Gun Found In Bushes + Historic Fast Food Joint + Dangerous Beaches: RI Week In Review

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

1. Rhode Island Restaurant Selected As State's Most Historic Fast Food Joint
2. 3 Rhode Island Beaches Dangerous For Swimming Due To High Bacteria Levels: State
3. Gun Found In Bushes By Warwick Little League Field After Report Of Armed Child: Cops
4. 2 Rhode Island Universities Ranked Among World’s Best By US News
5. 10-Year-Old Rhode Island Child Nearly Died From Maltreatment: DCYF
6. RI Bar Named 2026 James Beard Winner
7. El Niño 'Imminent,' Could Reshape Weather Patterns. Here’s What It Means For RI
8. 1 Killed In Coventry House Fire
9. 18-Year-Old Cumberland Woman Found Dead
10. Rhode Island Facing Coastal Flooding: National Weather Service

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

• NRA Celebrates Failure Of Rhode Island Gun Control Bills To Advance
• Shots Ring Out In Woonsocket's Tyra Club, 1 Man Wounded: Police
• Providence Massage Spa Owner Charged With Selling Sexual Favors Loses License
• 3 Women Arrested By Rhode Island State Police On Sex Charges: Cops
• West Warwick Man Charged With Driving Without Ignition Interlock System After Crash: Cops
• Rhode Island Man Charged With 18-Month Stalking Spree Of Boston Woman
• 1-Year-Old Child Involved With Rhode Island DCYF Dies: State
• Saunderstown Man Arrested After Boat Crash That Sent Passenger Overboard: Cops
• West Warwick Woman Charged With Possessing Uppers, Downers, Meth And Fentanyl: Cops
• Petition Drive To Bring Waffle House To Rhode Island Racks Up More Than 1K Signatures

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