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1. RIC cuts 7 majors, considers eliminating 17 more due to low enrollment POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 9 Amid losses in students and operating revenue, Rhode Island College is axing some of its least popular degrees. The college has already cut five undergraduate and two graduate majors, with 17 more on the chopping block.
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2. Board rejects $7M Kennedy Plaza pavilion project proposal POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 7 Plans to build a $7 million food-and-drink pavilion in Kennedy Plaza have hit a snag due to missing documents from the only company that responded to the city solicitation. Rather than award the contract to Boston-based Merge Architects Inc., the Providence Board of Contract and Supply rejected the company’s $7.2 million proposal because it does not include one of the required legal agreements.
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3. R.I. Aviation Hall of Fame to induct 10 new members POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 8 Ten individuals who flew during various wars for the military will be inducted into the Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame on Nov. 19 in a ceremony at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Cranston. The inductees include a living World War II bomber pilot, a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter pilot from Barrington killed in action in Grenada, and four servicemen from Vietnam.
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4. Hope & Main to open downtown marketplace in Providence POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 2 Hope & Main, Rhode Island’s prominent food business incubator, will soon have a significant presence in Providence with a new downtown marketplace located at 100 Westminster St. The organization is also negotiating to occupy a facility in Providence’s West End to equip five new shared-used kitchens.
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5. Providence City Plan Commission approves 2 mixed-use developments POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 15 The Providence City Plan Commission approved two major land development projects, one located in Upper South Providence and one in Wayland Square. The first, at 228 Broad St., will include a five-story, mixed-use building with commercial space and 80 units of affordable housing. The second is a proposed development at 159 Wayland Ave. for a mixed-use, four-story building with 12 units.
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6. ‘Rhode Island FC’ drops anchor at Pawtucket soccer stadium site POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 14
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7. Pawtucket to use ARPA funds to help pay for soccer stadium project POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 23
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8. East Providence celebrates groundbreaking of new concert venue POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 16
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9. CharterCARE Health Partners to be sold to Atlanta-based nonprofit POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 22
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10. Champlin Foundation awards $10.2M in grants to 95 organizations POSTED ONLINE: NOV. 28
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