A proposed amendment to the City’s draft Comprehensive Plan, a ten-year guide for urban planning and development, could make Providence the first East Coast city to effectively ban the development of new gas stations.
CVS Health plans to lay off 632 employees that report to their headquarters in Woonsocket, the health company announced in a notice to the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training earlier this month.
On Monday, the Providence City Council voted to accept the amendments proposed in the most recent version of its Comprehensive Plan, a ten-year roadmap for the city. The amended Comprehensive Plan will now be voted on for passage at the Nov. 7 full Council meeting.
Over the past two years, about 1,100 Haitian immigrants have come to Rhode Island, according to Baha Sadr, the state refugee coordinator at RI Department of Human Services.
On Monday, Providence’s City Council will vote on an updated Comprehensive Plan, a ten-year roadmap for the city.
On Tuesday, Rhode Island’s largest hospital system, Lifespan, was officially renamed Brown University Health. The change comes as part of expanded affiliation agreements and a multi-million dollar annual investment from Brown.
Mark Gould and his toddler son, Tommy, have been visiting the Roger Williams Park Zoo since Tommy was born. On their first trip, an endangered snow leopard came up to the edge of its exhibit and looked right at Tommy, Gould recalled. “His eyes lit up.”
Southeastern New England leads the way for the up-and-coming offshore wind industry.
After prodding his nostrils with an all-too-familiar nasal swab, Arnav Singhal ’26 started a 15-minute timer on his phone. Earlier that day, Singhal’s suitemate had tested positive for COVID-19.
Approximately 50 Rhode Island School of Design students rallied outside 20 Washington Place — a RISD administrative building known as Prov-Wash — Monday afternoon as part of a “Walkout for Palestine.”
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced that the city has completed its Age-Friendly Action Plan, which is designed to enhance “opportunities and (promote) inclusivity across all age groups in the city,” according to a press release published Sept. 27. The plan will be implemented over the next ...
Toy supergiant Hasbro announced on Sept. 16 that they were considering moving their global headquarters from Pawtucket to Boston.
On Election Day, Providence voters will make history by voting for the school board for the first time since the 1960s.
In the past six months, the city saw 376 opioid overdoses per 100,000 residents, over double the statewide average.
Prior to the state house rally, about 100 students protested on the Main Green.
Voters have a number of options to choose from as they decide how to cast their ballot next month. With an upcoming general election on November 5, The Herald put together a comprehensive guide on how you can register to vote, request a mail-in ballot and find your polling location.
Many development projects are popping up in Pawtucket, RI.
Organizations across Rhode Island are working to ensure all eligible voters have equal access to the ballot box.
Lifespan — soon to be Brown University Health — has agreed to pay Providence $1.5 million over three years as part of a new arrangement for payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, commonly abbreviated as PILOT. The agreement still needs to be signed and will be presented to the City Council on Thursday.
Wayland Square Diner announced its closure on Monday through a letter posted on its storefront. The diner, which first opened in 1957, cited “failed lease negotiations” as a main reason for the closure.
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