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Rhode Island Lifestyle News

Across Rhode Island, coverage here takes in cultural trends, family life, home habits and changing personal routines. It explores how residents balance these choices within the broader context of daily life.

State Proposes Stricter Odor Rules for Facilities

State Proposes Stricter Odor Rules for Facilities

Rhode Island's environmental agency has proposed defining odor nuisances, drawing pushback at a packed public meeting in Providence.

Live Poll

Do you trust your local government to enforce odor and pollution rules?


Food and Drink

Organic Food

Rhode Island Weighs Options to Boost Waste Diversion

A draft state needs assessment outlines five paths to raise the state's 13% waste diversion rate, with public comments open until November 16.


Real Estate

Residential

Sally Hersey Named 2026 Rhode Island Realtor of the Year

The Rhode Island Association of Realtors chose Hersey, of Williams & Stuart Real Estate, from nearly 6,000 Realtors statewide.

Sally Hersey Named 2026 Rhode Island Realtor of the Year

Hobbies

Fishing

Rhode Island to Stock 14 Waterways With Trout

The Department of Environmental Management will restock brook and rainbow trout ahead of Veterans Day as a tribute to local veterans.

Rhode Island to Stock 14 Waterways With Trout

Family

Live Poll

Should the federal government spend more on early childhood mental health programs?

Child Care

Children's Friend Receives $430,000 Federal Grant

The nonprofit will use the funding to nearly double its behavioral health staffing for young children in Rhode Island.

Children's Friend Receives $430,000 Federal Grant

Education

Secondary Education

Rhode Island Opens Residential Care for Girls

South County Academy in Exeter becomes the state's first residential complex for girls with behavioral health needs.

Rhode Island Opens Residential Care for Girls

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Day to day, that means reporting on household habits, cultural shifts, family time and the everyday decisions that influence how people spend their hours. This coverage reaches from the capital to the rural counties where the rhythms of life differ. Home ownership and local cultural events act as primary pillars for these stories, reflecting the specific interests and preferences of the state. Economic pressures consistently change the way households approach leisure, family spending and their home environments.