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Notes: Express ferry service launches for Newport International Boat Show
What's Up Newp - Rhode Island
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September 4, 2025
Good morning, Newport! 👋 Today is Thursday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2025. There are 118 days left in the year. 🚨 You need to know The Jamestown Newport Ferry will provide express service to the Newport International Boat Show, offering visitors...
Rhode Island Marijuana Regulators Begin Screening Prospective Business License Applicants For Social Equity Status
Marijuana Moment
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August 30, 2025
“Today is more than the start of an application process—it is the continuation of a system that places safety, equity, and transparency at the center of Rhode Island’s cannabis market.” By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Currant Rhode Island’s...
Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island Mansion May Soon Cost Her $337K a Year — Thanks to the New ‘Taylor Swift Tax’
SheKnows - New York
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August 31, 2025
Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island beach house has hosted everything from her famous Fourth of July parties to quiet renovations that sparked fan theories about her future with Travis Kelce. (Earlier this summer, she skipped Watch Hill entirely for a...
Private Manitoba college says it had to sell land, cut courses due to cap on international students
CBC/Radio-Canada
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September 4, 2025
A private college in Manitoba says it was forced to sell land and cut courses because of the way the province has applied a federal cap on international student spots. This year, Providence University College was allocated 120 provincial...
Every Step Counts: Rhode Island’s Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Herb Weiss
RI News Today - Rhode Island
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September 1, 2025
Photo: Alzheimer’s Assoc. by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues “With new treatments emerging in the fight again Alzheimer’s and all other dementias, now is the time for hope. Now is the time for action,” says the Alzheimer’s...
Brown University international students face visa challenges as classes begin
WJAR - Rhode Island
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — As the new semester begins at Brown University, some international students are notably absent from campus due to visa-related challenges. The university has confirmed that several students have been unable to attend...
Northeast governors want offshore wind farm projects to be reinstated
Jamestown Press - Rhode Island
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September 4, 2025
Saipem 7000, the world’s third largest semi-submersible crane vessel, anchors Tuesday off the coast of Jamestown. The ship is used to help build offshore wind farms. PHOTO BY ANDREA VON HOHENLEITEN The governors of five Northeastern states — Rhode...
Fort Providence mother stressed during evacuation as she waits for gov't financial relief
CBC/Radio-Canada
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September 4, 2025
As the N.W.T. government sorts through financial aid applications from residents displaced by wildfires, one Fort Providence mother says waiting hasn't been easy. Jolene Lacorne and her 10 other family members — including a six-month-old baby —...
The Tariff Scorecard: Did We Miss The Apocalypse? Or Was It Just Postponed?
Forbes
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The Last Judgment (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images). Heritage Images via Getty Images The Great Tariff Scare It has been five months since “Liberation Day” (April 2), and we have all learned a lot – about trade policy,...
Real Estate in RI: A $5,625,000 sale on the East Side of Providence – Compass for the buyers
RI News Today - Rhode Island
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September 4, 2025
Compass is pleased to announce the sale of 10 Brown Street in Providence for $5,625,000.* Meredith Haffenreffer of Compass’s Barrington office, represented the Buyers in this transaction. According to RI Statewide MLS, this is the highest sale on...
Rhode Island and the world say goodbye to Judge Frank Caprio
WLNE - Rhode Island
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August 29, 2025
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Friday morning’s funeral mass for Judge Frank Caprio at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence was a celebration of his life and compassion by a room full of family and friends. A procession was planned to...
Can Ron DeSantis run for Florida governor in 2026? What about after?
Tallahassee Democrat - Florida
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will leave office in January 2027 due to term limits. DeSantis has significantly influenced Florida by appointing conservative judges and fighting against DEI programs. The Florida Constitution prevents DeSantis from...
Providence CEO talks about financial recovery and getting ‘back to the core’
Chief Healthcare Executive
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September 2, 2025
Since becoming president and CEO of the Providence health system in January, Erik Wexler has tackled some daunting tasks. The Catholic health system, based in Renton, Washington, has faced financial pressures in recent years. Like many hospital...
CA Joins West State Governors To Form Health Alliance In Rebuke Of Trump Administration
Patch
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September 3, 2025
The move comes with COVID-19 cases rising and as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downsized the CDC to advance anti-vax policies. Posted Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 12:06 pm PT The Democratic governors of Washington, Oregon and California announced...
Covestro building in East Providence sells for $5.4M
Providence Business News - Rhode Island
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September 4, 2025
EAST PROVIDENCE – A 67,800-square-foot industrial building that was built in 1969 recently sold for $5.40 million, according to public records. The 199 Amaral St. property, which includes 4.4 acres of land, was sold by Covestro LLC, a limited...
Historic Providence home sells for $2.3M, 2nd highest sale...
Providence Business News - Rhode Island
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September 4, 2025
PROVIDENCE – A historic home on the East Side of the city with 5,200 square feet of living space recently sold for $2.3 million, making it the second highest single-family home sale on College Hill so far this year, according to Residential...
Driver critically injured in crash that closed I-95 for hours in Attleborough
NECN - Massachusetts
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One person suffered life-threatening injuries in a multi-car crash that shut down Interstate 95 in Attleborough, Massachusetts, for hours overnight. The Attleborough Fire Department says it responded around 1:17 a.m. to I-95 north for a reported...
Windfarm boss says UK 'not windy enough' as profits slump due to calm British summer
Daily Star
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September 7, 2025
The world's biggest wind farm developer has warned of a profits slump because the British summer was too calm. They said the "primary driver" for the downturn was "the impact from the lower than-normal offshore wind speeds" in July and August....
California, Oregon and Washington governors form public health alliance in rebuke of Trump administration
The Mercury News - California
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September 3, 2025
By Martha Bellisle | Associated Press SEATTLE — The Democratic governors of Washington state, Oregon and California announced Wednesday that they have created an alliance to establish their own recommendations for who should receive vaccines...
Exeter greenhouse developer sued for $1.7M in unpaid legal...
Providence Business News - Rhode Island
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September 3, 2025
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island law firm is suing Rhode Island Grows LLC for more than $1.7 million in unpaid legal fees and interest related to a controversial 25-acre greenhouse project on landmark Schartner Farms in Exeter. KSPR Law PC, based in...