PROVIDENCE MAYOR JORGE O. ELORZA on Tuesday announced the city is closing parks, trails and golf courses through May 1. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS
PROVIDENCE – Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza drew a sharp contrast between the financially mismanaged, crime-ridden and dilapidated city of his childhood and the “new Providence” his administration has created in his annual "State of the City" address at City Hall on Monday. The second-term mayor touted accomplishments on a range of issues, from government…