Tag: Ray Rickman
Providence again seeks buyer for Columbus statue after first proposal yields...
PROVIDENCE – Despite heartened pleas from community residents and Italian heritage groups to save the Christopher Columbus statue, only two people offered to buy...
City parks commission pushes off decision on controversial Columbus statue
PROVIDENCE – The fate of a historic yet controversial Christopher Columbus statue remains in limbo after the Providence Board of Park Commissioners voted on...
Zurier wins five-way Providence primary special election for state Senate seat
PROVIDENCE – Former city councilman Samuel D. Zurier came out on top in the five-way special Democratic primary election to represent the East Side...
Providence committee recommends permanent removal and sale of Columbus statue
PROVIDENCE – The city’s Special Committee for Commemorative Works will recommend the controversial Christopher Columbus statue not return to city parkland and instead be...
Black history in R.I. remembered
Stages of Freedom has opened a retail location that will include seminars and exhibits on the experience of blacks in Rhode Island.
The Providence-based museum,...
Oral history interviews to be conducted with former Lippitt Hill residents
PROVIDENCE – A series of oral history interviews will be conducted with the former residents of Lippitt Hill in Providence, on Thursday, June 29,...
