Former Cool Moose party leader Robert J. Healey, Jr., was approved to appear on the ballot as the Moderate Party nominee for governor of Rhode Island as the State Board of Elections rejected a challenge from the Republican Party at a hearing on Wednesday, September 17. The Moderate Party, recently created in 2009, in order […]
Point Judith Pond is one of Rhode Island’s jewels, a four-mile stretch of crystal-clear water bordering Narragansett and South Kingstown. Tucked up in the northeastern side is Champlin Cove, adjacent to a housing development called Briggs Farm. Jeff Maul has lived in Briggs Farm for the past decade and is often out on the water […]
Motif seeks to recognize the excellence in local theater at many different levels. We polled the critics and the theater companies themselves – about their own best work, and the best work they saw – and then over 2,500 of you, our theater-going readers, voted for your favorites. The results were announced at our awards […]
Do you have a nickname? Nessa What’s your occupation? Air National Gaurdsman, Brand Ambassador, Sales Associate at DSW What’s your dream job? To be a flight attendant What do you never leave home without? My Leatherman What’s your biggest pet peeve? When people say, “That’s stupid,” or call others stupid. What’s your favorite book? Great […]
Brad Faxon presided over a reunion of sorts in the parking lot behind The Rhode Island Country Club — the place where he first picked up a set up golf clubs more than four decades ago. Faxon was welcoming golfers and their families who gathered on a Monday morning in June from all over the […]
A massive mill building in the heart of Central Falls has undergone a transformation over the past decade. A big space once used to manufacture argyle socks and Ace bandages is now home to dozens of smaller businesses, from art studios to screen printers. Like any landlord, the building’s owner, Jerauld Adams, has to keep […]
Editor’s Note: The Iway Bridge has gotten a lot of media attention the past month as the Department of Transportation acknowledges a design flaw in the guard rails lining the span of the bridge. This week, the Hummel Report is the only media outlet to sit down for an interview with the head man at […]
2014’s Rhode Island elections are drawing near, and one candidate for the lieutenant governor’s office is looking to eliminate it altogether. Vice Chairman of the Libertarian Party Rhode Island and radio show host Tony Jones seeks election to the office – only to dismantle it – and would do this without taking salary or staff. […]
I was asked to write about the three primaries I find most interesting. I am not the person to be writing about primaries because 20 years ago I filed a federal suit asking that primaries be either eliminated or paid for by the parties instead of the taxpayers. My primary bitch, then and now, relates […]
The doors won’t open for another 30 minutes, but already a crowd is gathering at the side entrance of All Saints’ Memorial Church on the west side of Providence. Right at 4 o’clock a sea of people crams through the entrance, along a downstairs hallway, around a corner and into the parish hall where one […]