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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...
'Like something from a Hitchcock movie': Dumped rabbits causing headaches for SK farmer
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Ian Stewart is begging people to stop dropping rabbits off in Tuckertown Park. He knows it seems comical. He'd be laughing, too, if the rabbits weren't causing thousands of dollars of damage each year at Stewart Nursery, his family's business. "It’s like something from an Alfred Hitchcock movie," Stewart told The...
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...
McShortagee's, a new deli and market, opens in Riverside
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — William Hurley said residents of the area missed Schroder's Deli - a longtime staple in Riverside - and that he wanted to bring back that local flavor with his new establishment, McShortagee's Market, which officially opened its doors this weekend. McShortagee's is now open...
Still no word on when North Providence Pool will reopen
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The North Providence Town Pool remains closed after an explosion last July launched the facility’s Jacuzzi out of its seemingly-permanent perch – and some people are wondering when the building will reopen. Joann Lyon was there when it happened – swimming laps...
Rogue Island Comedy Festival returns for spring
NEWS WEATHER WATCH TARGET 12 SPORTS LOCAL PROGRAMS THE RHODE SHOW JOBS MORE 12 INFORMA. Airdate: 5/20/24 Co-Founder Doug Key joins Brendan today. Hosted by Will Gilbert, Audrey McClelland, & Brendan Kirby, The Rhode Show is WPRI 12's daily lifestyle show for having fun, eating well, and living life.
Behind the Smiles Winners for the Week of May 20, 2024
Our sponsors at Delta Dental want you to show us what’s Behind the Smiles. It’s a chance to show off your photography skills and share scenic, fascinating or fun images with the WPRI 12 and FOX Providence audience. Three times a week, we’ll show a photo on 12 News This Morning at 6 AM.
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. ...
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