Dianne “Dee Dee” Witman, Independent candidate for Providence Mayor, wants Providence to remain part of the negotiations as debates over I-195 land development continue. “The I-195 is part of our Providence home; city leadership must stay engaged in the land’s development processes,” Dee Dee said Wednesday. While Dee Dee does not support the excessive height […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI: Community, along with company and education, has long been one of Trinity Rep’s three core values, but recently the organization, which was founded in 1963, is expanding its commitment to that principle. Through the addition of staff and inclusion in a prestigious international pilot program, Trinity Rep’s community engagement efforts strive toward fulfilling […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – La Secretaria de Estado Nellie M. Gorbea le recuerda a los residentes de Rhode Island elegibles para votar que tienen hasta el domingo 7 de octubre para inscribirse para votar en las elecciones generales del 6 de noviembre. A los votantes que se han mudado o se han cambiado sus nombres desde […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI — Educators at the Groden Center schools in Providence and Coventry announce plans to strike for three days beginning on Tuesday to demand safer classrooms for their students and living wages for staff, and in protest of management’s Unfair Labor Practices, if no tentative agreement is reached prior to the strike deadline. “We love […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today announced the leadership, composition, and first meeting of the Governor’s Task Force to Tackle Plastics. Established by the Tackling Plastics Executive Order signed by Governor Raimondo in July, the group will develop a host of options to reduce plastic pollution in Rhode Island’s waters and reliance on single-use plastics. The Executive […]readmore
PAWTUCKET – Pawtucket, Slater Mill, and TEN31 will be hosting a brand new festival this October which promises to be frightfully fun for all ages. Mill City Haunts, which will be held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights for the last two weeks of October, will be a collection of 39 events ranging from movies […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina Raimondo and the board of the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation today celebrated the state’s Small Business Assistance Program hitting another milestone, awarding its 70th loan. Since the program was announced in November 2016, the state-backed loan fund has collectively awarded more than $10.1 million in loans. «When small businesses succeed, Rhode Island […]readmore
HOPE Initiative partners law enforcement officers with substance use counselors across the state to reach out to those at risk of overdose Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, today introduced the HOPE (Heroin-Opioid Prevention Effort) Initiative, which […]readmore
Online programs now more easily accessible to students across the United States UMass Dartmouth recently became a member of a national network that allows the university to offer its high quality, affordable online degree programs and courses to students in any state or territory in the U.S. Currently, states have their own online education regulations, […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The U.S. Department of Education today recognized three Rhode Island schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2018, based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps. The schools receiving this honor are Colt Andrews Elementary School in Bristol, East Greenwich High School in East Greenwich, and Jamestown School-Melrose in Jamestown. “The Blue Ribbon School […]readmore