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After Delivering $465,000 Earmark, Reed & Whitehouse to Tour Demolition

HOPKINTON, RI – In an effort to advance the community’s long-standing plans to address public health and safety concerns posed by the vacant 120-year-old Ashaway School Building property, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse teamed up to deliver a $465,000 federal earmark for the Town of Hopkinton to safely demolish the 1904 Ashaway School Building, […]Read More

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Mayor Beauchamp Announces Planning Director Debroisse Retires After 35 Years

WOONSOCKET, R.I.: Mayor Christopher Beauchamp announced today a vacancy in the Planning Department with the retirement of Mike Debroisse who retired as Planning Director effective August 4th, 2024. Debroisse served as an employee of the city for 35 years and previously served as the Superintendent of Solid Waste/Engineering. Beauchamp added that although he is currently […]Read More

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Mayor Smiley to Unveil Improvements to Paterson Park

PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Brett P. Smiley will today join Councilman John Goncalves, Superintendent of Providence Parks Wendy Nilsson and Al Dahlberg from Friends of Paterson Park to unveil the newly renovated Paterson Park. This project was funded through the City’s Capital Improvement Plan and the Providence Parks Department for a total of $340,000. The playground […]Read More

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Mayor Smiley, Rhode Island Foundation, Citizens Announce 2024 RWP Pops,

Providence, RI — Mayor Brett P. Smiley, the Rhode Island Foundation, and Citizens invite the public to a free performance of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s Summer Pops in the Park at the Roger Williams Park Temple to Music. Due to this week’s forecast, the event will be using the planned rain date of Thursday, August […]Read More

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Providence man sentenced to double life in prison for 2022

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve two consecutive life sentences at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for the 2022 murder of Angelo Gomez. At a hearing on July 30, 2024, Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause sentenced Robert Komhlan (age […]Read More

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Jetblue announces daily service to San Juan, Puerto Rico, beginning

The Rhode Island Airport Corporation also recently welcomed JetBlue’s news of daily service to San Juan, Puerto Rico, beginning on October 28, 2024. Flights to San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) are scheduled to depart PVD each morning, with return flights from SJU arriving back in Rhode Island later in the evening. SJU also offers […]Read More