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Red Lobster closed here decades ago, but you don't have to go far to find lobster in RI
Are you distressed or indifferent about the Red Lobster bankruptcy and news it is closing 87 restaurants across 27 states? Of course, we all feel bad for those restaurant employees, just as one does when they read about massive closings in any American industry. But it's hard to miss something that made...
The time has come to ban indoor smoking in RI casinos | Opinion
Katherine Stellato serves as the president of the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. The history of our nation’s efforts to mitigate the terrible effects of smoking and secondhand smoke, which we engineers call environmental tobacco smoke, can only be measured in decades.
To keep high rollers in RI, Bally's wants to allow up to $100K in gambling credit at casinos
PROVIDENCE − With backing from Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, a fast-moving bill to double the gambling-on-credit limit at Rhode Island's two Bally's-run state casinos to $100,000 is sparking questions. Among them: Why is this a good idea? How deeply is Bally's able to probe the off-limits gambling habits of online gamblers or...
Rabbits are taking over South Kingstown – or at least a section
Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at The Providence Journal and this is the Daily Briefing. Wascally wabbits are running rampant over a section of South Kingstown. No, this isn't the plot of the latest Bugs Bunny cartoon and in the case of Stewart Nurseries co-owner Ian Stewart it's also no laughing matter. ...
AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND
June 2024 Highlights from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. Start your summer off right in the great outdoors! Come discover some of the amazing birds, bats, and insects that thrive in the Ocean State. Pick up a paintbrush at the new Maxwell Mays Art Studio or learn how to design a garden for wildlife. It’s a busy time at Audubon – come join the fun!
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