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Here are some of the Providence Journal's most read articles for the week of November 3, supported by your subscriptions.

  • One of the most controversial and polarizing campaign seasons for generations ended Tuesday with American Voters are giving former President Donald Trump a second termAlthough Rhode Island's four Electoral College votes went to Vice President Kamala Harris. On Wednesday, Rhode Islanders shared some strong reactions to Trump's overwhelming victory, which ranged from indigestion to jubilation.
  • Closer to home it was a big night for Rhode Island's incumbent congressmenwith victories from U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse And Representatives Gabe Amo and Seth Magaziner. Here's how Key race in the General Assembly played out and the latest on one Escalating battle in the leadership ranks of the Rhode Island Senate. We also report on it Fate of the Constitutional Convention and other statewide voting questions and the results of Mayoral elections in Cranston, Warwick, Pawtucket, Woonsocket and Cumberland. To see your community's results for each race: including city councils, school committees and voting issues.
  • It was a big week in the college basketball scene Also opening their seasons were URI, Providence College, Brown and Bryant. Stay up to date College and high school action at Providencejournal.com/sports.
  • Which of Rhode Island's long-dead restaurants do you miss the most? Email your memories to Food Editor Gail Ciampa at [email protected] by Monday, Nov. 11, at noon for an upcoming story. Gail also recommends some Fun food activities to do this weekend and a Hot new restaurant in Barrington.

Here are The top reads of the week on Providencejournal.com:

RI has one Lack of family doctorsthe quarterbacks of the healthcare system who monitor patient needs, treat chronic conditions and bring in specialists when necessary. Labor shortages, low wages and burnout are causing many primary care physicians to leave their practices—or to be acquired by hospitals and other large health systems.

On paper, this “vertical integration” is intended to save patients money and keep them healthier by creating a seamless care ecosystem. But is that really the case?

Reporter Jonny Williams examines how this trend is affecting doctors, hospitals and, most importantly, the people receiving care.

Health care: Primary care acquisitions are transforming health care in Rhode Island. Is it better for patients?

When singer-songwriter couple Vanessa Carlton and her husband John McCauley purchased their historic Post Road property in Warwick in 2021, they thought they had found their forever home. They converted the carriage house into a recording studio, planted a garden and played outside with their two dogs and nine-year-old daughter.

But they say their idyllic property, surrounded by woods and within walking distance of the quaint village of Pawtuxet, has turned into what they describe as a nightmare as the noise from a neighboring industrial site affects their ability to make and listen to music enjoy, drowned out have home.

The couple appeared in court Monday seeking an injunction barring the property owners and their tenants from filming them and making noise so loud they say it affects their livelihood as musicians.

It's the latest development in a years-long dispute over the Pawtuxet River Trail, which cuts through property at 175 Post Road and is an ongoing source of conflict between neighbors, including Carlton, and the property owners.

Dishes: Warwick homeowner Vanessa Carlton is going to court over “crazy” noise next door

FOSTER – Even today, 30 years later, John Neale gets goosebumps when he explains how city residents came together to build Rhode Island's only covered bridge over a public road – and then rebuilt it with even greater vigor, as arsonists they burned down.

City resident Robert Salisbury first proposed a covered bridge over Hemlock Brook in 1986 in honor of Rhode Island's 350th anniversary. At the time, Rhode Island was the only New England state without such an iconic image of the past, and while there are other covered bridges in Rhode Island, this would be the only one on a public road.

Find out how it ended up being built and then rebuilt after teenage arsonists set it ablaze four months after its unveiling. And one of the arsonists later met a tragic end.

What and why RI: RI's only public covered bridge: 30 years after it was built – then burned – and rebuilt

WOONSOCKET – The Christmas decorations at La Salette Shrine “no longer sparkle” thanks to LED lights. A council member “doesn’t even own a house” and therefore pays no taxes to the city. Kamala Harris is “very masculine,” “went from an Indian woman to a black woman,” and “threatens to get rid of the Supreme Court.”

“If I could see her in person, I would hit her with a pillow,” says one caller Liz Cheney. “I would like to have a pillow fight with this chick.”

Welcome to WNRI, where Woonsocket talks politics and airs grievances. The station is celebrating its 70th birthday this year and will celebrate the milestone with a party at the Italian Workingmen's Club. But Not everyone agrees that it is an institution worth celebrating. Read on to find out why.

Political scene: In the small town of Woonsocket, unfiltered talk radio dominates the political conversation

Columnist Mark Patinkin says he's always thought of Rhode Island at heart as a village that honors every local who sets out to do impressive things. That's why he was curious to hear about the highs of Providence native Nate DiMeo, a successful podcaster with years of experience in public radio who has now published a new book of the same name: “The Memory Palace.”

Read the full column to find out how DiMeo created one of the country's most popular podcasts and how he celebrates Rhode Island there and in his new book.

Mark Patinkin: In a podcast and a new book, Rhodes native Nate DiMeo tells the stories of his origins

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