Central Falls Receives $209,810 to Assist Fire Department in Latest Round of Grants BOSTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today $42.4 million in direct assistance grants to 221 fire departments nationwide through the agency’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. Additional phases will soon be announced. The Assistance to […]readmore
Federal fire grants will help 17 local fire departments enhance public safety PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline announced $3,884,710 in new federal funding for seventeen fire departments across the state. The delegation says the cities, towns, and fire districts are receiving federal funds […]readmore
Regarding the Recent Uptick in Crime in the City Of Providence: Our City has suffered five homicides in the last two weeks alone. In the throes of a global pandemic, as we as a City wrestle with the resulting economic fallout, and as we as a nation confront centuries of systemic racism, we are witnessing […]readmore
Nominal Changes in Flight Path Volume Expected From September to January WARWICK, RI – The Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) today announced that federally funded upgrades to T.F. Green Airport’s secondary Runway 16/34 are scheduled to begin the first week of September. During the period in which T.F. Green Airport’s secondary or “crosswind” runway is out of […]readmore
Rhode Island’s arts sector lost over 10,000 jobs and sales of over $436 million during the months of April to July of this year as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a report recently issued by The Brookings Institution. The report, “LOST ART: MEASURING COVID-19’S DEVASTATING IMPACT ON AMERICA’S CREATIVE ECONOMY”, documents the […]readmore
USPS is the only mail service that can deliver to our military overseas “Making absentee voting more difficult disenfranchises the very Americans who serve and sacrifice on the front lines in defense of our right to vote.” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee, and Richard […]readmore
Algunos negocios reciben puntajes perfectos; otros reciben órdenes de cumplimiento De acuerdo con el grupo encargado de hacer cumplir las regulaciones del COVID-19, más de 250 negocios s en sectores de salud, hospedaje y minoristas, recibieron puntuaciones perfectas en sus inspecciones. El grupo es parte de una colaboración entre el Departamento de Salud de Rhode […]readmore
Some businesses receive perfect scores; others receive compliance orders More than 250 businesses in sectors such as retail, fitness, and hospitality received perfect scores on their COVID-19 compliance inspections, according to Rhode Island’s COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force. The COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force is a collaboration between the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode […]readmore
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends reopening Peabody’s Beach in Middletown for swimming because bacteria counts have returned to safe levels. RIDOH will continue to monitor and review beach water quality regularly to ensure safe bathing throughout the summer. The status of a beach may change as new data become available. The most […]readmore
Providence, RI (August 20, 2020) – JH Communications has recently announced the creation of Main St. Media, a division of the company dedicated to providing creative, cost-effective video communications for clients throughout the region and country. As JH Communications began to navigate business operations during the height of COVID-19, it became evident that video and […]readmore