Hundreds of eyes in the Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex gymnasium in Providence turned toward the podium, where First Lady Michelle Obama spoke in support of gubernatorial Democratic nominee Gina Raimondo Thursday afternoon. With the race for governor entering the final sprint, the entire Rhode ...
As he trekked mountains in northern Vermont with his family 27 years ago, John Reckner chanced upon a bright idea. The brilliant display of hundreds of jack-o-lanterns set up along the mountainside was “impressive,” he remembered, and inspired him to create his own version of the jack-o-lantern ...
On Nov. 4, Rhode Island voters will decide on a ballot measure that would authorize the state government to issue $35 million in bonds to improve public transportation infrastructure across the state, with some of the potential funds going to transit renovations near the Amtrak station in downtown Providence. Advocates ...
Moses Brown School received an anonymous $1.5 million donation to a new Sailing and Marine Education Center in Cranston at the site where the historic Edgewood Yacht Club is being rebuilt, the school announced Oct. 17. The Edgewood Yacht Club, whose clubhouse burned down in 2011, invited Moses Brown ...
Amidst the peaceful glow of electric candlelight, images of victims of the Ebola epidemic and health care workers in West Africa were projected on a screen outside the Statehouse as a crowd of over 100 people gathered at a vigil last night to commemorate those affected by the disease. The lights flickered ...
Less than a week before the Nov. 4 general election, gubernatorial candidates Democrat Gina Raimondo and Republican Allan Fung are in a statistical tie for the lead, according to a Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions poll released Tuesday. This newest poll comes just five days ...
Travel and Leisure Magazine named Providence “America’s Favorite City” in their annual rankings, which were compiled from the results of a 50,000-vote online survey about 38 cities across the country and are included in the magazine’s November issue. Providence also ranked first in three subcategories ...
A fatal shooting last Wednesday in the North End’s Chad Brown housing development revived memories of the neighborhood’s history of gun violence. Terry Robinson, a 22-year-old Providence resident, was fatally shot after attending the arraignment hearing of Justice Andrade, a suspect in the murder ...
Rookie Democratic mayoral candidate Jorge Elorza countered chief rival and former mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci’s prominent role on the city’s political stage with a show of his own last Thursday. Budweiser cans and hipster glasses were more abundant than ties and suits at the historic Columbus ...
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the Ocean State Friday to advocate for Gina Raimondo, Democratic candidate for governor. Along with Senators Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Clinton spoke to hundreds of supporters packed into Rhode Island College’s recreation ...
Democratic nominees for governor and mayor now hold double-digit leads over their opponents ahead of the Nov. 4 general election, according to a poll released Thursday by the the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions. Rhode Island General Treasurer and Democratic candidate for ...
During a panel event Wednesday, Moral Voices — a Brown/RISD Hillel initiative that focuses on awareness, education, advocacy and activism — invited various leaders to engage in an in-depth dialogue about gun violence in Providence and possible community-based solutions to the issue. Entering its ...
Rhode Island’s health insurance exchange, HealthSource R.I., has outperformed most other states’ systems in the year since it opened to the marketplace but faces challenges of balancing competing stakeholder interests, budget problems and collaboration with state agencies, said invited speakers ...
A peek inside the massive door of WaterFire Providence’s new home in the Valley/Olneyville neighborhood reveals an expansive industrial interior. Bright sunlight streams through frosted windows, illuminating the wrought iron baskets, cords of wood and other equipment stacked throughout the 27,000-square-foot ...
With the Nov. 4 election less than two weeks away, Providence’s mayoral candidates are seeking to build momentum by leveraging endorsements from politicians and unions considered valuable assets in a tight race. Independent candidate and former mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci has recently been endorsed ...
Seated amidst galleries of vintage photographs, walls of framed degrees and large poster boards illustrating models for a new Providence at his 175 Broad Street campaign headquarters, former mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci said the city’s current condition “is what it is.” Providence is “an ...
Repayment of the 38 Studios loan and reproductive rights dominated discussion Wednesday night at Rhode Island’s first televised gubernatorial debate since the early September primaries. Democratic candidate and General Treasurer Gina Raimondo, Republican candidate and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung and ...
Rhode Island placed 47th in the country in the overall condition of its highway systems in 2012, according to a report out last month from the Reason Foundation. The 21st Annual Report on the Performance of State Highway Systems, which included data from 1984 to 2012, also ranked Rhode Island last ...
The Alpert Medical School hosted a lecture Monday on Rhode Island’s community health centers presented by David Bourassa, chief medical officer of Thundermist Health Center, and Jane Hayward, president and chief executive officer of the Rhode Island Health Center Association. The lecture opened with ...
Gubernatorial debate Gubernatorial candidates Democrat Gina Raimondo, general treasurer, Republican Allan Fung, mayor of Cranston, and Moderate Robert Healey will face off in a debate Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the Providence Performing Arts Center. The debate will be moderated by Tim White of Eyewitness ...
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