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CITY OF PAWTUCKET AWARDS DESIGN CONTRACT FOR RIVERWALK AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AT TIDEWATER LANDING
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CITY OF PAWTUCKET AWARDS DESIGN CONTRACT FOR RIVERWALK AND PEDESTRIAN

LPR News August 5, 2024

PAWTUCKET – The City of Pawtucket recently awarded a design engineering contract to Beta Group, a Lincoln, Rhode Island, based civil engineering firm to design public amenities adjacent to the Tidewater Landing development. The $1.4 Million design contract was awarded through a publicly bid selection process and will be funded through a federal United States Environmental […]Read More

Attorney General Neronha issues statement on proposed Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance rate increase
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Attorney General Neronha issues statement on proposed Blue Cross Blue

LPR News August 5, 2024

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement after submitting a final brief as part of his obligation to represent consumers in the insurance rate review process and as the State’s Health Care Advocate. “Rhode Islanders deserve affordable and accessible health care, and right now they are receiving neither. Blue Cross and Blue Shield […]Read More

Reed & Amo Deliver $850,000 for Boys & Girls Club of Northern RI’s Cumberland-Lincoln Clubhouse Renovation
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Reed & Amo Deliver $850,000 for Boys & Girls Club

LPR News August 5, 2024

CUMBERLAND, RI – In an effort to help the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Rhode Island continue to strengthen and expand programming and services for local youth, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and Congressman Gabe Amo teamed up to deliver an $850,000 federal earmark to support a renovation project at the Cumberland-Lincoln Clubhouse and Grounds.  Senator […]Read More

RI Delegation Announces $750,000 to Help Survivors of Violent Crime Access Critical Legal Support
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RI Delegation Announces $750,000 to Help Survivors of Violent Crime

LPR News August 5, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – For over five decades, Rhode Island Legal Services (RILS) has provided critical, comprehensive legal services to victims of domestic and intimate partner violence. U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today announced that RILS will receive a $750,000 federal grant to expand its civil legal assistance […]Read More

After Delivering $465,000 Earmark, Reed & Whitehouse to Tour Demolition of Ashaway School Building
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After Delivering $465,000 Earmark, Reed & Whitehouse to Tour Demolition

LPR News August 5, 2024

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

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

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