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RI News
12:10 pm
Thu February 21, 2013

Rhode Islanders to Receive Food Aid for Storm Losses

Help is coming to Rhode Island residents who receive food assistance, or SNAP, benefits and lost food supplies during the recent storm power outages. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide up to $2.1 million dollars to assist communities hit hardest by the storm.

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Superstorm Sandy Recovery
4:31 pm
Tue February 19, 2013

Chamber Wants Businesses Damaged by Superstorm Sandy Repaired by Summer

Credit Flo Jonic / RIPR
The Andrea Resort got socked by Superstorm Sandy.

The Westerly-Pawcatuck Chamber is working to raise $400,000 to make sure area businesses damaged by Superstorm Sandy are up and running by Memorial Day.  

Chamber executive director Lisa Konicki says the storm seriously damaged some 29 businesses, and most of them have yet to see a dime from their insurance companies.

Funds raised by the chamber will help businesses remove sand, repair damage and replace inventory before the tourist start arriving.

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RI News
5:28 pm
Mon February 11, 2013

Digging out: life returns to normal, for some

Rhode Islanders are emerging from a blizzard that sent two feet of snow and hurricane-force winds, grinding Rhode Island to a halt.  But life isn’t entirely back to normal for everyone.

Many Rhode Island communities have sprung back to life. Stepping out of the rain in downtown Providence, Craig Ellerby says he thinks this city got back on its feet quickly.

“They anticipated this stuff coming, so they had time to prepare for it," he said. "So they had a head start on the situation before it got here, which was a big plus.”

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RI News
3:19 pm
Sat February 9, 2013

Rain expected to wash away much of snow

The National Weather Service is still compiling the data from this past weekend’s snow storm.  But even without official measurements Meteorologist Matthew Belk says: we saw a lot of snow. “Looking across Rhode Island we’re looking at widespread accumulations of a foot and a-half to two and a-half feet of snow.  The highest snowfall that I see in RI is 27.6 inches in West Glocester.

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