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The Rhode Island Department of Health said Monday it is investigating a rise in cases of Legionnaires' Disease, a respiratory illness that most commonly spreads through the air of contaminated water systems. The state reported 30 cases of the disease from June 2 to July 26, with 29 infections occurring...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Community spread of the coronavirus is now considered substantial by the Rhode Island Department of Health, Monday’s data shows. According to RIDOH, the state’s percent positivity rate for the past week is 1 percent, up 0.5 percent from the previous week. There were 57.4 new cases...

(WJAR) — The South Kingstown Police Department is searching for a suspect accused of stealing equipment from a marina. The department says the alleged theft occurred at Point Judith Marina in the early morning hours of July 8. According to surveillance video, the suspect approached the marina on a yellow...

Smoke from wildfires is reaching Rhode Island this afternoon, driving air quality down to unhealthy levels, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said. "Wild fire smoke is currently impacting the area with MODERATE fine particles, but some hours of UNHEALTHY readings are expected as smokes reaches the surface as the afternoon progresses," the DEM says in its air quality forecast.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) ─ State health officials are expressing concern over an uptick in reported cases of Legionnaires’ disease this summer. The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) reports that, between 2014 and 2020, was an average of 10 cases during the months of June and July each year. But...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials are investigating a rise in the number of cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Rhode Island, the state Department of Health said Monday. There have been 30 cases reported since June 2, the agency said in an emailed statement. Of those, 28 people have...

The most popular menu mainstays at The Lobster Roll (aka LUNCH in Montauk, New York) are obviously the classic hot and cold lobster rolls, which have been served at the famed Hamptons seafood shack since 1965. After that? It’s Grandma’s Crab Cake Sandwich. “These crab cakes have a lot of...

In late morning on Friday, July 16, the tents began to pop up in Maples Farm Park, and the vans and the trucks full of produce and crafts pulled into their assigned spaces. The food trucks were parked and ready to serve by 4 p.m. as the Bozrah Farmers Market was finally open for its long-awaited 13th season.

Alexis Sablone, an Olympic athlete from Old Saybrook, came in fourth place at the first-ever Women’s Street Skateboarding Competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. “It was a pinnacle of achievement, just to see her there in Tokyo,” Fran Sablone, Alexis’ father, said. Fran said Alexis started skateboarding around age 10...

Block Island officials moved toward a mask mandate for indoor activity Monday evening, directing a solicitor to draft an emergency ordinance that would mandate the wearing of masks indoors. The panel took that preliminary action, in anticipation of potentially voting for a mandate on Thursday night, after receiving medical guidance...

WESTERLY — Parking will be restricted on Canal and High streets on Wednesday due to road paving and placement of paint markings. Parking on High Street will also be restricted between Broad Street and Railroad Avenue. The dates may be subject to change depending on weather conditions, the police said....

NEEDHAM, Mass. — TheNew England Wireless & Steam Museum is a truly unique collection of old steam-powered machines, as well as 150 year-old telegraph equipment. Located on a pretty property secluded from the main road and downtown East Greenwich, it’s a fun place for old and young to learn—and see close up—how many of the things we now plug in were once powered by water. And the machines all work!

PROVIDENCE — Some of Rhode Island’s largest hospitals are revisiting their COVID-19 vaccine policies for employees. Each of Rhode Island’s hospitals have largely told staff members — including frontline health care workers — that they were not required, but “encouraged” to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19. However, that might change in light of recent recommendations by national groups for health care workers to be required to get fully vaccinated in order to continue working.

CRANSTON, R.I. — Rhode Island restaurants will be allowed to keep temporary outdoor dining patios and take-out windows until at least next spring. Governor Dan McKee signed a bill into law Monday extending the pandemic-era policies until April 1, 2022. “Without this bill, without the expansion of outdoor dining, I...

NEWPORT — Early Monday afternoon, a gentle breeze floated off the sea at Fort Adams State Park, dancing gracefully to the soft guitar music and gentle vocals of the band Sunny War. It was the fourth day of the 2021 Newport Folk Festival, back from hiatus after the COVID pandemic...

NEEDHAM, Mass. — Sitting on 108 acres,Saltwater Farm Vineyard welcomes guests to stroll the vineyard and try their selection of award-winning wines. In the town of Stonington, there is also the Village of Stonington also know as the Borough. The Inn at Stonington is a mainstay in the borough. Famous guests include Conan O’Brien, Mikal Baryhnikov and Meryl Streep.