This is it, what we research and prep for all year: our annual guide to what makes our state great.
And what a year it’s been. Did anyone have “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island” or Providence’s Scottish invasion on their 2026 bingo cards? We didn’t either, but the Ocean State is all the better for catchphrases like “I need my crackahs” and the infectious joy that was the Providence Tartan Army and the summer of soccer.
The 425 winners gathered throughout the next pages represent the pinnacle of all that’s good in Little Rhody: the folks and small businesses that ensure we’re well fed, well read, well rested (or at least looking that way), well balanced and (mostly) well behaved…