The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is going back to the drawing board, after its Board of Directors postponed a vote on proposed service cuts. The RIPTA Board was scheduled to vote this morning on a proposal to eliminate 16 bus routes and reduce service to dozens of others as part of an effort to […]
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AS220 celebrates 40 years ‘unjuried & uncensored’ with Foo Fest this weekend
AS220 is an arts organization in Providence that offers uncensored, unjuried venues for visual and performing arts. It also has live/work apartments for about 50 artists. And, it offers arts programming for youth and adults with print making, music production, theater and more. AS220 is celebrating 40 years this week and they’re bringing back Foo […]
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Famiglietti rolls to victory as new RI state senator
Democrat Stefano Famiglietti scored a lopsided win Tuesday in the race for the Rhode Island state Senate, getting almost 83% of the vote in a matchup with Republican Alexander Asermely, according to unofficial results. “I am extremely humbled to have been elected as the District 4 state Senator to serve the community in which I […]
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Providence to consider a cap on yearly rent increases
Providence city council president Rachel Miller has lived in the West End for over 20 years. During that time, she says the neighborhood has become virtually unaffordable for most working-class residents. “I’ve seen rent grow at first very slowly, and then, since 2020, very fast,” Miller said. “Apartments that were, maybe $1,100 are now $2,200. […]
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Butler Hospital’s striking workers, management to return to the bargaining table
Butler Hospital’s striking workers and management are scheduled to resume talks with a federal mediator on Wednesday, marking the first formal negotiations since the union last week rejected the hospital’s “revised last, best, and final’’ offer. Roughly 700 unionized workers at the psychiatric hospital on Providence’s East Side have been on strike since mid-May. The […]
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AG Neronha, RI Foundation accepting proposals for dental grants
Attorney General Peter Neronha and the Rhode Island Foundation are accepting proposals for $10 million in grants meant to improve dental care for children in Providence. The grant deadline for applications is Sept. 10. Neronha’s 6/10 Children’s Fund was established through a settlement in May when a state contractor, Barletta Heavy Division, admitted using contaminated […]
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Fall River business owner kicks off mayoral campaign
Christopher Silvia, the owner of a restaurant on South Main Street known as “Christopher’s”, is challenging Democratic incumbent Mayor Paul Coogan. Silvia had originally announced his intentions to run for office via a Facebook post on July 10. Coogan is vying for his fourth term, while this is Silvia’s first run for public office — […]
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Their husbands were deported to Laos. Now they’re picking up the pieces together
When two Providence men were detained and deported to Laos in May, their wives were left feeling helpless and without a path forward. The two women – Cassie Souvannaxa and Tina Phommachan – didn’t know each other well until this year. That changed when they started visiting their husbands at the Wyatt Detention Center in […]
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Romance, civil rights and big teased out hairdos in ‘Hairspray’
Morning host Luis Hernandez spoke with two of the performers from the musical “Hairspray” at Theatre by the Sea through August 16, 2025. Interview highlights: On her character, Tracy Turnblad Niki Metcalf – In a lot of ways I bring so much of myself to Tracy every night just because she feels like me. She […]
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The story behind the Pawtucket “miracle baby”
At a Pawtucket hospital back in January 2007, Dr. Juan Sánchez-Esteban had all but given up hope of saving a baby boy he had just delivered by Caesarian section. Tyquan Hall was stillborn. No heartbeat, no brain activity, despite Dr. Sánchez-Esteban’s best efforts to revive him. As the Brown-affiliated physician braced himself to deliver heartbreaking […]
