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When Rhode Island College tennis coach Adam Spring got an email in January 2022 from a prospective player, the premise itself sounded almost absurd.
The woman explained that she was a mother of three boys who had moved to the United States four years earlier and recently taken up tennis. She was thinking about applying to college and wondered whether there might be a spot on the team.
Then came the final line:
“I was born in 1967.”
She wrote it matter-of-factly, seemingly unaware that most 54-year-olds are pivoting to pickleball, not playing NCAA tennis.
This was no prank. Li hsiu Hou, who goes by Lucy, was entirely serious.
Which Rhode Island town was incorporated 357 years ago yesterday?
(Answer at the bottom.)
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⚓ On this week's edition of the Rhode Island Report podcast, we have a recording of our recent special live event with BGH's The Big Dig podcast on a tale of two bridges (the Iway and the Washington Bridge) with former Department of Transportation Director Michael Lewis and former US attorney Zachary Cunha. Listen here.
⚓ Mass deportations risk harming Rhode Island’s economy, hurting local businesses, and exacting “a devastating toll” on immigrant families and communities, according to a new report by the Latino Policy Institute and other groups. Read more.
⚓ A Rhode Island judge blocked the US Department of Justice from obtaining medical records of transgender children and teens, hours before the deadline set by a judge in Texas for Rhode Island’s largest hospital system to hand the documents over. Read more.
⚓ Survivors of clergy sexual abuse and a Boston attorney who represents victims say the Rhode Island Senate is poised to thwart a landmark bill that would allow abuse victims to bring previously expired civil claims against institutions including the Roman Catholic Church. Read more.
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⚓ Rhode Map readers, if you want the birthday of a friend or family member to be recognized Friday, send me an email with their first and last name, and their age.
⚓ At 10 a.m., Governor Dan McKee is speaking at the Rhode Island State Police's memorial ceremony to honor state troopers who were killed in the line of duty.
⚓ Leaders from the Hospital Association of Rhode Island are hosting a 2:30 p.m. press conference at the State House to call on lawmakers to strengthen and stabilize the state’s healthcare system.
⚓ The Rhode Island Semiquincentennial Commission is meeting at 3 p.m. Here's the agenda.
🏆 Pop quiz answer
Westerly was incorporated in the King's Province on May 13, 1669.
RHODE ISLAND REPORT PODCAST Ed Fitzpatrick and GBH's Ian Coss talk bridges with former Department of Transportation Director Michael Lewis and former US attorney Zachary Cunha. Listen to all of our podcasts here.
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