Boston Globe reporter covering my home state, Rhode Island. Host of Rhode Island Report podcast. NEFAC board member. Former Providence Journal reporter/columnist. Syracuse University graduate. Runner. Big fan of Benny's.
Edward Fitzpatrick
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R.I. State Police: A coach at a private Christian school gave lingerie & requested explicit photos from an underage girl.
The girl said Sean Cassidy claimed he was training her to help the FBI save child sex trafficking victims. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/09/m...
Assembly won’t vote on a state Voting Rights Act this year. @rihouseofreps.bsky.social and @risenate.bsky.social leaders join @risecstate.bsky.social in saying “there is more work to do” on state legislation to protect against voter discrimination and suppression
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The @universityofri.bsky.social Horridge Conservatory's corpse flower is about to bloom for the first time in 13 years: You can follow the bloom live!
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Police are investigating after a motorcyclist drove through Providence’s Federal Hill during an outdoor event on Saturday night and fell off, sending the vehicle careening down the street lined with pedestrians.
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When asked if former PVD mayor Joe Paolino is going to get a Costco at the Providence Place mall, in which he is an investor, Gina Raimondo said, “I don’t know about that, but I know I’m working on it. I think Rhode Islanders would love to have a Costco.”
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@growsmartri.bsky.social announces that Scott Wolf is stepping down after 27 years as executive director
Former state Rep. @aaronregunberg.bsky.social endorses @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social for PVD mayor
Condolences and tributes poured in on Monday for Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood after the revered expert on the American Revolution was hit and killed by a motor vehicle in a Rhode Island parking lot on Sunday.
W/ @stephmachado.bsky.social
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🎙️Gina Raimondo would like to be president, but she won’t run in 2028. “Politics is in a crazy place right now. And so I’m just going to let it all unfold,” R.I.’s former governor said on the #RIReport podcast.
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The R.I. Association of Democratic City and Town Chairs endorsed @helenabfoulkes.bsky.social over @govdanmckee.bsky.social in the Democratic primary for governor and Xay Khamsyvoravong over @sabinamatos.bsky.social in the primary for lieutenant governor.
Sean D. Cassidy, 53, of Pawtucket, allegedly gave the student lingerie and alcohol, according to police.
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House and Senate leaders join Secretary of State Amore in saying “there is more work to do” on state legislation to protect against voter discrimination and suppression.
Wood died after being hit by a car in a parking lot in East Providence on Sunday. “You had the feeling that you were in the presence of an Olympian,” said fellow historian Ted Widmer.
