At 60, Trudeau Center is ‘strongest we’ve been in decades,’ CEO Al Vario says
In the era before Trudeau, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities lived with ‘tremendous stigma’ surrounding them and their...
Alcoholism could have ruined the life of Iraq Army veteran David Fields
But when he found sobriety, a new chapter opened — and this year he graduated from Rhode Island College...
Q & A with the Rev. Donnie Anderson
Thanks, Donnie, and welcome to Ocean State Stories. Let’s start with Pride Month, June. Why is it important to...
Rhode Island’s children are doing OK, but not as well as kids in much of New England
‘We should not be satisfied… We know we have further to go’ This story was originally published in Rhode...
Q & A with Alicia Pratt, Coalition for a Multilingual RI Coordinator
Alicia, let’s start with multilingualism. For those who might not know, what is it? Multilingualism refers to the ability...
Ten years into sobriety, Esther Oden, 78, is a sober coach and East Coast Coordinator for the Remote Sober Support Network
‘I had always said to myself that when I retired, I would work with addicts’ This story originally was...
Q & A with Aquidneck Community Table executive director Rose Jones
Congratulations, Rose, on recently starting your new position as Executive Director of Aquidneck Community Table. We’ll get to that...
Long-term sampling in Narragansett Bay reveals plummeting plankton levels
Originally published by ecoRI News, a nonprofit newsroom covering environmental news in Rhode Island. Read more at ecoRI.org KINGSTON...
Danish artist brings giant troll sculptures to Ninigret Park
Thomas Dambo creates troll artworks across the globe to practice and preach the value of using trash and discarded...
Spending time in nature can be a positive game-changer for your health… regardless of your age
Even spending short amounts of time in nature can reduce stress, and improve mental health and language, math and...
Q & A with filmmaker Susan Sipprelle
Susan, your latest film, “Newport: In This Together,” has been getting a lot of media attention lately, including in...
Q & A with Brown School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish Jha
A belated welcome back to Brown, Ashish. You returned last June after more than a year as the White...
Sowing native plants is crucial to the health of the environment, pollinators, food systems
‘If we don’t have native plants so that native pollinators can live, we will lose food sources’ So, you...