Lauren Clem
@lclemjourno
Senior editor @RIMonthly | Woonsocket girl | Villanova alum | Formerly @TheValleyBreeze @RICatholic | Send me your story tips: [email protected]
Sunday is the last day to nominate for a Bannister Award!
Nominations are open for the Fifth Annual Christiana Carteaux Bannister Awards! Nominate yourself or an individual you believe is helping our community by advancing equity and promoting diversity in the Ocean State, now until June 1st. rimonthly.com/bannister-awar…
The median age for a first-time home buyer in the U.S. has climbed to 38 - up from 31 a decade ago npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-…
#OTD July 17, 1954, the inaugural @NewportJazzFest, then known as the 1st Annual American Jazz Festival, was held at the Newport Casino (now @TennisHalloFame). It featured performances from Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington. Tickets were $3 to $5.
An important story. The number of unsheltered people in RI is still going up.
R.I. homelessness is down, but more people are out in the cold? New data says it’s true. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/07/10/r-i…
Think you have one of the coolest, most unique or most meaningful tattoos in Little Rhody? Share it with us for the chance to be photographed and featured in an upcoming issue. ⚓ forms.gle/Dxg5wtUhk57WLD…
Celebrate Aquidneck’s Indigenous history, catch an evening with Broadway star Jessica Vosk, and more at this Newport Classical Music Festival. rimonthly.com/newport-classi…
Fab talk with Jamie Coelho on her food crawl book. Thanks for menu story shootout from @KimKalunian wpri.com/video/behind-t…
Currently at Dunkin near my office and a full blown 90th birthday party is happening in the corner. Never change, Dunkin.
Do homes in RI seem twice as affordable? Thanks to a counting change, the # of communities hitting their affordable housing target doubled overnight even while net income-restricted units fell RI changed what 'affordable' housing means providencejournal.com/story/news/pol…
So sad I missed the trolley boom in RI. @Sofia__Barr @TheValleyBreeze valleybreeze.com/news/rememberi…
Our special editions editor shares how she kept up the balancing act of simultaneously planning wedding and buying a home, and previews another life change coming her way. rimonthly.com/first-person-b…
The best kind of news to kick off a Thursday. @RIMonthly @unlikelybkstore rimonthly.com/the-guild-is-o…
Per this States Newsroom piece, only 3.7% of listings in RI are affordable for people earning 75K-100K (compared with 21.2% nationwide). The housing shortage affects everyone. @RICurrent rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/05/26/hom…
Finally wrote the story that I’ve been wanting to write for years!! providencejournal.com/story/news/loc…