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Librarians from around Rhode Island participate in a training event at Ocean State Media in May 2026.

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Community & Education

From favorite books to media literacy: A new workshop series comes to Rhode Island libraries

Ocean State Media is partnering with 11 Rhode Island libraries on The Books That Grew Us, a new program that helps readers explore how books, media and storytelling shape their lives

July 7, 2026

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Luis Hernandez

Dawn Spears, left, and her grandson, Giizhig, 9, right, prepare tomatoes for planting Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at a farm in Hopkinton, R.I.

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Food + Drink

Tribes hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture

At Ashawaug Farm in Hopkinton, Narragansett growers are preserving heritage crops while navigating cuts to federal programs that helped small and tribal producers

July 6, 2026

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Joshua A. Bickel

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Community & Education

Rhode Island spends high on education for middling return, new report says

A fiscal watchdog group recommends tightening oversight of education spending as the state continues to struggle with improving educational outcomes

July 6, 2026

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Ian Donnis

The Star Store sat empty for three years as city officials scrambled to find an interested buyer.

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Economy

New Bedford’s Star Store set to welcome artists back this year

A new nonprofit owner has raised nearly half of its initial renovation budget and says more than 100 prospective tenants have expressed interest

July 6, 2026

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Ben Berke

FILE - Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, right, and Taylor Swift appear after the Chiefs victory over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., on Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Arts + Entertainment

In her giving era: Taylor Swift donates $1 million to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank

The pop star, who owns a home in Westerly, made the surprise donation on Thursday

July 2, 2026

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Joe Tasca

Fans packed a World Cup watch party at the Cape Verdean Museum in Pawtucket, R.I., to watch Cape Verde take on Saudi Arabia on Friday, June 26, 2026.

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Sports

New England’s Cabo Verdeans living a World Cup fairytale

A date with defending champion Argentina doesn’t scare the region’s sizable Cabo Verdean population, whose soccer team has already made history

July 2, 2026

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Mike Szostak

Sara Rodrigues carries a sheet pan of creamy custard cups for service at Barcelo’s Bakery in Fall River. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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Immigration

Portuguese immigrants, long settled in Mass., say the ‘American Dream’ is being tested

Under President Trump, some members of the southeastern Massachusetts Portuguese community have conflicting views on the economy, politics and the state of the “American Dream”

July 2, 2026

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Simón Rios

July 2, 2026