WaterFire will return with a full schedule of lightings through late 2022, the event's organizers announced on Wednesday. / COURTESY R.I. TOURISM DIVISION
PROVIDENCE – A long-awaited dredging of Waterplace Park is expected to begin within days. The project will remove 22,000 cubic yards of silt from the river basin, from an area under the Providence Place mall to the Crawford Street Bridge piers. A permit for the work was approved by the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council…