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Features

NOVEMBER 2020

Contents

Departments
10 CONTRIBUTORS
12 FROM THE PUBLISHER
14 CHATTER
16 CityState
17 CURRENT Tabletop styling ; meet Martha Cummings ; Industrious Spirits Company .

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A Very Big Year

A strange season in the highly specific world of competitive birding . By John Taraborelli
20 STYLE Enhance the scents of the season and cozy up by candlelight .
23 OUTTAKES Rhode Island Monthly ’ s Best of Rhode Island virtual party .
25 REPORTER Ellen Liberman digs into the wild turkey ’ s come back in Rhode Island .
31 TO-DO LIST November ’ s best activities .
TEREK SANDPIPER : GETTY IMAGES / NEIL BOWMAN ; DESIGN AWARDS : COURTESY OF BREWSTER THORNTON GROUP ARCHITECTS / ROBERT BREWSTER ; TECH TEN : BRITTANY SEMCO ; DINING OUT : ANGEL TUCKER .

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Eyes on the Prize
Pop open the bubbly ! It ’ s the twenty-fifth anniversary of Rhode Island Monthly ’ s design awards . Time to celebrate our favorites over the years . By Sarah Francis

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2020 Tech Ten Awards
We honor the state ’ s top techies , as voted by their peers , in collaboration with the Tech Collective . By Samantha Labrecque
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68 YOUR TOWN Explore the hidden treasures in your town .
73 AT HOME An abandoned mini power station in Watch Hill gets a graceful recharge as a sleek family guest house .
78 DINING OUT A friendly newcomer brings Southern comfort to Federal Hill .
96 SNAPSHOT The earliest known election ballot .
On the cover : Residential new construction winner , a staff pick . Architect : Michele Foster . Photo by Warren Jagger . Follow us on the Web at RIMonthly . com .
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