Saw this in a random post that I can’t find now. Does anyone know why the bear is at Kingston Station?

Insightful reporting about the evolution of a Rhode Island mill town, by @antoniafarzan.bsky.social for Providence Journal: www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

The story of Hasbro's origins, which @antoniafarzan.bsky.social recounts in her story, is amazing. Full piece: www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

This is a great piece from @antoniafarzan.bsky.social about Hasbro's departure from RI and the future of Pawtucket.

[September 16th, 1945] Rhode Island State Prison hosted a Labor Day clambake, surprising old-timers with 500 inmates and staff enjoying clams, quahaugs, and food. Funded by commissary profits, Warden Cranor said the inmates earned it, celebrating their wartime contributions.

Thanks to our partnership with @unduemedical, Treasury has relieved an average of $1,749.69 for nearly 7,000 Rhode Islanders. Learn more about our efforts in today’s @projo article: www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

The right side of history

New this morning: After Helena Foulkes entered the Rhode Island gov's race last week, the conversation immediately turned to the opioid epidemic and her role as president of CVS pharmacy. I wrote an op-ed about how the ensuing conversation can actually serve Rhode Island, not just the candidates.

Political Scene: 2 years ago RI lawmakers rewrote campaign finance law and doubled donations limits in a close controversial vote. The change is already having an impact on the #RIgov race and General Assembly campaigns www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

I will be so sad if they get rid of the sailboat www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

Is @helenabfoulkes.bsky.social the 2026 #RIgov favorite? PC's Adam Myers: "As long as it stays a two-person race, Foulkes clearly seems like the favorite" Brown's Wendy Schiller: "She has to have a clear agenda that will move the state forward economically and lay that out for the voters"

Do any geologists follow me on here? Have a random question

For those unfamiliar with Foster politics, I highly recommend this read via @kathyprojo.bsky.social. Spoiler: It gets cutthroat in the town of 4,500 www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

The management-side labor law firm Littler Mendelson is advising employers to ignore a Rhode Island ban on forced employee attendance at anti-union meetings, according to a private webinar obtained exclusively by the Prospect. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/BP9SagI

“Rhodes is a Rhode Island native – ‘born and raised and proud of it’ – who cites succinctly the Central Landfill's significance to both himself and, by extension, all Ocean Staters: ‘Almost everything I've thrown away in my life is here.’” www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

Spotted by a friend

DJ play Rhode Island is Famous For You

One thing I really love about Rhode Island is how easy it is to meet people whose work I’ve admired from afar… without really trying at all. Granted, some of time this happens because of my job. But most of the time it’s in a distinctly nonprofessional setting

Congdon Street, Hope Smith

From the estate of Providence Journal photographer Lawrence Millard of North Kingstown: ”Aerials,” circa January 1967.

Holy Ghost Societies in the Azores… and South Dartmouth

Proud to say I guessed it correctly

If you put up 25 mph speed limit signs on a highway, will anyone actually go that speed? On North Main Street, a four-lane road divided by a strip of green space giving drivers the feeling of being on a divided highway, the answer is a resounding no.” www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

My Woonsocket-born French Canadian grandparents (both sides) used to semi-verbatim translate French to English. “I’m going up your house me” - I’m heading over to your house. (Moi, je monte chez toi) “Close the light” - turn off the light (Fermer la lumière)

Really excited about this project. I participated in an interview with @matthewjohnhadodo.bsky.social and it was a lot of fun - he was able to point out specific Rhode Island quirks in my speech that I didn't even know about! www.valleybreeze.com/news/throw-m...

Really good story by @wheelerreporter.bsky.social www.providencejournal.com/story/news/s...

I love that @wheelerreporter.bsky.social is shining a light on public pools in RI! When I wanted to get back to lap swimming this spring, it was hard to find an affordable option, especially year-round. I am thrilled with McDermott in Warwick.

"Good transit is not a program for poor people; it is also for those of us who prefer to let a professional driver worry about the traffic, so we can read or knit or daydream (or write articles about RIPTA) while we move around the state."

Lots of interesting nuggets from @tednesi.bsky.social here www.wpri.com/news/local-n...

Absolute unit www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/detai...

How did @as220.bsky.social 's founder Bert Crenca pull off "one of the best con jobs in the history of the city of Providence"?

I've watched every minute of the recorded oral comments & read the hundreds of written submissions to @ripta.com in response to the painful service reductions and segment and outright eliminations on the table. This 🧵 is strictly my own and is not an official RIPTA statement.

Honestly...hell yeah. Corporate landlords are some of the most powerful people in our society right now. Government should be in the corner of small and independent businesses and working to level that playing field. Good for them for looking for leverage to fight back.

Wow I love osprey so much!!!! www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

Well, this is everything I want in a news story.

My favorite guys

This is the Newport Creamery where former speaker Mattiello told Finance Chair Ray Gallison, who was under FBI investigation at the time, he had to resign www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

This is quite a press release (context: www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...)

In lighter fare, check out today’s Political Scene in The Providence Journal by Antonia Noori Farzan: 🔗 providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/rhode-island-politicians-summer-jobs-range-from-raking-seaweed-to-dunkin-donuts/85411345007/

For local artist Ben Sisto, Who Let The Dogs Out isn't just a throwback — it's a story of intellectual property, copyright law, and artistic collectivity. Learn more about Sisto's collection of 300 objects related to the song's history, now on display at PPL in collaboration with OPEN.

Continually infuriated that the Apple weather app has sunrise / sunset but not tide charts

👀Newly released documents from the RIPTA Service Cuts Hearings paint a devastating picture of the future riders are facing. View the charts & maps on our website: pvdstreets.org/wp-content/u...

Newport Hospital’s birth center, other Brown Health facilities, to remain open – for now www.providencejournal.com/story/news/h...

signed up to sail an Azorean whaleboat in New Bedford, what if I made this my entire personality

“This place showed me the magic of libraries and what it means,” Olivia Melo, an immigrant herself from the Azores and now the library director for the city of New Bedford told me.

Great follow-up on a massively important story that's been percolating under the surface.

When I was in New Zealand in 2020 they were debating whether they should put polling places in bars and restaurants.