Janine Weisman
Editor-in-Chief at Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island Editor-in-Chief @RICurrent for @statesnewsroom; ex-@TheNewportDaily; seeking literary representation for my true crime-memoir
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yahoo.com | Janine Weisman
Rogers High School Senior Grace Rochelle of Newport is shown on the campus of Notre Dame University where she plans to enroll in the fall.
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yahoo.com | Janine Weisman
Over 7,000 combat boots, each honoring a fallen U.S. service member, are on display over Memorial Day weekend at Fort Adams State Park in Newport. (Photo by Janine L. Weisman/Rhode Island Current)A late spring nor’easter dumped 2 inches of rain on Newport Thursday. Not exactly the best weather for an outdoor display of over 7,000 combat boots.
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yahoo.com | Janine Weisman
A chain link fence surrounds the fire damaged Matunuck Oyster Bar on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Laura Paton/Rhode Island Current)Preliminary findings by the Rhode Island Office of the State Fire Marshal suggest the early Tuesday morning fire that seriously damaged the Matunuck Oyster Bar and displaced its 300 workers was accidental. The investigation into the cause of the blaze continues, but several possible causes have been ruled out, according to a release from the state fire marshal.
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yahoo.com | Janine Weisman
Employees at the Matunuck Oyster Bar hug. (Photo by Laura Paton/Rhode Island Current)The Rhode Island Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of Tuesday’s early morning fire that engulfed the popular Matunuck Oyster Bar in South Kingstown and left more than 300 full-time and seasonal employees out of work. No injuries were reported from the blaze that seriously damaged the waterfront restaurant on Succotash Road ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
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yahoo.com | Janine Weisman
Striking Butler Hospital workers are shown outside the Providence hospital's Blackstone Boulevard entrance on Saturday, May 17, 2025, the third day of the strike. (Photo by Dominique Sindayiganza courtesy of SEIU 1199NE)As striking workers picketed outside Butler Hospital for the fifth day Monday, the Providence psychiatric hospital’s management announced that health insurance for employees not actively working will be terminated at the end of the month.
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Love that every member of the @RICurrent team earned individual recognition and we took home Best Website and 2nd place as staff for general election coverage at last night’s RI Press Association banquet. https://t.co/wPxKmVoXdP
Called it in 2010. Already cast. #NewportRI https://t.co/J7F8uvhgbo
Newport wedding makes anecdotal lede of today’s @WSJ front page story on tariff-challenged couples https://t.co/SN1YsQnJAk