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A very helpful reader asked for a listing of what they can do to help as The Local Insider grows in its opening months, so here’s my (hopefully helpful) response: • Purchase an affordable ad and marketing package by emailing…

Two books set in Providence. Three with Rhode Island authors. One with a narrator who grew up in the state. All in four audiobooks that are this month’s listens. “The Bridge Back to You” By Riss M. Neilson, read by…

When Central Falls voters open their ballots on Nov. 3, 2026, they will find four questions about our city’s Home Rule Charter. Two of them, Questions 1 and 2, deserve a careful second look. Each one combines two different changes…

World events over the past few years have led me to re-examine certain historical events that either I believe or believed I understood. There is no doubt that I have been strongly motivated by recent efforts the present administration along…

Woonsocket has made measurable progress in addressing homelessness over the last two years, but the work is far from over. The city has reduced unsheltered homelessness significantly, strengthened coordination among service providers, and built a more responsive system to support…

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…