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To the beat of drums, a night at Burnside Park
By Rebecca Ballhaus, Talia Kagan and Claire Peracchio | October 19Correction appended.
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Brook Street may see new hotel
By Claire Peracchio | October 11A proposal for a $35 million luxury hotel near campus was shot down in 2004 and 2008, but real estate developer Ed Bishop '54 P'86 P'91 thinks his latest bid for the hotel will fare differently.
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Chafee, U. admins tour Pittsburgh
By Claire Peracchio | October 5Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 traveled to Pittsburgh Tuesday on a fact-finding mission to learn more about options for developing the Knowledge District in downtown Providence.
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First lady visits R.I.
By Claire Peracchio | September 30First lady Michelle Obama joined 13 wives of military servicemen Friday evening for a roundtable gathering at the Rhode Island National Guard headquarters in Cranston. Later that night, she appeared at a fundraiser for her husband at the East Side home of Joseph Paolino Jr., a former Providence mayor ...
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A guiding presence beyond College Hill
By Claire Peracchio | September 15Like others who have moved onto an unfamiliar campus for the first time, David Dooley received a warm welcome to his new home from President Ruth Simmons.
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Taveras seeks more money from U.
By Claire Peracchio | May 2Mayor Angel Taveras will seek $9 million in total contributions from tax-exempt organizations — like the University — and will support legislation in the General Assembly requiring such institutions to pay 25 percent of the property taxes they would owe if they were for-profit, he announced ...
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In fiscal storm, University keeps eyes on Jewelry District
By Claire Peracchio | April 27The state's political leaders call it a once-in-a-generation economic opportunity. Set to be completed at the end of 2012, the 10-year relocation of Route 195 has cleared 20 acres of prime real estate in Providence's Fox Point and Jewelry District, some of which Brown is eyeing for further expansion. ...
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Athletes challenge administrators on team cuts
By Nicole Boucher and Claire Peracchio | April 24Seventy students whose teams are in danger of being cut, and the dozens more who showed up to support them, met with administrators in an emotionally charged Solomon 001 Friday at 8 a.m. to discuss controversial recommendations that would eliminate four varsity athletic teams.
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Tea Party protests taxes, status quo at State House
By Claire Peracchio | April 17The deadline for residents to file their taxes is today, but the state's Tea Party wants Rhode Islanders to know that the battle against the tax expansion proposed by Gov. Lincoln Chafee '75 P'14 wages on.
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City schools hit with two more blows
By Claire Peracchio | April 4Calling for sweeping cuts to close a two-year $180 million budget gap, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras called the city's finances a "category five" hurricane. But last Tuesday, that would have more aptly described the city's embattled school system.
