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Convention Center to host rebranded R.I. Home Show this weekend

PROVIDENCE – The 76th annual Rhode Island Home Show, officially renamed the RI Home Show +, returns to the Rhode Island Convention Center Friday...

$24M East Bay Bike Path bridges finally opening

BARRINGTON – The long-awaited East Bay Bike Path Bridges spanning the Palmer and Warren rivers will open to cyclists and pedestrians on Monday. The two...
THE ORGANIZERS of WaterFire Providence are hoping for big crowds for the July 4 lighting to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S., and so are downtown businesses. / COURTESY WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE

Beefed-up WaterFire looking for massive 250th anniversary turnout

After several years of scaled back programming, WaterFire Providence is looking to bounce back this year, and it's hoping to use the nation's 250th...

AG releases findings from sexual abuse inquiry of Diocese of Providence

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Wednesday released a scathing report outlining decades of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Diocese...

House Speaker Shekarchi releases new package of housing bills

PROVIDENCE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi on Thursday announced a new package of legislation he is backing to facilitate new housing development and...

Businesses work to get back to normal after record snowfall, albeit...

PROVIDENCE – Short-staffing, work backlogs, power outages and, of course, mountains of snow greeted workers and employers as business began reopening across the state...

Will proposal to use Newport airport property for housing ever take...

Fed up with the pace of housing development on Aquidneck Island, some Middletown residents are pushing for the closure of Newport State Airport with...
PLACE OF PRIDE: Joan and Tony Assante purchased a 1,400-square-foot condominium at Chapel View, one of the first of 14 condos in the development to be occupied 17 years ago. Every condo was eventually purchased. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SEEKING BALANCE: Developers see financial benefits of live-work-play projects

No matter what Joan and Tony Assante want to do, they usually don’t have to go far to get it done. Grocery shopping? There’s a...

Supreme Court Associate Justice Goldberg to retire in March

PROVIDENCE – After more than three decades on the state's highest bench, R.I. Supreme Court Associate Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg announced she will be...

GA approves $18M infusion to save Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals

PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved an $18 million transfer to help close the sale of Roger Williams Medical Center and...
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