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The Rhode Island State Police arrested Ann-Marie Goddard for embezzlement and fraudulent conversion, unlawful appropriation, and obtaining money/property by false pretenses or impersonation, the agency announced.

For the past eleven years, I’ve written a New Year’s column listing reasons for optimism. Click and see how I did last year. This year, I do the same. It remains the nature of news and opinion writing that positive developments get short shrift.

One of the highlights of 2023 was the unveiling of the remarkable Edward Bannister sculpture created by Gage Prentiss.

Billy Thalheimer and Mike Klinker —the two MIT grads — have one of the hottest startup companies ever in Rhode Island. You may have to go back to Samuel Slater launching his manufacturing play to find as big a potential.

2023 was a complex year. There were significant accomplishments, game-changing developments, and some major blunders.

Teatro ECAS, for some, is an overnight success with its new home on Valley Street, but the theatre company is more than 25 years in development.

Harvard University President Claudine Gay is out. The announcement Monday comes after Gay came under fire for her testimony before Congress regarding the Ivy League institution’s handling of the rise of anti-Semitism on campus.

Dozens of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza took to the Rhode Island House on Sunday night.

How did I get to be a writer, much less now for GoLocal? Where is the connection? It is a story of an opportunity I could not refuse, especially after meeting with Josh Fenton, CEO of GoLocal. His enthusiasm is contagious.

The two frontrunners for the Democratic nomination for the first congressional district seat hit major bumps during the 2023 campaign cycle.