Lottery Winners + Beaches Closed + Water Death: RI Week In Review

Here are the Top 10 most popular stories and posts from around Rhode Island Patch sites last week.

1. State Recommends Closing Down 3 Rhode Island Beaches To Swimming
2. Rhode Island Women Hit It Big With Lottery Wins
3. 84-Year-Old Man Found Unresponsive In Water Off Warwick Pronounced Dead At Hospital: Cops
4. 55 Rhode Island DUI Arrests Over 4th of July Weekend
5. Best Companies To Work For In RI: See Who Made U.S. News List
6. Narragansett Man Drowns When Canoe Capsizes: Cops
7. Lincoln Man Stole Ex-Girlfriend's Jeep, Crashed Into 3 Vehicles Fleeing Cops: Police
8. Real Reason Taylor Swift Won't Get Married In Rhode Island: Reports
9. Giant Great White Shark Caught On Video Chomping Dead Whale Off Rhode Island
10. Rhode Island General Assembly Rescinds Pro-Slavery Amendment

Here are some other posts Patch readers in Rhode Island may have missed:

• State Recommends Closing Down 5 Rhode Island Beaches To Swimming
• Arrest Made In Case Of Bag-Faced Man Pouring Gasoline On Warwick Restaurant Fence: Cops
• Rare Tick-Borne Virus Confirmed In Rhode Island
• Taylor Swift And Tavis Kelce Donate $1M To Rhode Island Food Bank
• Newport Man Charged With Obstructing Officer, Resisting Arrest
• Providence Driver Crashes Into Cranston Restaurant: Cops
• Admission To Roger Williams Park Zoo Waived As Heat Impacts Animal Activity
• 5 Shot At Providence Pop-Up Party: Police
• Man With Plastic Bag Over Face Poured Gasoline On Warwick Restaurant Fence: Cops
• East Greenwich Named Rhode Island’s Most Stressful ZIP Code For Parents

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