H Henri: Most likely track a direct hit on RI
IMPORTANT: This post is out of date and has been superseded; see motifri.com/wx-henri-2021-08-22-0500edt As of 11pm EDT Sat, Aug 21, 2021 in RI:• A Storm Surge Warning and Hurricane Warning […]
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September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
H Henri: Upgraded to hurricane, forecast track moved slightly eastward
IMPORTANT: This post is out of date and has been superseded; see motifri.com/wx-henri-2021-08-21-2300edt As of 11am EDT Sat, Aug 21, 2021 in RI:• A Storm Surge Warning and Hurricane Warning […]
TS Henri: Forecast track moved westward, reducing risk to RI
IMPORTANT: This post is out of date and has been superseded; see motifri.com/wx-henri-2021-08-21-1100edt As of 5am EDT Sat, Aug 21, 2021 in RI:• A Storm Surge Warning, Tropical Storm Warning, […]
Police punching, spitting on juveniles: Body cam video released by PVD
Providence Police at 5pm today released 41 separate body cam video recordings from a July 9 incident where three juveniles were arrested following a vehicular pursuit. Some of the video […]
Eviction moratorium extended to Oct 3: Covers 90% US population
UPDATE: This extension of the eviction moratorium was ended by the US Supreme Court on Aug 26. See our follow-up: motifri.com/eviction-october-2 With an estimated six million Americans behind on their […]
RI Unemployment Insurance website fixed: Was blocking weekly reporting
Required weekly recertification for unemployment insurance was failing on the RI Department of Labor and Training (DLT) website, according to hundreds of reports on Twitter. DLT advised Motif at 9:41am […]
FringePVD 2021: An opinionated list
FringePVD 2021, the annual festival of off-off-off-Broadway unjuried theater performances, running now through July 31, adopts a hybrid model with both live outdoor and online virtual performances. Coordinated by the […]
Record Breaking Heat on Sayles: Children pepper-sprayed, arrested by police recorded making bigoted comments
Competing narratives emerged from dueling press conferences about an incident in the streets of South Providence on June 29. By 6pm, scorching temperatures had cooled only slightly from the afternoon […]
Slam on the Brakes: Food trucks at RI state parks abruptly canceled
This story has been updated; scroll to bottom of text. The sudden cancellation by RI state government of the remaining six of eight food truck events scheduled for 2021 in […]
Gaspee Days 2021: Parade, fireworks as usual
Gaspee Days is an annual celebration in Warwick and Cranston commemorating one of the first acts of violence by the colonists against the British government leading up to the American […]