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📺 I was on "12 News at 4" discussing the "Secret Mall Apartment" documentary that will open at Providence Place in March. You can watch the segment here.
The 2025 Rhode Island Radio & Television Hall of Fame class is out, and this time around, the folks at Channel 10 (WJAR) and Channel 6 (WLNE) came up with an adorable way of informing inductees from their respective stations.
The full list of inductees, which will be announced next week, includes Channel 10’s Mario Hilario, Channel 6’s John DeLuca, ESPN’s Doris Burke (a Providence College graduate), longtime weatherman Steve Cascione, PODER CEO Tony Mendez, and veteran sales executive Andy Lamchick.
The folks over at 10 and 6 went above and beyond for Hilario and DeLuca.
Hilario learned he was going to the hall live on television Thursday morning. Click the image below to watch.
Over at Channel 6, the team had the great Ken Bell surprise DeLuca with the announcement. Click the image below to watch.
The ceremony will be Sept. 25 at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick. Congrats to all the inductees!
🤔 So you think you're a Rhode Islander...
East Greenwich is home to the fifth-oldest military organization in continuous service in the US. What is the organization called? (You can find the answer below.)
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The Globe in Rhode Island
⚓ US District Court Judge John McConnell will on Friday consider a request to further block President Donald Trump's administration from freezing trillions of dollars of grants and loans that fund everything from clean energy programs to bridge repairs to emergency shelters. Read here.
⚓ Providence state Representative Enrique Sanchez will have to install a breathalyzer on his car if he wants to continue driving following his drunken driving arrest earlier this month, according to an order from a Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal judge. Read more.
⚓ The City of Warwick has reached a $600,000 settlement with a former city Water Division employee who alleged in a federal lawsuit that she was sexually harassed by fellow city employees while on the job. Read more.
⚓ My colleague Christopher Gavin has a guide to where to hear music in Rhode Island this weekend. Read more.
⚓ With Providence hosting the Division III wrestling championships this year, Jason Simon talks to JWU’s wrestling coach Lonnie Morris, who has built one of the best teams in the country. Read more.
⚓ In an opinion piece for Globe Rhode Island, Providence College professor Eric Hirsch offers a menu of potential solutions to Rhode Island's homelessness challenges. Read more.
🎂 Rhode Map readers have sent another round of Happy Birthday wishes to: Stephen “Torts” Tortolani (64), Oliver Alexander Angus (1), Susan Friendson, Johnnie Chace, Jon “JB” Barcelo (66), Mary Ellen O'Neil, Edward Ferreira (89), Katie Hart (46), Sarah Dell, Joe Caiazzo, Eric Rueb, Terry Donilon, Nicole Verdi, state Representative Grace Diaz, M. Charles Bakst, Amanda Hemond, Dana Borrelli-Murray, Mattie Wadson, Izzy Montini (21), Paul McNamara, Allan Fung, Jocelyn Ricci, Jess Chen, Larry DiBoni, Rufus Bailey, Susan Zuck, and Jason Salter.
You can check out all of our coverage at Globe.com/RI
Also in the Globe
⚓ The Trump administration on Thursday said it would end temporary immigration protections for roughly a half-million Haitians in August, raising the prospects that members of one of Boston’s largest immigrant communities may soon face deportation. Read more.
⚓ The select board in West Boylston has called for a formal hearing in a bitter dispute between the town’s longtime police chief and its new town administrator over the display of a Donald Trumpcampaign flag inside a gym at police headquarters. Read more.
⚓ Connor McDavid sizzled a one-timer past Connor Hellebuyck at 8:18 of overtime to give Canada a 3-2 win and the 4 Nations Face-Off title Thursday night at a jam-packed TD Garden. Why are all hockey players named Connor? Read more.
⚓ Forget Billy Joel at Mohegan Sun, The LOX is on its 30th anniversary tour, and they're having a show The Strand tomorrow night in Providence. Jadakiss is still in my top five.
The Kentish Guards first earned their charter on Oct. 29, 1774.
RHODE ISLAND REPORT PODCAST Ed Fitzpatrick talks to Teddi Jallow from the Refugee Dream Center about how her organization is navigating the Trump administration. Listen to all of our podcasts here.
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