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Mayor Beauchamp Announces Planning Director Debroisse Retires After 35 Years of Service
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Mayor Beauchamp Announces Planning Director Debroisse Retires After 35 Years

LPR News August 5, 2024

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

Mayor Smiley to Unveil Improvements to Paterson Park
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Mayor Smiley to Unveil Improvements to Paterson Park

LPR News July 31, 2024

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

Mayor Smiley, Rhode Island Foundation, Citizens Announce 2024 RWP Pops, NEW DATE Thursday, August 1
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Mayor Smiley, Rhode Island Foundation, Citizens Announce 2024 RWP Pops,

LPR News July 31, 2024

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

Providence man sentenced to double life in prison for 2022 murder
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Providence man sentenced to double life in prison for 2022

LPR News July 31, 2024

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

PVD to become a Breeze Airways’ hub with new jobs and new routes
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PVD to become a Breeze Airways’ hub with new jobs

LPR News July 30, 2024

In May, officials from the State of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) celebrated the announcement by David Neeleman, Breeze Airways’ Founder and CEO, to significantly expand operations at Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) to have the airport serve as a connecting travel hub for the growing airline.   […]Read More

CITY OF PAWTUCKET RECEIVES INCREASE IN BOND RATING FROM FITCH RATINGS AND MOODY’S RATINGS
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CITY OF PAWTUCKET RECEIVES INCREASE IN BOND RATING FROM FITCH

LPR News July 25, 2024

PAWTUCKET – Mayor Donald R. Grebien today announced that the city’s bond rating has been reaffirmed by Moody’s Ratings and upgraded two notches by  Fitch Ratings. The City’s bond rating is similar to an individual’s credit score and impacts the interest rate at which investors buy the City’s bonds, providing funding for major capital projects. Fitch Ratings, one […]Read More

Message from Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien
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Message from Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien

LPR News July 23, 2024

Link to Auction:  https://citypawtucket.betterworld.org/auctions/mccoy-stadium-auction I am thrilled to share the wonderful news about our ongoing McCoy Stadium Auction! Since the auction went live, the outpouring of support from our community has been absolutely phenomenal. Together, we’ve already raised over $5,000 for our local charities!   This auction is a unique opportunity to own a piece […]Read More

Magaziner Elevates Workers Voices and the Need to Guarantee Paid Time Off for All Americans
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Magaziner Elevates Workers Voices and the Need to Guarantee Paid

LPR News July 22, 2024

Rep. Magaziner’s Protected Time Off Act (PTO Act) ensures that all American workers can earn paid annual leave PROVIDENCE,  RI —  U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner (RI-02) held a press conference on his bicameral bill, H.R. 7752: Protected Time Off (PTO) Act, to guarantee all workers have access to paid days off from work. He was joined by SEIU 1199 NE and […]Read More

Co-Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization That Imported Over 100 Kilos Of Cocaine Sentenced To Ten Years in Federal Prison
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Co-Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization That Imported Over 100 Kilos

LPR News July 22, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The co-leader of a years-long drug trafficking conspiracy that shipped over 100 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.   As reflected in court documents, Efrain Colon-Garcia, 43, and his wife, Yaniris Colon-Senquiz, 47, […]Read More

PAWTUCKET REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET, SEEKS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR THE DOWNTOWN GATEWAY PROJECT
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PAWTUCKET REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET,

LPR News July 22, 2024

The Downtown Gateway Project Contains the former “Apex Pyramid” and “George’s Games” buildings PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency (“PRA”), in coordination with the City of Pawtucket, seeks development proposals for the Downtown Gateway Project. This is the next step in the continued effort to redevelop approximately 20 acres located in the Pawtucket Redevelopment Area. […]Read More

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