Those little league pitchers are clearly juicing.

Our reporter @jonmaesha.bsky.social wants to help answer your questions about the Port of Providence:

"Some of these questions and answers will appear only in our newsletter under a fun section I’m calling 'Questions from a New Rhode Islander’s Notebook.'” Subscribe to follow eepurl.com/i_-9dY

Got clothes you don't want? Need clothes you don't have? Come to our FREE Clothing Swap April 25 at Flatbread Company. buff.ly/ZY06nqQ

It's #401Gives today (on 3/31, rather than 4/01, but I don't make the rules). If you're in Rhode Island, you're deluged with requests for giving. I would encourage you to make a gift today if you haven't.

BUT I think you should give a monthly gift. Nonprofits need $ every day, not just giving days

Drawing Inspiration from Youth, Cape Cod Author Imagines a “Better World” - ecoRI News In their new graphic nonfiction novel, “A Better World Is Possible,” the authors recount experiences from their own lives and the lives of four young activists.

In anticipation of my event Thursday at URI, I had a lovely conversation with Joanna Detz, on drawing inspiration from youth & how to Imagine a “Better World” - ecoRI News ecori.org/drawing-insp...

Pretty sure this is a sign end times are nigh.

In Dan McKee’s world, people apparently aren’t allowed to oppose him. Sound like another vindictive leader in Washington?

Nature always wins.

Ethan Shorey, longtime Valley Breeze reporter and editor, to step down Ethan Shorey, chief editor of The Valley Breeze, announced Wednesday he’s stepping down after 20 years with the publication.

Ethan Shorey, chief editor of The Valley Breeze, announced Wednesday he’s stepping down after 20 years with the publication.

“It has been the honor of my life reporting news that matters to people where they (and I) live,” he said on social media.

In today's Tuesday Newsday newsletter: 🐀 Rat poison kills more than rats; 🧊 Low-salt diet prescription for icy roads; Beefing up, RI's mealy-mouthed food-waste ban 💪 buff.ly/j1NNPtZ

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In end-stage capitalism, betting on starvation — and war — for profit is a thing.

Journalism Bowl A night of bowling to raise money for environmental journalism

Duck, duck, bowl, bowl! 🎳 🦆
Come duckpin bowling with us this Saturday, March 7, at Dudek Lanes in Warren to help support Rhode Island environmental journalism @ecorinews.bsky.social
Details & tickets available here:
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As R.I. considers a millionaires tax, we need to understand how our economy actually works - The Boston Globe This debate is not about defending wealth, nor is it about resisting investment in the future, writes Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce president.

A Chamber of Commerce opposing taxing rich people? Now I've seen everything.

What was the lowest official score? That'll be my ceiling.

Today our newsroom welcomes new reporter Jonmaesha Beltran @jonmaesha.bsky.social. She'll be covering transit, food and farming, and sustainability for ecoRI News. Also, this is her first New England winter. Please send a warm welcome — and any news tips (or winter-survival tips!) her way.

True.

Where the tire pile used to be ...

If Business Insider is reporting about a general strike, then there probably is one

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This is Literally the Job Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.

One year into Trump’s second term, some journalists have been “surprised” by the administration’s organized agenda. But Project 2025 was publicly available. Advocacy groups read it and warned us. The press read it and… 🤷‍♀️ www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-li...

Kansas boasts the biggest ball of twine. Rhode Island? The biggest pile of discarded tires east of the Mississippi. Sounds about right.

I almost didn't send this email because it broke all the cardinal rules of fundraising. But these are extraordinary times. bit.ly/48ZNOZU

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This image epitomizes ecoRI News reporter @frankcarini.bsky.social. This photo was taken of Frank on assignment. The man literally will go anywhere and talk to anyone—or creature— for the story. Keep Frank and the rest of our reporters on assignment with a year-end gift @ bit.ly/3N9c6Il

On today, #GivingNewsDay, I'm joining with our board to match your gift to @ecorinews.bsky.social.

This is not #fakenews. The next $2,200 in donations to my nonprofit newsroom @ecorinews.bsky.social will be quadrupled by #Newsmatch and a group of local donors. I keep pinching myself. We've never had a quadruple match. ecori.kindful.com?campaign=138...

Been waiting for this bitumen-soaked shoe to drop:

For at least three hours on Saturday, my hometown of Portsmouth, R.I., got a look at what car-free bike and pedestrian infrastructure might look like at this @bikenewportri.bsky.social event.

My musings on pessimistic optimism and local media on the occasion of @ecorinews.bsky.social 16th birthday.

A Complete and Utter Breakdown: That’s the Hope When It Comes to Compostable Packaging - ecoRI News The increasing public alarm over the scourge of single-use plastics has likely contributed to the proliferation of compostable foodware.

Those virtuous-looking brown to-go containers look compostable, but they aren't necessarily. Nor are they recyclable. Like most everything these days, it's complicated, so I set out to make sense of it. ecori.org/a-complete-a...

‘Only a matter of time’: Warming ocean water will make flesh-eating bacteria that infected Cape Cod swimmer more common - The Boston Globe A bacteria that can cause flesh-eating infections is attracted to warmer ocean temperatures. A Cape swimmer was recently infected, and more cases are expected in the future.

Not great!

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/15/s...

Device Allows Beavers, Humans to Co-Exist - ecoRI News When beavers hear water, their natural inclination is to start damming it.

Such a quintessential ecoRI News quote:

🗨️ “Your beavers are going to be pissed when they come out tonight."

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