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Features

SEPTEMBER 2021

Contents

Departments
10 CONTRIBUTORS
12 FROM THE PUBLISHER
14 CHATTER
16 CityState

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Living History

In their own words , Rhode Island public school students reflect on the year and a half that changed everything . As told to Casey Nilsson
17 CURRENT Avenue Concept ; Q-and-A with Deer Tick ; Olneyville ’ s Dye House .
22 STYLE Support the bees with these buzzworthy products .
25 OUTTAKES Students turn trash to fashion during micro-Style Week .
29 REPORTER Can Providence schools withstand three more years of state control ?
35 TO-DO LIST September ’ s best activities .
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LIVING HISTORY : PHOTOILLUSTRATION BY DANA SMITH ; RADIO HEAD : PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF R . J . HEIM ; EXCELLENCE IN NURSING : ALEX GAGNE ; DINING OUT : ANGEL TUCKER .

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Radio Head
R . J . Heim has learned running your own radio station comes with its share of glitches . Kind of like forecasting the weather . By Lucas Fried

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Excellence in Nursing
Rhode Island Monthly and the Rhode Island State Nurses Association honor the state ’ s top nurses . Edited by Kaitlyn Murray
77 YOUR TOWN Explore the hidden treasures in your town .
83 AT HOME A couple searching for their forever home find it right down the street in Warwick Neck .
88 DINING OUT The Reef excels in late-summer dining and creating warm-weather memories .
112 SNAPSHOT Student murals at Juanita Sanchez .
ON THE COVER : Excellence in Nursing . Clockwise from top left : Erin Abrahamsen ; Tiesha Sebastian ; David Dawson , Emily Louzon . Photography by Alex Gagne . Follow us on the Web at RIMonthly . com .
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