What You Can Buy for $3 Million in Rhode Island

Saturday, April 12, 2025 GoLocalProv Mott & Chace Content Partnership   The folks at Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International are offering three properties this week  — each is located in one of Rhode Island's premier coastal communities.   They …

Restaurant refresh: Reality TV show to feature Rhode Island restaurant 

DOGE cuts NEH funding for Rhode Island Humanities

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Humanities is now fighting to restore funding for its grant program and core operating purposes after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency terminated a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that supports the …

TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for April 11, 2025

April vacation week is here for the General Assembly, so prepare for a more active phase of the session once lawmakers return to the roost. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go.  *** Want to get my column in your inbox …

$3.8M loan will lead to safe drinking water again on Prudence Island

PRUDENCE ISLAND — It will take a while, but Prudence Island residents can at least look forward to the return of safe drinking water. Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, …

Federal cuts jeopardize Island disease research

The jobs of two Vineyard health professionals are in jeopardy due to federal funding cuts, which threaten to hold back local public health efforts. The two professionals — case investigator and former emergency room nurse Betsy VanLandingham and …

Infrastructure Bank approves $3.8 million loan For new Prudence Island drinking water treatment system

Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, the state’s central hub for financing infrastructure improvements for municipalities, businesses, and homeowners, in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Health, has closed on a $3,887,450 Drinking Water State …

Mystic Aquarium released 22 rehabilitated sea turtles back into the wild on Jekyll Island

Twenty-two cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued from Cape Cod and rehabilitated at Mystic Aquarium. The turtles, representing three endangered species, were released into the Atlantic Ocean off Jekyll Island, Georgia. It is not unusual this time of year …

Out-of-state residents now buying nearly 1 in 4 homes sold in Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Many Rhode Island residents experience sticker shock these days when they look at home prices, with the cost of a typical house more than doubling over the last 10 years. But the current $455,500 price tag for the median single- …

Another blast of warmth and sunshine before shower threat arrives late Friday

The morning starts off with mostly sunny skies but clouds will begin building throughout the late morning and into the afternoon. Highs will reach the mid-60s with a low chance for a spot shower working into Boston around or after the evening commute. You’ …