Rhode Island Spotlight: Little League Hits the Big League
It is seven hours before the first pitch at Fenway Park, but the batting cage for pre-game warm-ups is already in place and ready to go. Pitching coach Chili Davis […]
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The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
The Hummel Report: Junkyard Battles
There is no sign for those driving by, no indication there is a business just behind the tree line off Weaver Hill Road in West Greenwich. But anybody who has lived […]
The Hummel Report: Blocking the View
Nearly everywhere you look, there is water. With the Newport Bridge to the west, Fort Adams to the south and Newport Harbor to the east, the condominiums on Goat Island South […]
The Hummel Report: Mid-Year Update
Editor’s note: The Hummel Report’s mid-year update has new information on a handful of previous investigations. Uneasy Adjustment — In April we profiled Larry Rzepecki of Pawtucket, who was charged […]
Rhode Island Spotlight: Neighbors Helping Neighbors
It was a busy and productive weekend last month as dozens of volunteers fanned out across the southern part of RI to tackle construction projects that the owners of nine […]
The Hummel Report: Bringing Jobs to RI
That bitterly cold first day of the Raimondo Administration in early January seems like a very long long time ago. In her first five months, Governor Gina Raimondo has crisscrossed the […]
Helping the Poor Through Capital Good
The half dozen young people gathered at a community center in Woonsocket got something last month that many never had when going through school: a financial coaching session. Leading them […]
The Hummel Report: Reading, Writing and … Mold?
The two-story brick building looks like a fortress — and it’s built like one. In fact, the old Bishop McVinney School was designated by the city of Providence as a […]
Rhode Island Spotlight: PeaceLove Studios Uses Art to Help People with Mental Issues
The dozen girls and boys who have gathered around a set of tables for an evening workshop don’t know it yet, but the masks they create over the next 90 […]
Mayor Baldelli-Hunt Nepotism Scandal Update
Five months after readily admitting she had hired her son for a part-time summer job with the city, Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt conceded that was a violation of the nepotism […]