This past weekend, the City of Providence hosted PVDFest in collaboration with the Department of Art, Culture and Tourism and FirstWorks, a non-profit organization. The festival had performers, vendors and other events across three days at the 195 District Park.
Celebrations for the new statue of painter Edward Mitchell Bannister continued Sunday despite the afternoon’s thunderstorms and the movement of the unveiling ceremony from Market Square to the RISD Museum auditorium.
Silently floating through the Providence River, a handful of BioPods — modular, wedding-cake sized pods built out of mycelium mushrooms and topped with native wetland plants — are naturally working to reestablish a whole ecosystem.
The Rhode Island General Assembly passed laws addressing housing, lead pipes and abortion, among other issues, in its 2023 session running from January to June.
The proposed agreements provide for more than $174 million in voluntary payments from Brown to Providence between 2024 and 2043, according to a press release provided at the conference.
Gabe Amo won the Democratic primary for the special election in Rhode Island’s 1st U.S. Congressional District.
Mala Noodles and In The Pink opened on Thayer over the summer.
While state law requires 10% of the housing stock in most Rhode Island municipalities to be affordable, Little Compton falls under the 1% mark with just nine long-term affordable housing units.
With Pride month underway, local organizations are hosting various family and community events to celebrate Rhode Island’s LGBTQ+ community.
Rhode Island is conducting its first point-in-time count of youth and young adults experiencing homelessness since 2018, according to a press release from the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness and the Rhode Island Continuum of Care’s Youth Action Board.
The bill could improve access to healthcare but may increase unnecessary expenditures.
Brown is set to pay roughly $4.5 million to Providence this year.
A bill ensuring equitable coverage for healthcare procedures passes in the state House of Representatives and moves to the R.I. Senate.
The R-Line is the most used bus route in Rhode Island, representing 16% of RIPTA’s statewide bus ridership.
The budget proposal is Smiley's first as mayor.
On April 14, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management addressed concerns from community members regarding multiple reports of fish kills in the Providence and Seekonk rivers on their Instagram. According to the department’s post, the sudden influx of fish corpses in the rivers and ...
Explore business turnover on Thayer since 2000 with The Herald’s interactive timeline.
The center will enable individuals to use illicit drugs under supervision by medical professionals and access recovery assistance.
University community members gave testimony at an April 4 hearing on the bill.
Rep. June Speakman (D-Bristol) introduced a bill in the Rhode Island House of Representatives on March 17 which would create a $50 million fund for the construction of mixed-income public housing.
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