It is delivery day and Jim Carroll is playing both traffic cop and cheerleader at a food pantry in Greenville as volunteers help unload and arrange thousands of pounds of items that in a matter of hours will be distributed to needy families in the Smithfield area. Carroll has been volunteering since the pantry was founded […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Michael Solomon is wearing several hats these days: Providence City Council president, candidate for mayor and veteran businessman, a job Solomon had long before he got into politics. Solomon’s most high-profile business is Wes’s Rib House in Olneyville. He also owns a catering company off Mount Pleasant Avenue. But it’s a business project in this […]
Met High School Students Pursuit to Save Lives with Wear Aspirin It is a presentation Christian Rijos has given dozens of times over the past year, a pitch from a young entrepreneur with a company and an idea aimed at saving lives. Christian, a 16-year-old sophomore at The Met School in Providence, is co-owner of […]
For decades, Barrington has been considered one of Rhode Island’s most affluent communities. But Wilton Spencer knew that not everyone in town was wealthy. In 1933 Spencer drafted a will that one day would leave millions of dollars and a mission: to help “poor and unfortunate people in Barrington.” And in 2005 the town received […]
“I mean it’s great that we have newly paved roads, but when you go back and cut ‘em back up, it defeats the purpose. If the idea is to repair it to what it was, a brand new road, it’s not happening.’’-Providence local Jim Damico Wherever you go in Providence, they are hard to miss: […]