Over 100,000 people came to Providence last weekend for the 10th annual “Flames of Hope: A Celebration of Life” event held by the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. The downtown gathering featured a variety of programs and speakers Saturday and races Sunday. In past years, the weekend ...
President Obama’s proposal to designate three ocean canyons and four seamounts off the coast of Cape Cod as part of a marine national monument has proven somewhat controversial, eliciting both support from environmentalists and concern from fishermen and other stakeholders. The National Oceanic and ...
Researchers from the University and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management are working to determine the causes of an increased number of dead fish in local waters this summer. Hundreds of dead menhaden fish washed ashore in the Providence River and Narragansett Bay this summer, prompting ...
Gov. Gina Raimondo announced a restructured and expanded need-based grant program for Rhode Island students attending college in-state, according to a Sept. 10 press release. Dubbed Rhode Island’s Promise, the grant program is intended to eliminate the gap between a student’s financial aid package ...
Three miles off the coast of Block Island, Deep Water Wind is overseeing construction of the first offshore wind farm in the United States and is expecting the controversial turbines to begin producing electricity by fall 2016. The project will consist of five turbines connected to the mainland by ...
A special House commission held its first meeting to discuss the issue of sexual assault on college campuses in Rhode Island Sept. 28. The 13-member commission elected Rep. Mia Ackerman, D-Cumberland and Lincoln, as its chairwoman and Rep. Christopher Blazejewski, D-Providence, as its vice chairman. Ackerman ...
Rep. Raymond Gallison, Jr., D-Bristol and Portsmouth, plans to reintroduce legislation to regulate drones in November, according to a Sept. 18 General Assembly press release. The bill would protect the privacy and safety of the general public by requiring aircraft to be registered with the Department ...
Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s benefits will have their food stamps matched one-for-one by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, allowing them to buy more fresh fruits and vegetables at “Food on the Move” mobile produce markets, said Gemma Gorham, director ...
Stuck at home plate, for now The proposal to build a new stadium for the Pawtucket Red Sox baseball team on I-195 land in Providence is officially dead. “This particular parcel of land had a series of challenges that we weren’t going to get through, and it was time to move on,” Gov. Gina Raimondo ...
WaterFire organizers are facing an urgent need to refurbish the Providence River to ensure the popular event’s longevity, but financial limitations are preventing restorative action. “After 25 years of use and success there is now understandably a need to return our attention back to the river ...
Mayor Jorge Elorza signed an ordinance into law Sept. 18 that limits the number of students allowed to live in single-family homes in R-1 and R-1A zones to three, wrote Emily Crowell, deputy director of communications for the mayor, in an email to The Herald. R-1 and R-1A zones include single-family ...
An ongoing Transportation Security Administration program that uses certain behavioral indicators to select travelers for extra screening has drawn criticism from civil liberties groups. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island sent a letter in July to Kelly Fredericks, president of the Rhode ...
Protesters with FANGs Three men were arrested Monday in Burrillville, R.I. for disorderly conduct and trespassing after locking themselves to equipment at the compressor station of Spectra Energy, a company working to build a natural gas pipeline through New England, the Providence Journal reported. The ...
As the school year began this month, incoming seventh graders across the state bought backpacks, shopped for new clothes and dreaded the return of early morning wake-ups. This year, though, a new stop was added to the list — getting vaccinated against human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted disease ...
A fundraiser has raised over $2,700 on the crowdfunding website IndieGoGo to help Devin Costa, a 19-year-old from Cumberland, Rhode Island, pay $12,390 in restitution for leaving graffiti around Providence over a period of several months. The campaign’s Facebook page has 600 likes at press time. Nicknamed ...
No more than three students will be allowed to live in a single-family home in certain areas of the city if the Providence City Council passes new zoning ordinances Sept. 17. The Council will vote on two distinct ordinances. One would define the term “student” under zoning law, and the second would ...
On South Main Street, signs of life are everywhere: the honking of horns as cars whiz by, the wails of police sirens in the distance and the chatter of couples strolling along the Providence River. But when someone stops and glances at the newest addition to Memorial Park, the signs of the departed ...
The February sale of the Pawtucket Red Sox came with announcements of several significant changes for the team. It was being tentatively rebranded as the Rhode Island Red Sox and ultimately relocated to downtown Providence, the purchasers said. In April, the new owners announced their intent to construct ...
The Ocean State began operating under a new state budget July 1, after it was passed unanimously by the Rhode Island House of Representatives and confirmed by all but three state senators. The $8.7 billion budget embraces many of Gov. Gina Raimondo’s suggested steps for improving the state’s economic ...
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