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The labor shortage is spooking a new victim: haunted houses
Like restaurants, retailers, and hotels, the nation’s seasonal fright merchants are bedeviled by a shortage of workers. And customers are noticing.
Forecast | Dave Epstein
The unseasonably warm weather is coming to an end
Cooler weather moves in this weekend and temperatures will return to usual October levels, with a little rain possibly coming through the region next week.
THINGS TO DO
Here are some ghastly things to do in Rhode Island for Halloween thrill seekers 🎃
October isn’t just for Octoberfest, pumpkin spice, fall festivals, bonfires, and hayrides. It’s also for thrill-seekers, scary movie buffs, and of course, haunted houses.
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RI NEWS
Father of youngest Station nightclub fire victim questions why owners are finally coming forward
“I don’t understand it. I don’t understand what the motive is,” said Dave Kane, whose 18-year-old son, Nick O’Neill, died in the fire. “I think it’s to whitewash their name and to diminish the reality of what they did.”
MARIJUANA
R.I. to pick 5 new medical marijuana ‘compassion centers’
The state will use a time-tested method for the random drawing: the numbered balls from the Rhode Island Lottery and a tumbler from Twin River.
RI POLITICS
Providence City Council raises concerns about new civilian administrator job with police department
Instead of giving the civilian position its final approval, the Council questioned Michael Stephens’ involvement with the hiring committee for the police major job to which Stephens was originally appointed
COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN
Memo to cranky Providence residents: Real cities have bike lanes
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation actually thought it would be wise to whine to the Federal Highway Administration about Providence's bike lanes.
RI Crime
R.I. corrections officers under investigation for ‘momentarily nodding off’ at work
Other officers are under investigation for what the Department of Corrections called “serious violations.”
HOMELESSNESS
She took her daughter and ran from an abusive relationship. Now they’re homeless
Women like Elizabeth who leave domestic abuse situations are only finding temporary housing, and many are forced into homelessness when they have nowhere else to turn.
RI NEWS
Owners of The Station nightclub finally discuss the deadly 2003 fire: ‘We certainly played a role. But the systems failed.’
After nearly 20 years of silence, Jeffrey and Michael Derderian are speaking out. ‘It’s not a redemption tour,” Jeffrey Derderian tells the Globe. “It’s about the truth”
INFRASTRUCTURE
R.I. will not try to stop the South Water Street bike lane project
The state Department of Transportation had raised concerns about the project, which was carried out by the city at a cost of about $300,000.