Tag: Brett P. Smiley
Stuck in transit: Is RIPTA’s long hunt for bus hub location...
In 2014, the R.I. Department of Transportation produced a video promising a state-of-the-art transit hub to replace the “overcrowded” Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence,...
Providence teachers feel Smiley’s turnaround plan lacks clarity
PROVIDENCE – Even though the Providence Teachers Union welcomes the city reclaiming the Providence Public School District from state intervention, teachers feel Mayor Brett...
Stokes named R.I.’s second historian laureate
The head of Rhode Island’s diversity office will be the state’s second historian laureate.
Keith Stokes will take over the voluntary role of delivering lectures...
Providence becomes American Cruise Lines’ new port of call
PROVIDENCE – For the first time in four years, cruise tourism will return to Rhode Island’s capital city.
Mayor Brett P. Smiley announced Thursday that...
Report: Former Providence firefighter awarded $1.75M in lawsuit against city
PROVIDENCE – A former firefighter has been awarded $1.75 million in compensatory damages stemming from a lawsuit against the city for denying her accidental...
Providence releases plan to regain control of schools from state
PROVIDENCE – City and school leaders on Thursday unveiled their turnaround action plan for the Providence Public School District in its push to bring...
‘A safer mall, but … an emptier mall’ after ban on...
The operators of Providence Place mall are requiring teens to be accompanied by adults after 5 p.m., but some observers are divided over whether...
Nonbinary Providence teachers fight to keep their jobs. They have some...
Brandi Tucker teaches fifth graders on the third floor at Webster Avenue Elementary School in Providence. Sam Wallace works as a librarian at DelSesto...
Registration for Providence’s ‘Eat, Play, Learn PVD’ begins April 5
PROVIDENCE – The city’s annual program that provides free meals and educational programs for children and young adults will return this summer.
Mayor Brett P....
Officials celebrate opening of Track 15 Food Hall
PROVIDENCE – Track 15 Food Hall is now officially open for business.
Federal and state officials on Tuesday celebrated the opening of the highly anticipated,...
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