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RIDEM gets $2M grant for brownfield assessments

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has received a $2 million brownfield’s assessment grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Target areas for...
PLACE OF PRIDE: Joan and Tony Assante purchased a 1,400-square-foot condominium at Chapel View, one of the first of 14 condos in the development to be occupied 17 years ago. Every condo was eventually purchased. 
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SEEKING BALANCE: Developers see financial benefits of live-work-play projects

No matter what Joan and Tony Assante want to do, they usually don’t have to go far to get it done. Grocery shopping? There’s a...

Allen Waters launches Providence mayoral bid as an independent

A new video from Allen Waters has officially launched his fifth election campaign in seven years. This time around, he’s running not as a...

Hasbro moving its headquarters to Boston, transition to be completed in...

PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc.'s headquarters is leaving the Ocean State, along with hundreds of jobs.  The toy company on Monday officially announced it plans to...

R.I.’s ‘Squid Squad’ targeted in DOGE purge of NOAA 

The head of squid research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Narragansett Bay facility is among the hundreds of agency employees nationwide who...

DEM: Removal of sunken barge in Providence River to begin this...

PROVIDENCE – Removal of the 113-foot-long sunken barge in the Providence River is slated to begin this week, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management...

Does Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley have the right approach to...

This year’s PVDFest was widely cheered by vendors and revelers alike, a year after Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley’s administration faced a torrent of...

R.I. gets $1.5M to remove sunken barge in Providence River

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management is getting $1.5 million to remove a 113-foot-long sunken barge from the Providence River and salvage...

Report: Providence scrap yard issued cease-and-desist order

PROVIDENCE – A prominent scrap metal yard has been ordered to halt all business after the city claims it has been doing business without...
DEVELOPABLE LAND: Shown is an aerial shot of developable land in the Interstate 195 district of Providence. The Wexford Innovation Center is at center in the background and the Providence Pedestrian Bridge is in the foreground extending over the Providence River. The two land areas connecting the bridge will be developed into public parks.
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Providence Flea relocates to 195 District Park

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Flea has found a new home just across the Providence River. Since December, the Providence Flea’s future location has been uncertain...
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