Q & A with R.I. musician Mark Cutler, who performed Sunday at the Newport Folk Festival
Mark, congratulations on opening for the last day of the 2026 festival! You were, of course, on hallowed ground....
New federal rule could put New Bedford’s piping plovers in harm’s way
A new Trump administration rule rolls back longheld habitat protections for endangered species – including the shorebirds that summer...
Pollution solution takes root in a park lake
By MIMI REITZ, Beacon Media Contributing Writer Jul 22, 2026 This story was originally published in the Warwick Beacon, a publication...
Q & A with Catherine Taylor, State Director of AARP Rhode Island
“Aging isn’t just an issue for older adults. If you have an older parent, spouse, grandparent, neighbor or friend...
It Takes a Village: How Rhode Island Schools Are Reversing the Learning Recession
The state’s chronic absenteeism numbers are improving, screens are getting a second look, and summer is no longer lost...
Ruling on TPS stokes new fears among Haitians
By ROSEGALIE CINEUS Beacon Media Staff Writer This story was originally published in the Warwick Beacon, a publication partner of Ocean...
Paranoid about parasites? URI food safety expert Nicole Richard offers information, tips to avoid summer’s cyclosporiasis
A press release issued today by the University of Rhode Island: KINGSTON, R.I. – July 16, 2026 – A...
Possibility of Opening Gould Island to Recreation Still on the Table
This story was originally published in EcoRI News, a publication partner of Ocean State Stories JAMESTOWN — If Narragansett Bay can...
Q & A with poet, author and Providence College emeritus professor Peter Johnson
Peter, thanks for joining the Ocean State Stories crew! You have another critically acclaimed new book out, I’m Old,...
Journey from Itri: One Family’s Story
By MATTHEW LAWRENCE, Beacon Media Contributing Writer July 8, 2026 This story was originally published in the Warwick Beacon, a publication...
East Greenwich’s Kolb Earns Bronze in Special Olympics USA Game
by Brandy Muz | Jun 30, 2026 The swimmer, who is on the EG Special Olympics team, earned bronze in a relay,...
Today is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Ocean State Stories asked a sampling of Rhode Islanders what freedom means to them today. Here’s what they said....
Q & A with Tim Gray, founder and president, World War II Foundation
Tim, we read Jack Perry’s recent story in The Providence Journal about Residue of Evil: Legacies of Nazism, now in production,...