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First things first: Rhode Island’s 250th anniversary on May 4 celebrates something important, we just aren’t sure what.

It doesn’t take long for a person new to Rhode Island to find a local booster willing to tout our little but lovable state and its amazing history. First colony that gave religious freedom to all; first synagogue in the colonies; the Gaspee affair as America’s “First blow for Freedom” of the Revolution in 1772; […]

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Pothole Construction Season a Sign of Spring: RI DOT seeks public help finding where to repair

The RI Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced a major initiative to repair potholes caused by a harsh winter. A new Pothole Service Requests Dashboard site on the web – https://www.dot.ri.gov/travel/potholes.php – allows the public to report locations needing repair, and monitor progress. It includes overall counts and a map that can zoom down to individual […]

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The Impossibility of Satire: Trump-world is an inherent self-parody

On the “Weekend Update” satirical news segment on Saturday Night Live. anchor Colin Jost displayed a snapshot of an unhinged rant laced with profanity in the form of a Donald Trump post to Truth Social, before admitting he made it up – but until he said that, any viewer would assume it was real. I […]

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Civil War Re-Enactors Commemorate, Well…: We’re not exactly sure what

Local Civil War re-enactor Bill Sherman was having trouble recruiting young people into the hobby, so he hit on a novel idea that is perfectly suited to Gen Z. He immediately telephoned his friend Jim Longstreet and suggested they realign to Civil War II, getting rid of that old, dusty gray and replacing it with […]

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