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How Rhode Island social workers help police change outcomes fast
9+ hour, 58+ min ago (1127+ words) Two social service professionals, familiar with providing the right supports to freshly traumatized children and families, texted each other as they geared up to respond to the mass shooting at Brown University. "I wanted her to tell me it wasn't…...
Are offshore wind turbines helping New England???s crab population?
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Foulkes defeats Rhode Island’s Gov. McKee. He’s the first governor in 8 years to lose a primary
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (747+ words) McKee’s defeat ends his bid for a second full term and marks the first time in more than 30 years that a sitting Rhode Island governor has been beaten in a primary. Foulkes, a former senior executive at CVS and the…...
RI's primary victors must now face independent Ken Block for governor | Exclusive
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1745+ words) Ken Block was hoping to make a big splash by running the first TV ad of his third try for governor during the NFL season opener between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. But there are no guarantees…...
Providence Catholic Coach Disputes Firing in New Lenox
12+ hour, 47+ min ago (322+ words) Providence Catholic has named offensive coordinator Adam Nissen interim football coach after the New Lenox school announced that Tyler Plantz would no longer lead the program. Athletic director Doug Ternick said Providence was taking the program in a different direction…...
Rhode Island Hospital, Brown awarded $2M for behavioral research
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (397+ words) PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University have split nearly $2 million in grants from the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation, an empirical research nonprofit out of Los Angeles, to study emotional regulation and habit change in middle schoolers and college students....
Emergency communications back to normal in Providence after radio outage
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (24+ words) Emergency services to Providence residents were not impacted during the temporary outage. Emergency services to Providence residents were not impacted during the temporary outage....
He lost the instrument he loved. Then a Providence officer stepped in
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (541+ words) Driving her dog Ranger to the veterinarian on Thursday, Sept. 10, Jodi Elizabeth was pulling up to a red light in Providence when she saw an exchange between a police officer and an "elderly gentleman" that caught her eye. Elizabeth, a…...
What a Providence cop saw at Ground Zero still stays with him
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (997+ words) Tom Verdi will tell you it feels like it just happened, arriving as a cop at Ground Zero, the wreck of the towers still smoldering. Twenty-five years ago. Verdi was a Providence lieutenant then. He rose to deputy chief and…...
Get to know Colin Hogan, The Journal's Providence metro reporter
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (317+ words) Colin Hogan joined The Providence Journal in August, coming from the New Bedford Light, with plans to cover the city of Providence and surrounding communities. With the primary election less than a month away, Colin was able to jump right…...