OCTOBER 2014 COVER Artist: FRANKIE B. WASHINGTON
Our October 2014 cover is illustrated by Frankie B. Washington click the image for a larger version, and check out his portfolio here : Http://www.frankiebwashington.com
Hummel Report Quarterly Update
Editor’s note: As we head into the final three months of 2014, and the heart of another election season, Jim Hummel has significant updates on a handful of his investigations. FBI Focus: The feds are now asking questions after The Hummel Report profiled Andrew Winters, a veteran URI employee working with the Lesbian Gay Transgender […]
The Loaves and the Fishes: Feeding the Hungry
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 […]
Healey Gets on the Ballot: “Dude! There’s a party there!”
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 […]
Hummel Report: The Pond Is Their Oyster
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 […]
Theater Award Winners
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 […]
PINUP: Vanessa Hernandez
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 […]
Golfing for a Cause Is a Hole in One
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 […]
Clean Water at Any Cost
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 […]
Head Out on the Iway
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 […]