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Sep 29 2023

Homeless in RI: (update) Encampment news – Staffing changes – $10M to 27 – Housing jobs …

Update Sept. 30th Providence individual camping for "years" near the Orms Street/Marriott Hotel removed Providence had notified Michael Nugent, who ...

Sep 27 2023

Homeless in RI: State funds $10 Million to 27 providers for shelter, services as cold weather looms

Wednesday morning, Rhode Island Housing announced new grants that have been made to address the homeless issue in the state ...

Sep 27 2023

Johnston’s War Memorial Park opens its arms to an exiled Columbus

Yesterday, the controversial statue of Christopher Columbus found its final resting spot at the Johnston War Memorial Park, a park ...

Sep 26 2023

Cranston to upgrade 33 playground facilities with $600K in ARPA funds, per Mayor Hopkins

Cranston Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins has announced an ordinance to commit $600,000 in ARPA funds to upgrade playground facilities across ...

Sep 25 2023

Increased funding must be tied to nursing home mandated minimum staffing – Herb Weiss

Increased funding must be tied to mandated minimum staffing – Herb Weiss By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues The ...

Sep 22 2023

A Call to Action by “1 of 52″ Hunger Network” to make Rhode Island a food secure state

The “1 of 52” Hunger Network, a 35 year anti-hunger advocate group, issued a call to action to "make Rhode ...

Sep 21 2023

URI economist Leonard Lardaro: Rhode Island’s disappointing economic momentum continues

There has been a well-defined downward trend in Rhode Island’s economic momentum that has existed since the late summer of ...

Sep 20 2023

Cranston tied in political knots.

Commentary Another day, another political turmoil. And Cranstonians are growing weary of it all. That might just be what prompted ...

Sep 15 2023

The soggy PVDFest mess – David Brussat

by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, commentary Photo: A happier PVDFest in downtown Providence, June 3, 2019. (Photo by ...

Sep 13 2023

Cranston’s Finance Committee says size matters for Budlong Pool – not “bells and whistles”

In another long meeting regarding the future of the Budlong Pool in Cranston, estimated to be the 19th or so, ...