Ben Berke

Reporter

Ben covers everything for Ocean State Media, as long as it’s a good story. His work appears across television, radio, social media, and our website. He joined the station in 2021 after a stint in newspapers, and now handles our metro beat in Providence. His assignments have taken our audience to jails, city halls, fishing boats, factories, museums, bakeries, environmental cleanup sites and a clambake.

Recently published
Faced with a mandate to increase public school funding by $15 million per year, Providence is planning to levy its biggest tax increase in over a decade
At a press conference announcing plans to reopen the building’s art studios, the new owner asked local artists to get involved in planning the renovation
A deed filed on Thursday shows that the Star Store’s longtime owner, Paul Downey, is transferring the downtown property to the Arts & Business Council Of Greater Boston. New Bedford’s mayor will announce the redevelopment plans at a press conference Monday morning
The state’s public defender agency said an alleged sexual relationship between a judge and prosecutor, first described in a series of anonymous letters, could taint more than 3,700 criminal cases if proven true
The payment resolves a federal lawsuit against former patrolman Michael Pessoa, who was convicted in 2023 of punching a handcuffed suspect in the face and filing false reports to cover up the incident