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2024 Theatre By The Sea season has the formula for success. Here's what you'll see
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Forget themes, when it comes to his four-show season at Theatre By The Sea, owner/producer Bill Hanney has a formula for success. Each year, when scouring the hundreds of possibilities for the seasonal company, he looks for something new, something classic, something big and something family-oriented. The 2024 summer lineup, the theater’s 91st, opening May 29, is evidence of his work.
Bally's sold its Tiverton casino. Now, it wants more subsidies from the state.
PROVIDENCE – After selling – and then leasing back – one of the two state casinos Bally's runs for the Rhode Island Lottery, the company is now asking for more concessions from state lawmakers. Still unanswered are questions about Bally's financial health following the recent downgrade of Bally's credit rating by Moody's...
‘He’s healthy, he’s strong, he’s feisty’: Aquarium celebrates baby harbor seal born on Mother’s Day
MYSTIC, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - A seal at an aquarium in Connecticut welcomed her baby pup just in time for Mother’s Day. Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut announced the birth of a harbor seal pup to a mother breeding seal named Pearl. Officials said the pup was born on Mother’s...
New summer menu at Back40 of North Kingstown, R.I.
We’re heading into the summer season so Back40 restaurant of North Kingstown, R.I. is here to show us some of their newest seasonal menu items. One of their newest items is the Spinach and Arugula Salad with fresh radishes, carrots and blueberries. Another is their chicken burrata sandwich with arugula,m tomato, and a housemade garlic aioli.
Rhode Island plans to reopen Crescent Park Beach for swimming
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — An East Providence beach is getting the OK to welcome swimmers back into the water after more than a century, but eager beachgoers are going to have to wait a bit longer. Crescent Park Beach is expected to reopen in May 2026. "To have...
Atlantic Shark Institute Nears Goal for Rhode Island Commercial Shark Plate Orders
The Atlantic Shark Institute (ASI) announced Thursday that they recently received their 500th order for the commercial version of their wildly popular shark license plate in Rhode Island. With a requirement of 600 orders before the plates can go into production, they are closing in on their goal and are optimistic about starting production soon.
'Kidswatch 10' was news for kids, by kids
If you were a child of the 1990s, maybe you watched Kidswatch 10. It was our Saturday newscast produced for kids, by kids, under the mentorship of Jim Kinnie. "Students at Deering Junior High School in West Warwick learned first-hand that to fight world hunger you must work hard closer to home. The Deering students’ efforts are very much in evidence here at the West Warwick Senior Center,” Cidalia Costa reported.
Proposal to study going smoke-free at Bally’s casinos clears threshold to come back in 2025
Enough Bally’s Corporation shareholders at its annual meeting last week supported an unsuccessful activist proposal seeking a report on the potential savings of going smoke-free at all the Rhode Island-based casino giant’s properties that the measure can return next year. About 3.1 million votes were in favor of the proposal by Trinity Health and 23.9 […] The post Proposal to study going smoke-free at Bally’s casinos clears threshold to come back in 2025 appeared first on Rhode Island Current.
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