Tag: Brett Smiley
Former City Councilor LaFortune to lead City Year Providence
PROVIDENCE – A former city councilor and mayoral candidate is now set to lead City Year Providence.
The education and youth support organization announced Friday...
Will Providence’s new ‘cultural plan’ have support to boost the creative...
City officials have released a new cultural plan they are hoping will work as a framework to guide policies and investments in the arts...
Teamsters Local 251 bus drivers, First Student reach new agreement, avoid...
PROVIDENCE – A new contract agreement has been reached between the local union that represents school bus drivers in the city and First Student...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, Feb. 2023
1. $27M grant could finish Providence’s bike lane network, but Smiley noncommittal POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 17. A new, $27 million federal grant could hypothetically cover the...
Providence pension system not on city’s legislative priorities list
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett Smiley still wants Providence to join the state pension system as one way to ease the city's pension crisis. But...
$27M grant could finish Providence’s bike lane network, but Smiley noncommittal
PROVIDENCE – A new, $27 million federal grant could hypothetically cover the cost to finish former Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s ambitious “urban trail” network.
But...
Jewelry District’s promise tied to Brown’s ongoing expansion
Providence’s Jewelry District has a proud past as a national manufacturing hub and may one day be the innovation and design center city marketers...
Oscar Perez named Providence police chief
PROVIDENCE – A 29-year veteran of the Providence Police Department will serve as the city’s top law enforcement leader, and its first Latino police...
Smiley names 3 finalists for Providence police chief
PROVIDENCE – Three Providence Police Department majors, all of whom attended Providence public schools as children, have been named as finalists in the search...
Audit: Providence ends FY22 with $827K surplus, $40M pension investment loss
PROVIDENCE – The city ended fiscal year 2022 with an $827,00 surplus, according to a recently published audit by accounting firm CliftonLarsenAllen LLP.
The surplus...
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