Rhode Island

Rhode Island man tries but fails to hold up a South End check-cashing place, has better luck at a Starbucks, at least until he's arrested, police say

By adamg - 2/17/21 - 3:16 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man they say tried to hold up the PL$ check-cashing place at Tremont Street and Mass. Ave. at 7:23 a.m. today, only he got nothing, so he mosied down the street to the Starbucks at Tremont and West Canton, from which he successfully emerged with cash at 7:56 a.m. - only to get himself arrested 21 minutes later and several blocks away at Washington and West Concord, because he couldn't keep his gun in his pants and somebody called 911 to report a guy with a gun. Read more.

Bay State tells Ocean State residents they have to quarantine if they come here after Friday

By adamg - 8/4/20 - 8:35 pm

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health says that effective Friday, Rhode Islanders coming into Massachusetts will either have to quarantine for 14 days or show proof of a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours before their arrival here. Read more.

Don't drive into Rhode Island to play golf

By adamg - 4/3/20 - 10:19 am

Police there are serious about enforcing a state order against out-of-staters coming into the state to golf.

House of Compassion

By presspass - 8/30/12 - 9:25 am

In 1995, the House of Compassion opened its doors taking in people living with HIV and AIDS to live in a welcoming home environment. The House now faces closure, with a looming 30,000 in debt threatening the homes of their ten residents. Find out more about the House of Compassion!

It's not enough that Providence has Del's and clam cakes

By adamg - 9/15/09 - 9:20 pm

Of all the KFCs in the world, only the ones in Providence and Omaha, Neb. are serving "Double Down" sandwiches, which consist of bacon, two kinds of cheese and a special liquified saturated-fat sauce sandwiched between, no, not two halves of a bun, but two deep-fried chicken patties:

... God clearly did not mean for humans to eat chicken, bacon, and low-quality, gelatinous cheese at the same time. I was suddenly struck with a strange urge to keep kosher. Each bite became a grueling endurance test, as the cheese and grease began to override the chicken breasts, and the sandwich grew more revolting-looking with each bite. ...

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Taking the train to the airport - the other airport

By adamg - 9/10/09 - 10:30 am

The Globe reports the MBTA board of directors is expected to vote today on whether to approve an extension of the Providence Line to T.F. Green Airport. Rhode Island's spending a boatload of money getting the rail line and airport ready for the extension (which would actually continue onto North Kingstown).

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Providence is pretty snappy

By adamg - 9/6/09 - 10:40 am

The other day, the kidlet and I took the train down to Providence because, well, we could (also, she wanted to ride in a double-decker train). It was a pleasant 45-minute ride from Hyde Park, and only $9 roundtrip (she still being at that magical age where trains are free) - $13, if you include the parking at the Hyde Park train stop.

At the Providence Place food court, there's a Rhode Island food stand where you can snap some gaggers - what we'd call eating some hot dogs (Massachusetts has different definitions of 'snappin' gaggahs'). They also sell Del's Lemonade, which is one of the two drinks Rhode Islanders obsess about (the other being coffee milk), although it's really more of a lemon slushy (kidlet loved it, wondered why we can't get them in Boston).

We walked along the Providence River, which proved something of a mistake since it was early afternoon and wicked hot and there was almost no shade. Still, we got to see some interesting things before we collapsed from the heat:

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