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TESTING: Brewer Matt Von ­Holten, foreground, and cellarman Eric Gonzalez, who oversees the day-to-day post-brewing processes, test the wort – the liquid ­extracted from the mashing process when brewing beer – at The Guild Brewery in Pawtucket.
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SOBER REFLECTION: With the craft beer boom over, breweries look...

Matthew Gray has cleared many hurdles to keep Ragged Island Brewing Co. running. And the obstacles are still coming. Gray opened Ragged Island Brewing with...
TEA PARTY: Co-owners Korto Tawse-Butha, left, and Sara-Beth Warner opened FairyTea Room in Warren in November 2024 to offer an experience that’s extravagant but inclusive to a range of tastes. 
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New tearoom brings variety of flavors to Warren

At FairyTea Room in Warren, it’s not uncommon for customers to arrive dressed a bit beyond the ordinary. “People will come here sometimes dressed to...
Bruce Newbury

Rhode Island famous foods and foodies

The 42nd annual Taste of Newport, held on Nov. 2 at the Newport Marriott Hotel & Spa, honored local restaurateurs whose exceptional talent and...

Government says SNAP benefit cuts won’t be as deep as announced...

President Donald Trump's administration now says that SNAP food aid for November will be reduced less than originally announced, the latest in a political and...

Ocean State Job Lot offering 20% off all food until SNAP...

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot has announced that the entire food section in all 17 Rhode Island stores will be discounted by...

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November

PROVIDENCE  (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep...

New Bedford seafood processing plant accused of extorting employees

NEW BEDFORD – Five employees are suing a seafood processing plant and its staffing agency for extortion, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District...

Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP...

BOSTON (AP) – Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest...

Providence allocates $25K to food bank, activates Emergency Food Plan

PROVIDENCE – The city on Thursday allocated $25,000 to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank the same day that a federal judge in Boston...

When the SNAP supply chain breaks, Rhode Islanders must become the...

Every month, about 140,000 Rhode Islanders depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to feed themselves and their families. That’s 86,000 households, including 23,000...
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