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FILE - Lobsters are processed at the Sea Hag Seafood plant in Tenants Harbor, Maine, June 20, 2014.

Some in Seafood Industry See Trump as Fishermen’s Friend, But Tariffs Could Make for Pricier Fish

The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes for one of the oldest sectors of the U.S. economy — seafood —…

The New Hampshire SPCA found itself with more than 850 mice and rats in its care last month. It's hoping to find homes for the remaining rodents this weekend

Rat Rodeo! New Hampshire Shelter Receives Influx of Critters

Adoption event comes after surrender of hundreds of mice and rats

According to the ruling, since 2018, Rhode Island Recycled Metals, or RIRM, has been found in violation of at least four statewide environmental laws and has experienced four fires, including one in July that sent plumes of thick, black smoke across Narragansett Bay.

Judge Expands Attorney’s Authority Over Rhode Island Recycled Metals

Reactions among advocates and politicians range from disappointed to cautiously optimistic

Left to right: Family, friends, and JROTC cadets watch the naturalization ceremony, Dec. 13, 2024 at the Immigrants’ Assistance Center in New Bedford.

New Bedford Welcomes New Citizens in a Naturalization Ceremony at the Immigrants’ Assistance Center

Last Friday about 25 immigrants from around the South Coast and Massachusetts became U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at the Immigrants’ Assistance Center in New Bedford. People from Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Denmark, Honduras, Haiti and other countries took the oath of allegiance

Q&A With Rhode Island Author Don Waterman

G. Wayne Miller:Don, congratulations on the publication of your first book, Rambles and Reflections: Stories Gleaned from a New England Mill Village.…

Injection booths at the overdose prevention center in Providence.

Brown University Researchers Evaluating Effectiveness of Harm Reduction Center

Researchers at Brown University will be studying the effectiveness of an overdose prevention center set to open soon in Providence.Brandon Marshall,…

Dewey Raposo 'Keeps the Beat' Going With 'Ocean State Sessions'

The Cosmic Factory drummer reflects on five seasons of the show

Tangled Up in Blue: Two North Atlantic Right Whales Found Entangled Off MA, Plus Five Others

Researchers have found three critically endangered right whales entangled off the U.S. East Coast in just over a week. Two were seen 50 miles southeast of…

Researchers Develop Way to Use Light to Dismantle PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have earned the nickname of forever chemicals from their extraordinary ability to stick around in…

U.S. Attorney Zachary Cunha announces a proposed settlement to a lawsuit alleging the ‘warehousing’ of kids in psychiatric care.

RI Reaches Agreement With Feds Over Care for Kids in Psychiatric Wards

The U.S. Attorney for the state of Rhode Island announced an agreement with the state over the alleged hundreds of children who have been sequestered in psychiatric wards without a valid medical reason

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