Tag: Sabina Matos
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...
Matos honored with Lippitt Award
SABINA MATOS, who represents Ward 15 on the Providence City Council, was recently honored with the inaugural Fred Lippitt Award from the Woonasquatucket River...
Joslin Recreation Center gets new computer lab
PROVIDENCE – A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Nov. 22 for a new computer lab at Joslin Recreation Center, made possible with a $15,000 grant...
One Neighborhood Builders appoints new executive director
PROVIDENCE – One Neighborhood Builders has appointed Jennifer Hawkins as executive director, the organization announced Monday.
“One Neighborhood Builders serves as a model for how...
