The Crescent Park carousel, originally steam-powered and gas-lit, was Looff's showroom, and it cemented Rhode Island's place ...

While Rhode Island requires cities to maintain at least 10% of their housing stock as affordable, Newport exceeds that with 15.6%—making it one of only three municipalities in the state to do so.

A California company says its flying car recently ... "We are rooted in tradition, but always seek ways to improve how we serve Rhode Island and work to protect our communities," says the ...

Rhode Island has a special connection to carousels ... according to the historic register form. Looff moved to California in 1910 to build carousels on the other side of the country.