Here are some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of Sept. 7, supported by your subscriptions .

• With some local on-air personalities gone, Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns Providence TV station WJAR and acquired some assets of local station WLNE last week, said it's committed to producing "distinctive content ." The new owners also found themselves in the middle of the controversy over the removal of late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel , announcing it would air a special to conservative influencer Charlie Kirk in Kimmel's spot on Sept. 19.

• The Eastern States Exposition – better known as the Big E – is back in West Springfield, Massachusetts, this week and with it comes a taste of Rhode Island , and the unusual arrangement where you ca

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