Tag: Sabina Matos
Providence River Pedestrian Bridge opens
PROVIDENCE – The Providence River Pedestrian Bridge opened officially Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The $21.9 million project took more than a decade to come...
Aponte pleads no contest to embezzlement, steps down from City Council
PROVIDENCE – Former City Council President Luis Aponte pleaded nolo contendere to a felony count of embezzlement in R.I. Superior Court, Attorney General Peter...
Providence has FY2020 budget
PROVIDENCE – Providence City Council passed a $770 million fiscal 2020 budget Tuesday evening and Mayor Jorge O. Elorza signed it into law the...
Too many contractors exploit workers
As a state with a lot of competing interests, Rhode Island knows that solving a problem means you’ve got to work together. Today, our...
Steel Yard holds groundbreaking, on target to finish $2.7M project by...
PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit industrial arts organization The Steel Yard held an official groundbreaking Thursday for its $2.7 million "Super Studio" project at its...
Elorza proposes $773M FY20 budget, denounces ‘extremism’ in national politics
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza on Tuesday announced a proposed $772.6 million fiscal 2020 city budget, with a 3.2% spending increase above the...
City Year Providence receives $70K from City Council
PROVIDENCE – City Year Providence received a $70,000 boost from the City Council on Feb. 15 to support the nonprofit’s partnership with city schools.
The...
Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Kennedy Plaza gets $50K grant
PROVIDENCE – Restoration of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, a tribute to the Rhode Islanders who died in the Civil War, has received $50,000...
Five Questions With Sabina Matos
5Q: Sabina Matos | President, Providence City Council
1. How will you encourage more widespread economic development across Providence neighborhoods? Successful economic development depends...
Matos elected president of Providence City Council
PROVIDENCE - Councilwoman Sabina Matos was voted Providence City Council president Monday. The council said that Matos is the first Latina to hold the...
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