For months, residents of College Hill have been buzzing with excitement over the announcement of Brown Bee Coffee — a new cafe and bakery set to open at 404 Benefit St..
On March 2, roughly 200 people gathered with the Rhode Island Poor People’s Campaign “to launch a 40-week effort to mobilize poor and low-wage voters in Rhode Island,” and to “demand legislators take immediate action to end the crisis of death by poverty in the United States,” according to ...
On Feb. 21, Rhode Island Commerce launched “All That,” a new statewide tourism marketing campaign which aims to drive revenue into the Ocean State.
RIPTA currently stands on the edge of a $40 million fiscal cliff set to tip over in July 2025 if the agency does not receive adequate funding. The transit organization, which is also facing a driver shortage, is considering service changes that would affect 33 routes, in many cases cutting and ...
DoorDash, a popular food delivery company, has partnered with Farm Fresh RI’s Harvest Kitchen program to increase “support to program participants outside of the culinary program hours,” according to a press release from DoorDash. Harvest Kitchen trainees will receive $2,500 in DoorDash gift cards ...
Two weeks ago, Rhode Island School of Design staff installed a metal structure over an air vent next to 2 College St., a site where an unhoused woman usually sleeps. On Feb. 22, Waverly Huang, a RISD sophomore, started a petition to have the grate removed, which amassed over 1,000 signatures. A day ...
On March 2, over 1,000 people attended the “Hands Off Rafah” rally at Memorial Park. The rally was led by the R.I. branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Palestinian Feminist Collective and the Brown Graduate Labor Organization. The group called for a “lasting ceasefire and an end ...
February was one day longer this year and filled with a myriad of events celebrating Blackness and Black History, ranging from artistic performances to lectures on the 14th Amendment. Look back on a month of celebration to learn more about the organizations, people and events uplifting Blackness year-round. ...
This month, Congressman Gabe Amo’s (D-R.I. 1) legislative agenda has included bills on foreign affairs, infrastructural funding and government shutdown prevention. The Herald reviewed legislation introduced, supported or discussed by Amo in February.
Lieutenant Governor Sabrina Matos and the Rhode Island Department of Health launched an updated Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders State Plan Feb. 15 that outlines state health goals pertaining to the disease from 2024 to 2029. The new plan includes nine strategic objectives focused on empowering ...
Dozens of community members, advocating against the closure of Providence’s 360 High School, arrived at a Tuesday meeting of the R.I. Department of Education’s council for elementary and secondary education. The Council did not directly acknowledge their demands.
Last month, State Representative Edith Ajello (D-Providence) introduced a bill that would allow terminally ill R.I. residents to request physician-assisted suicide via a prescription for lethal medication to the Rhode Island House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary.
After a temporary closure for renovations, Vivi Bubble Tea returned to Thayer Street on Friday with a new look.
Japanese market and eatery Maruichi Japanese Food and Deli is set to open a new location in downtown Providence this spring. The store will replace Rory’s Market and Kitchen on 113 Washington St.
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s goal is “100% of the service, 100% of the time,” said Ed Brown, RIPTA’s director of service planning and scheduling, in the opening of his presentation of the agency’s proposed 2024 service changes at a Feb. 20 Pawtucket public hearing. But for RIPTA ...
On Feb. 5, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and Chief of Policy and Resiliency Sheila Dormody announced the establishment of the city’s new Housing and Human Services Office.
Last month, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation received $81 million in federal funding to establish a new freeway connection between I-95 highway and Quonset Business Park, which will allow RIDOT to "complete the 'missing move' at the interchange of I-95 and Route 4," according to the organization's ...
On Feb. 6, teachers and staff at 360 High School in South Providence were informed at an emergency meeting that their school would be closed and merged under the Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex. The next day, Providence Public School District leaders shared the decision with students. That afternoon, ...
“Wind power holds exciting potential for (Rhode Island’s) energy needs,” said former Gov. Donald Carcieri ’65 in his 2007 State of the State address.
At 1 p.m. on Feb. 17, roughly 100 community members gathered at Memorial Park on South Main Street for a “Hands Off Rafah” rally and die-in.
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