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1 day ago · Recently, our community has been discussing the best way to use vacant school buildings. It’s an important topic. But so far, as a Latina mom, Providence taxpayer and education advocate, I haven’t seen myself represented in the dialogue. The move of Excel Academy into an empty Providence school building has sparked lively debate.
5 days ago · PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Homeless advocates and community leaders held a news conference on Wednesday to urge the city of Providence not to clear out two encampments later this week. The city ...
5 days ago · Providence’s Historic Jewelry District started as a residential community and became America's jewelry manufacturing capital, before today growing commercial and residential center.
23 hours ago · It has been a decade since 60 percent of voters approved a $35 million bond to invest in mass transit hub infrastructure, like figuring out a once-and-for-all solution for moving most buses out of ...
3 days ago · Since the last data in March, 77 shelter beds have been removed from the system and by July, another 195 are scheduled to come offline. Currently, there are 1,603 shelter beds in the state system ...
3 days ago · Lead paint was banned in the U.S. in 1978. But hundreds of Rhode Island children are still poisoned by it every year. An investigation by the Public’s Radio found landlords rarely face consequences for failing to comply with state laws meant to protect children from exposure.
5 days ago · Providence College is a Catholic, Dominican, liberal arts institution of higher education and a community committed to academic excellence in pursuit of the truth, growth in virtue, and service of God and neighbor.
