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Ray Oldenburg (April 7, 1932 – November 21, 2022) was an American urban sociologist who is known for writing about the importance of informal public gathering places for a functioning civil society, democracy, and civic engagement.
Jewish Rhode Island, published monthly and owned by the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. Based in Providence, but covering the entire state. Mercury, published monthly and owned by Gatehouse Media. An alternative weekly-style paper covering Rhode Island arts, entertainment and food in Newport and Middletown.
In addition to its African American newspapers, Rhode Island is the site of another important advancement in the history of the Black press: when John Carter Minkins became editor-in-chief of the Providence News-Democrat in 1906, he was the first African American to head a daily newspaper that catered to the white community. [3]
Public Radio News/Talk: Rhode Island Public Radio: 102.9: W275DA: Providence (rebroadcasts WPVD) Public Radio News/Talk: Rhode Island Public Radio: 103.1: W276DF: Westerly (rebroadcasts WBLQ) Full service: Diponti Communications: 103.7-FM 103.7-HD1: WVEI-FM: Westerly: Sports (Simulcast of WEEI-FM Boston) Audacy: 104.3: W282CB: Hope Valley ...
The Newport Daily News is a six-day daily newspaper serving Newport County, Rhode Island. It publishes in the mornings on weekdays (Monday through Friday) and in the morning on Saturdays. The Daily News was the state's largest family-owned newspaper until it was purchased by Gatehouse Media in 2017.
RISN Operations Inc., also called Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers, is a privately owned publisher of three daily newspapers and several weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The company was founded by Illinois -based newspaper executives in early 2007 to purchase the Rhode Island holdings of Journal Register Company , which it ...
God's Little Acre. The Common Burial Ground was established in 1665 on land given to city of Newport by John Clarke. [2] It features what is probably the largest number of colonial era headstones in a single cemetery, including the largest number of colonial African American headstones in the United States.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]