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U.S. Is Giving Away Lighthouses for Free to Preserve Them As Historic Landmarks
A unique opportunity for a fixer-upper is coming by way of the US General Services Administration (GSA)—6 historic American lighthouses.
Preventing Mosquito Bites And the Disease That Killed 445,000 People in 2016 By Using Graphene-Lined Clothing
Brown University's groundbreaking discovery found a non-chemical approach for preventing mosquito bites—and it could help stop the spread of deadly malaria.
With School District Struggling Against $77,000 in Student Lunch Debt, Chobani CEO Offers to Lend a Hand
Chobani is not just responsible for making delicious yogurt – they're also stepping forward to ensure that Rhode Island students are properly fed.
Toddler Rushes to Hug Pizza Deliveryman Without Knowing He Had Just Lost His Daughter
This toddler from Rhode Island was filmed hugging a pizza delivery driver—and it has since resulted in a ripple effect of kindness for a grieving family.
16-Year-Old Boy Buys Confiscated Storage Units to Help Owners Recover Family Treasures
16-year-old teen Shane Jones of Rhode Island has been helping the owners of heirloom possessions be reunited with their items.
Birth For World's Critically Endangered Red Wolf Brings Rising Population to Nearly 250
Roger Williams Park Zoo has announced the birth of a red wolf pup, the world's most endangered canid species, as part of its red wolf breeding program.
Stranger Captures Humble Sidewalk Marriage Proposal in Magical Photo
Some marriage proposals are elaborately staged affairs, but for one Rhode Island couple, a simple and spontaneous engagement in the rain, on a New York City sidewalk, will always be remembered, thanks to the priceless photos by a stranger.
No More Textbooks: Students Read Better With Books They Choose
In Rhode Island, teachers in a local public school have overcome animosity with charter school educators. Instead, they have joined together to dramatically raise reading scores for young children who choose their own books.
Boy Wins Hero Award for Giving New Shoes to Thousands of Kids in Shelters
A 14-year-old from Rhode Island, Nicholas Lowinger, was chosen as a 2012 Huggable Hero, winning $10,000 for outstanding work in public service. His foundation, Gotta Have Sole, donates new footwear to children living in homeless shelters. New shoes not only provide the perfect fit for a child, but they also instantly increase a child's self-esteem. To date, Nicolas has purchased 5,000 pairs of shoes for homeless kids by raising tens of thousands of dollars.
Flickering Coastal Lights Bid Good Night to Kids at Children's Hospital (WATCH)
Every night at 8:30PM, business signs and flashlights start to blink as a sparkling goodbye to the sickly children watching from the hospital windows.
Brown University to Drop Fee for Low-income Applicants
The Rhode Island-based Ivy League school announced it will be waiving its application fee for the students who can't afford it.
Rhode Island Waitress Lands $458 Tip on $42 Pizza (WATCH)
The single mother of three has worked at Uncle Tony's Pizza in Cranston, Rhode Island for the last 15 years. She has regular customers that leave her good tips, but never like the cash she got from a couple last month to whom she served pizza.
Principal Announces Snow Day With Soulful Adele Cover Video (WATCH)
After school was canceled due to snow, a Rhode Island principal should be nominated for a Grammy for his announcement to stay home–to the tune of "Hello".
13-Year-old Recycles Cooking Grease into Heating Oil for Needy Families
After reading an article in the local newspaper, Cassandra Lin of Westerly, Rhode Island discovered that many residents could not afford to heat their homes. Inspired to do something, she formed a team of five seventh graders to recycle waste cooking oil and turn it into biofuel for distribution to needy families. Started in 2008, TGIF (Turn Grease Into Fuel) works with local biofuel companies to recycle the grease from residents and restaurants, and refine it into biodiesel. The award-winning project has been collecting more than 36,000 gallons of waste cooking oil a year, bringing an estimated value of $60,000 of alternative energy that keeps 92 needy families warm in the winter.
Famed Electric Guitar Sells for $965,000
The electric guitar Bob Dylan was playing at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, when he got booed for playing rock 'n' roll, sold for $965,000 on Friday, which is a world auction record for a guitar. The 1964 Fender Stratocaster had been accidentally left on a private aircraft by the songwriter and his band in the months after the Rhode Island festival.
Humpback Whale Rescued off Rhode Island
Officials from Rhode Island's Mystic Aquarium freed a 30-foot juvenile humpback whale from entanglement in a fishing net Monday.
Congressman Touts Rhode Island's Switch to Hybrid Buses, Trollies
U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin is encouraging other agencies to follow the lead of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority that recently bought 53 hybrid buses and upgraded 10 trolleys to run on a hybrid system.
Rhode Island Passes Bill to Guarantee Rights of Homeless People
Rhode Island's governor is expected to sign into law the first Homeless Bill of Rights in the United States as early as next week, formally banning discrimination against homeless people and affirming their equal access to jobs, housing and services, and public places.
A Fiscal Hero, Rhode Island Treasurer Balances Interests to Reform State Pension Fund
Instead of getting abuse from state teachers whose pensions were cut, Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island's treasurer, who had quarterbacked the major reform, is receiving praise for saving the system from certain calamity. She is being called a fiscal Hero.
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