunal in 1993,...
RIDOH reopens Exeter lake, recommends closing pond in Smithfield
EXETER, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management recommended changes to recreational activities at two bodies of water in the state. RIDOH said that it was recommending reopening Boone Lake in Exeter after it was closed due to the...
New England states get $500M for heating pumps
(The Center Square) — New England states are getting hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to “supercharge” efforts to get homeowners to ditch natural gas or oil heating systems and install electric heat pumps. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $450 million to Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island to accelerate a transition to heat pump technology in residential single-family homes and multifamily buildings across the region. ...
Girl Scouts ‘Cookie Share’ donates cookies, proceeds to local organizations
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) — The Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England (GSSNE) has donated 42,000 packages of Girl Scout Cookies to local organizations in 2024 through their project Cookie Share. This annual program sees customers purchase Girl Scout Cookies and donate them to a food banks, shelters, military and...
Shane Gillis, TikTok star go viral after Christian McCaffrey wedding photos
The internet is still buzzing about Christian McCaffrey and Olivia Culpo’s oceanfront wedding in Rhode Island last month. Some are convinced comedian Shane Gillis is dating TikTok star Grace Brassel after the pair were seen together in photos taken at the star-studded event on June 29. Taking to her Instagram on Sunday, Brassel shared photos of her and Gillis at McCaffrey and Culpo’s Italian-themed welcome party at Ocean House — a stunning seaside resort located on the bluffs of Watch Hill. Shane Gillis blasts sports betting with hilarious ‘SNL’ skit: ‘Rock Bottom Kings’ One of the photos, which showed them posing closely together,...
‘Better served by Republican policies’: Black men reveal why they are no longer Democrats
As the 2024 election nears, Donald Trump is making major inroads with a particular voter demographic: black men. In the last presidential election, Trump won 12% of the overall black vote, and a fifth of the black male vote. Recent polls, conducted before Joe Biden dropped out of the election, show that 30% of black men favored Trump over Biden. The Post spoke to four who are voting for Trump for the first time in 2024: Mark Fisher: ‘Democrats are not invested in the black community’ Mark Fisher co-founded the Rhode Island Black Lives Matter chapter in 2020. Four years later, he’s voting...
R.I. Ethics Commission chairperson steps down, creating second vacancy on panel
After nearly a decade as a state’s ethics watchdog, Rhode Island Ethics Commission Chairperson Marisa Quinn is stepping down from her post. Quinn announced her decision at the start of the panel’s monthly meeting Tuesday morning. Her last day is Wednesday. Quinn told Rhode Island Current afterward that her decision to leave was in order […] The post R.I. Ethics Commission chairperson steps down, creating second vacancy on panel appeared first on Rhode Island Current.
Rhode Island convention plans opposed by unions, women's health groups
(The Center Square) — A coalition of unions, civil liberties and reproductive rights groups are pushing back against Rhode Island's plans to hold a constitutional convention, even though it's unclear what would be taken up at the once-in-a-decade meeting. At a legislative hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers met to hammer out final plans for a ballot question in the November elections asking voters if the state should hold a constitutional convention. ...
RIIL unveils new football divisions
The Rhode Island Interscholastic League football schedules have been released for the upcoming season, and although I will be diving in much deeper as we get closer, I do have a few initial thoughts, primarily when it comes to the new divisions and how it affects our teams. The three...
DEM makes it official, plans shellfishing closure off Prudence Island due to Aquapalooza
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced Wednesday that due to the increased risk of accidental or illicit discharges of sewage from hundreds of boats gathering off Prudence Island that is expected this weekend, DEM is once again preemptively closing 700 acres of shellfish grounds on the north end of the island. The precautionary closure is from sunrise on July 27 until sunrise on August 3 and extends from the shoreline and all waters south and west of a line from Providence Point to the northwest extension of Warner Avenue on Prudence Island. ...
Several charged in Rhode Island for drug possession, one for aggravated assault
PROVIDENCE — In a string of arrests on July 23, members of the Rhode Island ACI Investigations Unit charged six individuals with drug possession and another with domestic violence and violation of a no-contact order, according to authorities. Kerri Foster, 39, of West Warwick, faced charges of conveying unauthorized...
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