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Ethan Shorey

Ethan Shorey

Ethan Shorey is the founder and editor of The Local Insider News, a digital media news source centered on the northern Rhode Island area. The president of the Rhode Island Press Association, he has two decades of experience covering stories that matter to people where they live. He and his wife live with their three children in Cumberland. Email news tips to .

Lawmakers raise concerns over North Smithfield road situation

Lawmakers raise concerns over North Smithfield road situation

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Three local lawmakers issued a joint statement of concern this week over the future traffic situation on Smithfield Road (Route 146A) along the North Smithfield/Woonsocket border as a result of the planned Nasuti Elementary School. They are…
May 2, 2026

Cumberland’s Newell Bridge reopens

UPDATE – According to the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, the Newell Bridge on Diamond Hill Road has reopened as of Sunday evening, following final work on the span this weekend. CUMBERLAND – There’s still a way to get to the…
May 2, 2026
Players on the two teams at this year's charity basketball game gather for a group photo.

Charity basketball game raises nearly $20,000 in North Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE – The town’s annual charity basketball game between local police officers and teachers raised $19,700, according to organizer and sponsor Justin Conrad. Conrad, of NorthPointe Bank, said that was $1,700 more than last year’s event, which raised $18,000.…
May 2, 2026
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Two big hits cause budget damage in North Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE – A pair of sizable financial hits are to blame for a major tax increase proposed in this town. Mayor Charles Lombardi and Finance Director Maria Vallee said a proposed 7 percent tax increase would exceed the state cap…
May 1, 2026
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Empowerment Factory seeks support for its art-based learning

PAWTUCKET – Gail Ahlers and her city-based Empowerment Factory are set to mark 12 years of, as she explains it, inspiring more than 10,000 local youth through art-based social and emotional learning. There’s a lot of chatter about workforce development…
May 1, 2026
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Our restaurants deserve all the attention

I’ve long believed that if you don’t think there’s much to do or any good places to eat in our area, you just don’t get out enough. This page of The Local Insider, Food and Entertainment, will first and foremost…
May 1, 2026
Sandy Boucher and Marc Berthelette stand outside of Patriots Diner in Woonsocket.

Help this local couple visit every diner in Rhode Island

Rhode Island is widely considered the birthplace of the American diner, with Providence’s Walter Scott converting a horse-drawn freight wagon into the first “night lunch wagon” in 1872. Scott offered up sandwiches, pies, and coffee to late-night newspaper employees and factory…
April 30, 2026
The old train station looming above active train tracks at the Pawtucket/Central Falls city line remains an expensive albatross.

Old Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station could be removed in chunks

PAWTUCKET/CENTRAL FALLS – The former Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station next to CVS on Broad Street is breaking down in its old age, but officials say the dilapidated building over the tracks doesn’t pose a threat to trains below. That question of the structure’s…
April 29, 2026
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