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FOOD & DINING

Rhode Island’s oldest dairy farm continues its legacy

Wright’s Dairy Farm has been pasteurizing and bottling its own branded milk since the 1930s, and now boasts an on-site market with more than 500 dairy products.

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‘James Beard loved to eat... And he was always broke’: Jacques Pépin remembers one of America’s most influential food figures

The man for whom the awards and foundation are named was considered the foremost American food authority. But ”he wasn’t a chef, and he would be the first one to tell you," Pépin told the Globe.

RI POLITICS

R.I. Senator Miller won’t seek re-election, after 18 years in office

The Cranston Democrat championed marijuana legalization, gun control bills, and health care legislation, and he pleaded no contest to charges of keying a car that had an anti-Biden bumper sticker.

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RI HISTORY

Personal narratives of the enslaved people who built Newport have been largely unknown, until now

The voices of tradesmen and women, ropemakers, masons, and carpenters highlight a new tour and exhibit, illuminating the history of early Black Americans and its ongoing impact in Rhode Island.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Oswin Erhunmwunse, one of the top-ranked basketball recruits in the nation, will arrive at Providence College a year early

The consensus four-star recruit, and No. 1 center in the nation according to Rivals.com, committed to the Friars in January as a member of the Class of 2025, but has now joined the Class of 2024.

GLOBE RI + RI PBS

Podcast: The big decisions in the final hours of R.I.’s 2024 legislative session

On the Rhode Island Report, Globe RI’s Steph Machado and Jim Hummel, host of “A Lively Experiment,” break down the legislative action on police accountability, the state budget, and the “granny flats” bill.

BUSINESS

Dozens of CVS generic drug recalls expose link to tainted factories

Over the past decade CVS’s store-brand products have been recalled about two times more than those from Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and three times more than those from Walmart Inc., a Bloomberg analysis of public records found.

2024 OLYMPICS

With US Sailing looking for a comeback at Paris Games, R.I. Olympian will compete in new mixed-gender category

With 5-time R.I. Olympian Stu McNay at the helm, “it gives me the chills” that these Olympics will be the first allowing men and women sailors equal medal opportunities, said Lara Dallman-Weiss, who will be McNay’s crew.

RHODE MAP

Lifespan eyeing bankrupt Steward’s hospitals in Massachusetts

Rhode Island’s largest health care system is among the potential suitors eyeing at least some of Steward Health Care’s hospitals in Massachusetts ahead of the bankrupt company’s June 27 auction.

INNOVATOR Q&A

Floral company that blossomed out of Rhode Island now takes on weddings across the US

“We like to think big,” said founder Semia Dunne, who started her company 24 years ago focusing on flowers for upscale events.

Cranston, R.I., officer fires gun at fleeing shoplifter who hit the officer with a vehicle, police say

Authorities are investigating after an officer fired a single shot at two alleged shoplifters who struck the officer with a vehicle as they fled from a traffic stop in Cranston, R.I., on Sunday evening, police said.