Senior Staff Writer Maya Kelly is a Metro senior staff writer who covers health and environment. When she's not at The Herald, you can find her hanging from an aerial silk, bullet journaling, or stress-baking.
In 1998, former Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci, Jr. signed a friendship pact with Leonardo Domenici, then-mayor of Florence, Italy. To celebrate this pact, Cianci commissioned Joyce Acciaioli Rudge to put on the first Splendor of Florence Festival, 25 years ago.
Regulars at The Nitro Bar in Providence have come to expect a line out the door as they await their weekly dose of caffeine.
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.
A Herald poll found that female students are less likely to study the physical sciences compared to their male counterparts at Brown. 45% of female students study the physical sciences compared to 59% of men — a 14 percentage point gap.
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.
Groggy early morning classes are about to get a little less grim, as students can now turn to Hazel Origin Coffee — College Hill’s newest cafe on the edge of South Campus.
While a rainy Saturday night might have caused some to stay in, dozens of thundering superfans chose to pack Bryant University’s Beirne Stadium in support of Rhode Island’s first professional soccer team. Waving yellow and blue flags and banging on oversized drums, locals far and wide screamed “ole” ...
State and local officials announced a new grant program to provide relief for businesses impacted by the Washington Bridge’s closure, which has caused traffic problems for commuters between Providence and East Providence, earlier this month.
Long-awaited Brown Bee Coffee opened its doors Thursday and is set to hold its grand opening on Benefit Street this Saturday, the business announced.
Six acrobats soar 60 feet up in the sky, attracting a multitude of “oohs” and “aahs” from an audience of over five dozen wide-eyed onlookers in Kennedy Plaza.
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