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Woonasquatucket River Greenway cleanup helps revitalize core urban areas

Bonnie Phillips·September 27, 2023
Originally published by ecoRI News, a nonprofit newsroom covering environmental news in Rhode Island. Read more at ecoRI.org JOHNSTON — Winding more than seven miles from Johnston to Providence, the...
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Singer Donald Torres embodies essence of Trudeau Center, which serves people living with disabilities. 

G Wayne Miller·September 21, 2023
But state still has work ahead to meet a higher standard.  WARWICK – Donald Torres, 39, smiled as he sat in a room at the J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center,...
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Drug overdose deaths rise in Rhode Island. Health leaders work to reduce the devastating toll.

Juliana Lepore·September 13, 2023
‘It’s not like an either-or type thing because people are ready for recovery. They’re ready at certain points and at others, they may not be ready… But you can’t be...
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Twenty-two years later, what is the enduring significance of 9/11? Rhode Islanders reflect.

G Wayne Miller·September 5, 2023
‘I wouldn’t wish a catastrophe like 9/11 on anyone, but it would be nice if we could recover a sense that we are indeed one nation, indivisible, with liberty and...
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For these high school students, the road to doctor starts here, in an innovative Rhode Island Hospital-based program run by Lifespan.

G Wayne Miller·August 31, 2023
‘It’s a great opportunity for kids, especially people of color, ‘cuz we don’t really have the same opportunities as other people’ PROVIDENCE – Rexella Bishop, who is beginning her junior...
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Where do faith and spirituality fit into people’s lives today? Diverse Rhode Island religious leaders weigh in

Nancy Kirsch·August 22, 2023
‘I think it’s a pendulum; our society is divided and filled with angst now, but I think it will come around’ While she has no single, simple answer about what’s...
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Lifespan’s Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center Tackles Racism to Support Patients

Ann MacDonald·August 15, 2023
‘The disease primarily affects Black people.’ Although he is only 25 years old, Jude Amoako has been hospitalized more than 100 times for complications of sickle cell disease, an inherited...
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John Howell, newspaper man

Dana Richie·August 10, 2023
Stacks of yellowing newspapers cover every available surface in this storefront painted a light shade of blue. Boxes of magazines spill into the back hallway, just a little bit short...
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The increase in female representation in the literary world

Alix Rousseau·August 7, 2023
New books and TV series help break gender stereotypes and empower women Coinciding with the rise of “booktok,” a wave of 15-second videos consisting of book reviews by enthusiastic Gen-Z...
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R.I. Colleges react to Supreme Court ruling on Affirmative Action

Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro·August 3, 2023
‘A diverse and inclusive society is critical for the success of Rhode Island and our nation,’ says Salve President Armstrong On June 29, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges and...
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Obesity is impairing Rhode Island youth

Nancy Kirsch·July 24, 2023
Experts examine root causes and propose measures to improve health Just like hunger, obesity disproportionately impacts children of color and from economically disadvantaged households. According to the Rhode Island KIDS...
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RI Youth Theatre Keeps Raising The Curtain For Young People

Dana Richie·July 20, 2023
Founder Ann O’Grady is now 73, but has no plans to retire This story originally was published in the Warwick Beacon, a publication partner of Ocean State Stories. For 36...
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The system of care for people living with Alzheimer’s and their families is ‘broken’

G Wayne Miller·July 17, 2023
Former State Treasurer and Lt. Gov. Roger N. Begin: ‘Only when policymakers feel the impact of this broken system for their own families may there be reforms and funding to...
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