Columnist Mark Patinkin ponders new names for Rhode Island and it's cities and towns as the Gulf of Mexico gets renamed.

Hotel director of operations Charlie Holder is the new mayor of Newport and the chair of the city’s board of license ...

Cox had argued that RI was set to waste money building new internet infrastructure in areas where it already exists.

as were a big herd of life-sized stick-woven elephants from India that were in demand by places like New York City but first walked the lawns of Newport’s mansions because doesn't Rhode Island ...

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A year of giant trolls in South County, a migration of wicker-like elephants in Newport ... of deep-blue Rhode Island turning more red in election maps, and speaking of that, a time when Gina ...

Rhode Island may be the smallest state ... the opulent Gilded Age mansions it traces. This Newport walkway has various entry points, and a map is available online to guide you.