Tag: Jeffrey Emidy
The next act of the Newport Opera House’s long-awaited restoration
For decades, the historic Opera House Theater has been the focus of grand visions of restoration. So far, those visions have been unrealized.
The brick...
Trinity Rep signs 5-year tax treaty with city for future Lederer...
PROVIDENCE – City officials have waived the tax-exempt status of the Lederer Theater Center, home to the Trinity Repertory Company, which will allow the...
State nets $750K federal grant to preserve Old State House
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive $750,000 to preserve the Old State House building on Benefit Street, the current home of the R.I. Historical...
‘The Bells’ stables to be demolished
NEWPORT – A day after four people were injured when a section of the roof collapsed inside a state-owned building on the grounds of...
R.I. Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission names new director
PROVIDENCE – A familiar face to state historic preservationists who temporarily led the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission is now its permanent...
Advocates of R.I. Historic Tax Credit pleased with $28M allocation, worried...
Advocates for the Rhode Island Historic Tax Credit program are applauding lawmakers for allocating $28 million for the program in the fiscal 2023 state...
Iconic Pawtucket restaurant added to National Register of Historic Places
PAWTUCKET – The old-fashioned, prefabricated steel tube of a restaurant known as Miss Lorraine Diner is now listed on the National Register of Historic...
Sanderson retires from R.I. Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission
PROVIDENCE – Ted Sanderson, the longtime executive director of the R.I. Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, has announced his retirement. Executive director since 1984,...
