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America runs on Dunkin', and clearly Massachusetts does more than anywhere else – but isn’t it time Krispy Kreme took another shot at the Bay State?

SNAP recipients in Rhode Island can use their Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to purchase food at Subway restaurants.

It's not everyday environmental experts ask for the public's help in eliminating an entire species of insect, but in the case of the spotted lanternfly, they are. In both Rhode Island and Massachusetts these invasive insects are reaching their adult (and most destructive) stage of life and the local agriculture needs everyone's help to survive. The s...

With so many bird species in New England, why did Rhode Island select a chicken for its official state bird?

Just in time for summer's serious heat, Yelp has released their list of the top 100 ice cream shops in the U.S. based on diners reviews. Across the country it was California that had the most ice cream shops make the list. In our little corner, only seven New England ice cream shops were in the top 100 with Maine claiming three of those spots...

When the elite proclaimed a region of southeastern Massachusetts 'SouthCoast,' two Rhode Island communities became a part of this new mysterious land.

Brown University's Naked Society performs a 'naked donut run' twice a year annually.

It's been a few summers since Taylor Swift threw a star-studded Fourth of July party at her beachfront home in Westerly, Rhode Island, but we think she and her fellow partiers will return in 2023. After laying low during the Covid summers, Taylor clearly returned to Westerly last year to spend some time in her historic home. Thoug...

The Bishop told Sister Arlene Violet to drop out of the race. Instead, she left the order and became the first elected female Attorney General in U.S. history.

The annual Newport Kite Festival returns July 8th and 9th.