Here are the Top 10 most popular stories and posts from around Rhode Island Patch sites last week.
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Also: Ocean State Job Lot makes list of U.S. best managed companies; RI man admits to sending fentanyl to Australia; scammers; an election.
Also: Police looking for missing teen girl; rainy days ahead; child endangerment charges; shout-outs for 2023 high school graduates; more.
Zeus was 9-years-old and served the Cranston Police Department with his handler, Sgt. Gregg Bruno.
Also: Police chief placed on one-year probation; man sentenced for scamming more than a dozen seniors; congratulations to graduates; more.
Also: 2 men stabbed in Coventry; free fishing weekend; man accused of drunken driving with loaded gun; cyberstalking; sailing team wins.
May also brings a chance to see Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, and what is called the full flower moon.
Also: Slaughterhouse fined for selling meat it fraudulently claimed was inspected; man charged with stalking mayor; fire truck sent abroad.
Also: Basil sold at Trader Joe's linked to salmonella outbreak; RI student heading to poetry national championship; weekend weather; more.
Cranston is not a community living in the path of totality. But we won't miss out on the celestial sensation, either.
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In Rhode Island, the moon will shroud about 91 percent of the sun at the peak of the eclipse, according to a searchable NASA map.
With a $975 million jackpot on the line, lottery fever grips people in Rhode Island and elsewhere.
Rhode Island residents are not living in the path of totality. But we won't miss out on the celestial sensation, either.
The Lyrid meteor shower, Eta Aquariid meteor shower, and the full pink moon, comet are celestial treats Rhode Islanders may get to catch.
Also: Man sentenced for molesting girl under age 14; RI allergy forecast; when to see the solar eclipse in the Ocean State; a missing teen.
The Powerball jackpot is currently $800 million, with a cash payout of $384.8 million. The Mega Millions jackpot is currently $1.1 billion.
Also: Man sentenced to prison for a ninth time for selling drugs; see how healthy Rhode Islanders are by county; missing kayaks wash ashore.
Lottery players in Rhode Island have another shot Tuesday at one of the largest Mega Millions jackpots in the history of the game.
Space weather forecasters expect March to be the best month in decades to see the curtains of mostly green but also pink, purple and red.
Also: Ex-firefighter sentenced for killing high school hockey player in drunken crash; teachers saves choking student; attempted kidnapping.
Also: Human case of rare tick-borne virus discovered; 2 men accused of having 8,000 grams of cocaine; RI potholes among worst in U.S.; more.
Someone won the Rhode Island Lottery's Wild Money jackpot on Tuesday night, but the prize remains unclaimed.
Also: Teen wakes from coma after ATV crash; URI hosting FBI scientist for talk on Boston Marathon bombing; kayaker's body identified; more.
This year has four consecutive supermoons starting this summer. The last full moon of winter is the opposite and looks small and far away.
Also: Washington Bridge getting additional travel lanes; some student could see debt erased; URI professor named in top 2% of scientists.
Also: RI businesses could have to pay workers weekly under new bill; Costco considering another Ocean State town; the state's best eateries.
Also: Cranston woman cited after crash injuring state trooper; home improvement scam targets the elderly; waterfront condo life on island.
Also: COVID isolation guidelines relax; 4 charged in baby's death; police search for bowling alley larceny suspect; school translator hired.
Also: $1 million lottery prize is unclaimed; weekend weather forecast; improving housing stock in Newport; Valentine's Day dinner plans.