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ecoRI News Roundup: New RIPTA director, no offshore wind, safe fishing?

RIDOT Director Alviti Takes Helm of RIPTA Board PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Department of Transportation director Peter Alviti took the helm of the state transit system’s governing board last week, asking for detailed information from staff and suggesting ways the agency could be run more like his own.  Alviti began the meeting by telling the […]

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Virus Subvariant EG.5 in New England: Not likely any greater threat than previous SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants

A new subvariant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is increasing in prevalence with initial US detection primarily in the New England area. Labeled EG.5, it was discovered outside the US on Feb 17 and is a minor mutation from the XBB.1.9.2 subvariant. The entire lineage, including XBB.1.9.2, EG.5, and a further subvariant EG.5.1, […]

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Student Food Truck Program: Riding food trucks to culinary awareness

The most delicious school project ever conceived in the Ocean State is coming to a school near you this fall. Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE)’s Menu for Success Student Food Truck Initiative, originally announced in December 2022 with a roughly $1.6 million investment from the School Building Authority Capital Fund, has empowered 13 school […]

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