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PROBLEM AREA: The structural problems at Rogers High School in Newport are evident in the water-infiltration damage, which has affected both the interior and exterior of the building, which was completed in 1958. Jeff Watts, the school’s plant engineer, looks at one of the affected areas outside. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Paying for badly needed school upgrades now will limit future borrowing....

Cover Story 05/25/2018

Trinity Briceno, a senior at Cranston East High School, didn’t attend school between December and April. She was hospitalized in November after students and teachers...

PROVIDENCE is transferring ownership of the Bome Theatre to Tavares LLC in exchange for a $2.2 million investment into the restoration of the property. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARY MACDONALD

Providence transferring Bomes Theatre in exchange for $2.2M restoration investment

Art & Culture 05/17/2018

PROVIDENCE – The Bomes Theatre is being taken over by Fernando J. Tavares, owner of Tavares LLC, a local general contractor, the city announced...

Five Questions With Jo-Ann Ryan

Government 05/04/2018

Jo-Ann Ryan | Democratic majority whip, Providence City Council 1. What would your recently vetoed proposal to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags in...

RIDOT HAS ISSUED a RFP for an autonomous transit service between Olneyville and Downtown Providence which it said could fill the transit gap caused by construction on the 6-10 Interchange. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

RIDOT issues RFP for autonomous transit service development

Capital Goods 04/30/2018

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation has issued a request for proposals to companies that can design and test and eventually deliver an...

THE MURAL on the left is on the rear of the AS220 building downtown. At right, one of the portraits in the city-funded Seen Unseen grouping. /PBN FILE PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY

Providence launches new public art program, identifies potential funding sources

Government 04/26/2018

PROVIDENCE – The city will launch a comprehensive public arts program, leaders announced on Thursday, to include planning annually for new projects that could...

Can free showers help the homeless?

Government 04/20/2018

Could the simple service of a free, hot shower be a solution to the complex issue of homelessness? It could be if the restoration of...

MICRO-LOFTS: Joseph R. Paolino Jr., managing partner of Paolino Properties, stands in front of the new Case-Mead Lofts building at 76 Dorrance St. The Case-Mead Lofts are a renovation of a former office building into 44 micro-loft apartments. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence has several tax-stabilization policies to woo developers. Plans to have...

Cover Story 04/06/2018

New residents already have started moving into one of downtown Providence’s oldest commercial buildings, occupying efficient, modern apartments that have taken spaces once afforded...

THE PROVIDENCE POLICE department has been awarded a $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to work with The Providence Center and Roger Williams University to create a strategy to reduce recidivism in the use of emergency services by those suffering from alcohol or drug addiction and mental health issues.

PPD gets $700K Smart Policing Innovation Grant from D.O.J.

Government 03/27/2018

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Police Department received $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Smart Policing Initiative: Smart Policing Innovation Grant, the PPD announced...

PROVIDENCE MAYOR JORGE O. ELORZA vetoed a city ordinance amendment what would limit the use of single-use plastic bags on the grounds that it would inordinately affect low-income families. Elorza called for more community engagement and said he still supports the reduction of the use of plastic bags. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Elorza vetoes single-use plastic bag ban for now, requests more community...

Government 03/26/2018

PROVIDENCE – Saying that it would inordinately affect low-income families, Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza on Monday vetoed a city ordinance amendment that would...

PROVIDENCE COUNTY RESIDENTS have been urged by city and state officials to participate in the 2018 End-to-End Census Test in preparation for the 2020 Census. Providence County is the only county in the nation to conduct such a test run. / COURTESY US. CENSUS BUREAU

Providence County residents urged to complete 2018 End-to-End Census Test

Government 03/26/2018

PROVIDENCE – Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and the Rhode Island congressional delegation urged Providence County residents to respond to the 2018 End-to-End Census...

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