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Pawtucket’s Coderre clears the air, sets expectations for liquor establishments

PAWTUCKET – An informal session with local liquor license holders was meant to set expectations and avoid more formal hearings on inappropriate behavior in the future, according to City Councilor Neicy Coderre. The District 4 councilwoman (mainly downtown area) called…

October 19, 2026

Local professor assessing impact of dollar stores on food purchases

KINGSTON, R.I. – With food prices on the rise, dollar stores have played an increasingly important role in food retail, especially for low-income Americans and those living in areas with limited access to healthy foods. Wenhui Feng, an assistant professor…

September 12, 2026

9/11 ceremony will kick off North Providence Village Festival

By Ethan Shorey NORTH PROVIDENCE – The North Providence Village Festival returns this weekend, Sept. 11-13 on Smith Street in Centredale. Come for music, food, games, and festivities. According to Mayor Charles Lombardi, a 9/11 remembrance ceremony will be held tonight,…

September 11, 2026

The Short Game: A tire dump became Providence’s best golf story

The Short Game: conversations with the people running Rhode Island’s smallest golf courses. PROVIDENCE – Before there was a first tee, there were the tires. Hundreds of them, sitting on Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management land near the Woonasquatucket…

September 11, 2026

Volunteers needed for Haunted Monastery

CUMBERLAND – Volunteers are being sought for Haunted Monastery: Decades of Dread, to be held on Saturday, October. 24 at the Cumberland Monastery, 1464 Diamond Hill Road. Help bring this year’s Haunted Monastery to life, say organizers. They’re looking for…

September 10, 2026

Modern-Day Pioneers of the Blackstone Valley to take the stage at Hearthside House with Ward, Gusetti, Hartley

From the editor: On a personal note, I’ve known and respected all three of these fine panelists for many years, and I encourage everyone to attend what’s sure to be an enlightening event. LINCOLN – What does it take to see…

September 10, 2026

The Pizza Principal visits Twins Pizza; project now at 90 percent funding

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Staff at Twins Pizza & Family Restaurant posted on Tuesday afternoon that film crews were there to capture footage for the feature documentary “The Pizza Principal,” the first of the broader RI Docs project from filmmaker Kirk…

September 8, 2026

Smithfield will host food drive to help growing number of people in need

By Ethan Shorey SMITHFIELD – Food insecurity is impacting more residents than many people realize, says Smithfield Town Council President John Tassoni, and there’s been a significant increase in need over the past several months. Speaking at the council meeting…

September 2, 2026

Cumberland version of Pat’s Italian Restaurant closing

CUMBERLAND – Continuing the trend of restaurants coming and going in the end space of the Seabra plaza on Mendon Road, Pat’s Italian Restaurant will close. “To our Cumberland community, Pat’s Cumberland will be closed until further notice,” accounted the…

September 1, 2026

Through a summer internship in the Biocontrol Lab, Andrew Swiader is helping rear the tiny wasps that could offer a natural defense to protect crops. (URI Photo / Anna Gray)

URI student from Greenville helps raise tiny wasps with big mission

KINGSTON, R.I. – A baby nasal aspirator isn’t exactly what comes to mind when one pictures biotech research tools. But for University of Rhode Island biotechnology student Andrew Swiader, it’s become an essential piece of scientific equipment. In URI’s Biocontrol…

September 1, 2026

Jamie Coelho during a June book signing at Maven's Delicatessen in Pawtucket.

A year after launching book all about Ocean State’s food scene, Coelho ready for more

PAWTUCKET – One year and 20 or more events later, Rhode Island Monthly’s Jamie Coelho says her first book is doing exactly what she intended it to: let others in on the delicious discoveries she’s made all over this beautiful…

August 30, 2026

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