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âTwas the night before Christmas, Rhode Island style By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 24, 2020, 7:47 a.m. Email to a Friend LEADING OFF Happy Thursday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to everything happening in the Ocean State. Iâm Dan McGowan and if the Elf on the Shelf was a thing when I was a kid, I definitely would have known that he wasnât Santaâs snitch. Follow me on Twitter . ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 82,066 confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, after adding 879 new cases. The overall daily test-positive rate was 5.1 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 20.7 percent. The state announced 26 more deaths, bringing the total to 1,704. There were 442 people in the hospital, and 7,072 people had received the first dose of the vaccine. ....