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 .

The former Sears store on Diamond Hill Road in Woonsocket is still sitting empty.

Beauchamp: Grocery store in old Woonsocket Sears now more likely by fall

WOONSOCKET – The timeline for a new grocery store to come to the Diamond Hill Road area is still likely a few months long, said Mayor Chris Beauchamp this week. The owners of the proposed Daily Stop Super Market have been…

April 28, 2026

North Smithfield High School sophomore Quinn Crowshaw asks visiting Rhode Island Supreme Court justices on the stage a question about preliminary injunctions on Thursday, April 2, 2026.

Have docket, will travel: RI Supreme Court hears oral arguments at North Smithfield High School

Revived ‘Riding the Circuit’ program brings real-world clarity on law, life to students Note: This story written was originally written for the Rhode Island Current. Find their stories at rhodeislandcurrent.com. NORTH SMITHFIELD – More than 100 North Smithfield High School…

April 28, 2026

Claudia Wack

Poll: Housing costs and availability top concerns for voter

Rhode Islanders overwhelmingly support development of more housing, a fact often lost amid the noise of a small number of vocal opponents opposed to individual projects, say advocates. That’s a key takeaway from a new statewide poll by YouGov on…

April 23, 2026

Ethan Shorey, The Local Insider

Welcome to The Local Insider

The Local Insider is a new hyperlocal digital news outlet in Rhode Island, focused primarily in the northern part of the Ocean State. Our slogan is “news for where you live.” I believe that too much of our news ecosystem…

April 19, 2026

Paulie Falso

North Providence’s Falso keeps unassuming social club humming

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Walk up to the rear door at the Woodward Road Social Club around 4:45 p.m. and there’s often someone there at the picnic table patiently waiting for Paulie Falso to arrive. The 4:30 opening time here is more…

April 10, 2026