Since 2022, the Providence Redevelopment Agency has awarded $55.6 million in loans to projects that will build or restore affordable housing units. The loans will assist with a total of 2,114 units, according to city spokesperson Michaela Antunes. This August, a $12.7 million chunk of that money was ...
While a rainy Saturday night might have caused some to stay in, dozens of thundering superfans chose to pack Bryant University’s Beirne Stadium in support of Rhode Island’s first professional soccer team. Waving yellow and blue flags and banging on oversized drums, locals far and wide screamed “ole” ...
If the election were to happen today, Rhode Island would elect Vice President Kamala Harris to the White House.
On Thursday, the Providence City Council voted 12-2 to pass the cannabis zoning ordinance, which includes “equity-driven zoning and public safety measures” and amends the zoning code with additional guidance for cannabis retailers on licensing and approval processes.
State and local officials announced a new grant program to provide relief for businesses impacted by the Washington Bridge’s closure, which has caused traffic problems for commuters between Providence and East Providence, earlier this month.
On Monday, the Providence City Council hosted a public hearing for the Comprehensive Plan, a document that helps guide the city’s urban planning and development.
Approximately 100 community members gathered this Saturday to provide input on how the Providence Public School District can improve in hopes of transitioning back from state to local control.
Hall of GraFX’s storefront is easy to miss. The business is only identified by the small logo tacked beside its double doors.
Next Monday, Providence’s City Council will host a public hearing on the city’s new Comprehensive Plan, outlining its development goals for the next ten years. The goals include increasing housing production and supporting historic preservation throughout the city.
Long-awaited Brown Bee Coffee opened its doors Thursday and is set to hold its grand opening on Benefit Street this Saturday, the business announced.
Rhode Island recorded its first human case in five years of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus that has been spreading in southern New England this summer, health officials announced Wednesday.
Rhode Islanders will have a lengthy ballot on their hands this November. Beyond presidential, Senate and House candidates, residents will also get a chance to vote on approving $160 million in support for higher education — and, potentially, to change the state’s constitution.
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island’s incumbent Democrat senator, defeated challenger Michael Costa in the state Democratic primary.
After five years under state control, the Providence Public School District hoped this year to regain decision-making power over itself.
West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis, two mosquito-borne illnesses, have returned to southern New England this summer.
Six acrobats soar 60 feet up in the sky, attracting a multitude of “oohs” and “aahs” from an audience of over five dozen wide-eyed onlookers in Kennedy Plaza.
Colorful containers of snacks, condiments and grocery staples populate a downtown Providence corner, as bright lights and bustling dishes usher in packs of passersby. This is Maruichi Japanese Food and Deli: a local market specializing in Japanese produce, pantry items and other goods.
Plant City has expanded from its original home in Providence, having recently opened a new location in Barrington.
On June 6, the Providence City Council heard an ordinance that would prohibit the city from investing its assets in Israeli bonds. The ordinance would also prevent Providence from reinvesting currently held sovereign bonds upon their maturity.
At approximately 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, all participants in a Rhode Island School of Design sit-in for dissociation from Israel exited 20 Washington Place, known as Prov-Wash. Approximately 30 rallying protestors entered the building and escorted the sit-in demonstrators out.
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