Wheeler Cowperthwaite @WheelerReporter
Journalist. @ProJo reporter. Editor, @NMHomicides. Past: @PatriotLedger, @CapeCodTimes, @RGSun. Fan: Cats, deutsch, mustard. providencejournal.com Providence, RI Joined June 2012-
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We had to say goodbye to Norbit on Sept. 3, 2025, after a massive stroke and then heart failure. He was a very good boy. I can only hope that he's taking a nap with his dad now. (We adopted him at 13 after his dad died.) blog.cookingwithwheeler.com/2025/in-memori…
The Rhode Island Greening apple is RI's state fruit. But where can you actually pick some? providencejournal.com/story/news/loc…
RI woman convicted in infamous 'stolen valor' case back in custody. What we know. providencejournal.com/story/news/cri…
I photographed a clambake in Massachusetts that’s been held since the 1880s. It’s my first-ever photo essay, and it accompanies my radio story: thepublicsradio.org/local/savoring…
Reposting to correct typo: POLITICAL SCENE: How much, if anything, should RI's public officials, including its $20,391.97-a-yr part-time lawmakers, be allowed to accept in "gifts"? Should Ethics Commission double the cap from $75 to $150 annually from any 1 "interested person"?
Reposting to correct typo: POLITICAL SCENE: How much, if anything, should RI's public officials, including its $20,391.97-a-yr part-time lawmakers, be allowed to accept in "gifts"? Should Ethics Commission double the cap from $75 to $150 annually from any 1 "interested person"?
Newport's Clarke Cooke House nods at viral fame with new 'I'm an A.G.' mocktail providencejournal.com/story/news/loc… via @projo
"With a fixed price of 9.8 cents per kilowatt hr, it was projected at the time of its approval in '19 that it would save ratepayers money.Indeed, the price is less than what most RIslanders are paying right now for power&much lower than the rate that will take effect in/ winter"
"With a fixed price of 9.8 cents per kilowatt hr, it was projected at the time of its approval in '19 that it would save ratepayers money.Indeed, the price is less than what most RIslanders are paying right now for power&much lower than the rate that will take effect in/ winter"
First housing tied to new Pawtucket stadium development could open by 2028. Same developer as Fox Point/195 Land building and will look similar. No details from Pawtucket on other phases of development, including pedestrian bridge providencejournal.com/story/news/loc…
Serena Williams' surprise appearance made a special Hall of Fame ceremony amazing providencejournal.com/story/sports/2…
Really good story by @WheelerReporter providencejournal.com/story/news/sta…
We put trackers in plastic bottles and tossed them in recycling bins around Rhode Island. Then we tracked their incredible journey. The results were surprising. buff.ly/d9dVpPC
This for some reason came up when I was on our website, but I totally got suckered in, and frankly, now want to plan a vacation to San Antonio to meet & befriend Cthulhu the giant pacific octopus. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
Political Scene: From raking seaweed to working at Dunkin' Donuts, RI politicians share their summer jobs, from @antoniafarzan providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…
Was searching for something else on our website when I came across this gallery of "favorite cats." Some real chonkers in there, as well as Oscar (RIP), the nursing home death prediction cat. providencejournal.com/picture-galler…
People buying "supplements" at gas stations for erectile disfunction were actually buying . . . Viagra! Via @kmulvane. Fascinating read. providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…
Supplier to RI convenience stores to admit to selling misbranded erectile dysfunction drugs providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…
People aren’t just misusing groundwater, they’re flooding their own coasts and cities in the process, the study warns. That means they are also imperiling some of the world’s most important food-producing lowlands. propublica.org/article/water-…
How the central Providence community made public bathrooms in their parks a priority providencejournal.com/story/news/env…
Brown Health considers closing more facilities: Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest nonprofit behavioral health care provider, and the Samuels Sinclair Dental Center, more adult inpatient psychiatric services. providencejournal.com/story/news/hea…
Did Providence police cooperate with ICE raid? Body camera footage released providencejournal.com/story/news/loc…

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