Mall Stores Closing + Severe Stomach Virus + Stressful Off-Ramp: RI Week In Review

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

1. Iconic Mall Retailer Quietly Closing Dozens Of Stores: See RI Locations
2. Severe Stomach Virus On The Rise In RI: What To Know
3. Rhode Island's Most Stressful Off-Ramp Revealed
4. ER Visits For Tick Bites At Highest Level In A Decade: What To Know In RI
5. 2 Arrested, Gun And Coke Seized Following Narcotics Probe: Coventry Cops
6. Rhode Island Housing Market Shows Shift Toward Buyers
7. Rhode Island's 1st Measles Case In 2026 A Providence Man In His 40s: RIDOH
8. Woonsocket Woman Charged With Possessing Child Pornography
9. North Smithfield Man Arrested On Video Voyeurism Charge
10. Coventry Man Charged With South Carolina Stabbing

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

• HBO's 'Gilded Age' Returning To Newport For 4th Season
• Providence Police 'Dismantled' 3 Drug Dealing Operations, Arrest 8: Cops
• When Hummingbirds Return To Rhode Island And What To Do To Attract Them
• New Pizzeria Opens In Providence's Track 15
• Providence Restaurant Unveils Spring Menu
• Elusive Mushroom Will Pop Up In RI Forests; Here's How To Find Them
• Scituate Woman Charged With Embezzlement, Forgery And More: Cops
• West Warwick Man Charged With DUI After Crash Probe: Cops
• Prowler Leaped Out Window When Confronted By Couple: Cops
• Severe Tick-Borne Meat, Dairy Allergy Disease On Rise Across RI: What You Need To Know

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