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State awards $2M in Placemaking Initiative grants to 26 municipalities and...

Art & Culture 01/30/2025

CENTRAL FALLS – State officials on Wednesday announced that 26 municipalities and nonprofits received $2 million in Placemaking Initiative awards to support outdoor and...

Providence awards $99K contract to RWU for racial reparations work

Education 07/09/2021

PROVIDENCE - The city has signed a $99,000 contract with Roger Williams University to continue its plan for racial reparations, though details on who...

FAMILY-OWNED: Pier Ice Plant in Narragansett was founded June 15, 1966, by owner Robert Shumate, above, and his father, Lawrence. Robert Shumate is a member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. He says he was lucky to grow up in a family that owned its own business. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

For R.I.’s indigenous people, good jobs and prosperity are often out...

Economic Activity 11/03/2017

For 51 years, Robert Shumate said he has been “keeping South County cool.” Owner of Pier Ice Plant in Narragansett and a Narragansett Indian Tribe...

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