Tag: Providence River
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...
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...
State seeks vendors to remove ‘sunken barge’ from Providence River
PROVIDENCE – Despite no readily available funding, state officials after a three-year hiatus are renewing calls for a private vendor to remove a piece...
RIPPLE EFFECTS: As Narragansett Bay gets cleaner, economic outcomes remain murky
Talk to anyone who lives in Rhode Island, and it’s likely they could tell you a story connected to Narragansett Bay, says Mike Jarbeau,...
Completion of Providence River pedestrian bridge pushed back
PROVIDENCE — Walkers and bikers alike will have to wait a while longer to trek across the Providence River via the new pedestrian bridge...



















