Tag: Patrick T. Conley
Former Providence mayor purchases Christopher Columbus statue
PROVIDENCE – The city's controversial Christopher Columbus statue now belongs to a former mayor.
The Providence Board of Park Commissioners Thursday unanimously selected former Mayor...
SHADES OF GREEN: Can Providence’s working waterfront be both livable and...
Owning a home near the water isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. At least not for Linda Perri, who lives a mile west...
Lawyers only constant in ever-evolving General Assembly
Farmers were a powerful voting bloc in Rhode Island in the early days of statehood and ruled the General Assembly.
That’s because the structure of...
R.I. history lesson in perseverance
Patrick T. Conley | R.I. historian laureate; Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame president; Heritage Harbor Foundation president; attorney and author
Roger Williams and the...
Foundation gives $10K grant for Blackstone River education center
PAWTUCKET – The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Heritage Harbor Foundation to help construct a riverfront education...
Lack of funds preventing design and construction of new state archives...
For decades, Rhode Islanders have sought a permanent facility to house, preserve and exhibit the documents collected in the state archives.
A July 1924 Providence...
There’s a cost to preserving history. Is R.I. willing to pay...
Rhode Island’s state archives, which include pre-1650 artifacts, have sat in nondescript commercial office space in a Providence flood zone, lacking proper preservation technology,...
Yes, winter is challenging, but should it prevent R.I. from attracting...
Originally established as a ski park in Exeter in 1965, Yawgoo Valley celebrates all that the Ocean State has to offer tourists and locals...
Harbor Heritage Foundation announces 2018 grants
EAST PROVIDENCE – Twelve organizations were awarded a combined $127,000 in grant money from the Heritage Harbor Foundation, the foundation announced recently.
The purpose of...
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