Tag: Providence City Council
City Council critical of parking-expansion plan at Rhode Island College
PROVIDENCE – The City Council is pushing back against an expansion of parking at Rhode Island College.
The college has proposed to expand an existing...
Cornish Associates, Nordblom seek 20-year TSA for 78 Fountain project
PROVIDENCE – The developer of a significant new building planned for downtown will come before the Providence City Council on Thursday with a request...
City budget still doesn’t face reality
The highlights for the fiscal 2018 budget for Providence, at least according to City Council, include no tax increase and the inclusion of a...
Providence City Council Finance Committee approves $737M budget for FY 2018
PROVIDENCE - The Providence City Council Finance Committee approved a $737 million budget for the 2018 fiscal year on Monday, according to a press...
Aponte resigns as Providence City Council president
PROVIDENCE - Luis A. Aponte resigned as president of the City Council Friday afternoon. He said he intends to remain a member of the...
Providence office building on Weybosset under conversion to apartments
PROVIDENCE – A four-story downtown office building near Johnson & Wales University is being converted to apartments and retail space.
The project at 259 Weybosset...
Finance Committee recommends 20-year TSA for $56M Canal Street Project
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story inaccurately stated the status of a tax stabilization agreement. It has been recommended for approval by the...
Aponte charged with embezzlement, unlawful use of campaign funds
PROVIDENCE – Providence City Council President Luis A. Aponte on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to four charges related to the misuse and embezzlement of...
Providence council President Aponte indicted
PROVIDENCE – Luis A. Aponte, Providence City Council president, was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, according to a report by WPRI-TV CBS...
City council passes ATV and dirt bike ordinance
PROVIDENCE - The Providence Police Department may now confiscate and destroy recreational vehicles that are driven in the city illegally, according to the Providence...
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