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Friday, December 1, 2023

URI’s Laboratory Preschool Thrives in Downtown Providence

From the exterior of 255 Westminster Street, you see the facade of the former Shepard's Department Store, once a bustling and thriving shopping experience. Look deep into the windows along the street now and you will see a world of...

Housing costs in Providence

Despite historically low unemployment, Providence is becoming unaffordable to more and more of its current residents. 72,767 – Total households. (US Census, 2022 Community Survey) 79,203– Total housing units. (US Census, 2022 Community Survey) 30,230 – Owner-occupied housing units. (US Census, 2022 Community...

Taking Care of the Neighborhood:  Community Health Workers on the Front Line and Beyond

In the last few years, if you visited a local health or community center for your Covid vaccine, spoke to someone who followed up with you after the visit,...

Letter FROM The Editors

Hello Readers! We need your help- could you please send an email to people that you know in Providence and ask them to go to pvdeye.org and hit “subscribe”? It’s easy and it will make a big difference!  Every week, we’ve got volunteer community reporters writing about things going on in their neighborhoods, their workplaces, and...

Letters to the Editor

Hello everyone!  I hope you'll be able to join us this Thursday afternoon for the first Save RIPTA rally & press conference where we'll be calling on Governor McKee to fund RIPTA so that we can prevent the fiscal cliff, raise wages for bus drivers, and start implementing the Transit Master Plan.  Thursday,...

Previous Articles

Still Hoping for the Cranston Street Armory

The Cranston Street Armory, one of Rhode Island’s most iconic treasures, remains lost in a morass of politics and funding questions despite years of...

Providence Streets Crash Data Released

A new interactive data and mapping initiative from the Providence Streets Coalition (PSC) is now available to the public, giving both residents and officials a block-by-block visualization of every reported motor vehicle crash involving a person walking or bicycling since 2010. The interactive map pinpoints and...

Dangerous Intersection: RIDOT Hides Crash Data from Public

PROVIDENCE — Crash data — where they happen, how, and who is involved —...

Why is Providence’s Largest Pond Invisible?

On Saturday mornings between April and October, a group of volunteer URI Watershed Watch...

A Big Step for PVD: City Council Passes Major Climate Legislation

On November 2nd, the Providence City Council passed its first major climate legislation, voting...

Reviving the Magic: Bilingual Book & Art Fair Returns to Providence 

In a celebration that echoes through the corridors of culture and creativity, Providence Latino...

Will Brown’s BIRCH Collaboration Bring Better Health Care to Providence?

Earlier this year, Brown University heralded the establishment of BIRCH, the Brown Innovation Research...

Providence Community Health Centers: A Primary Source of Primary Care

If you’re having trouble finding a primary care provider (PCP), you’re not alone. The...

Watching as the Bus System Drives Over the Cliff

By this summer, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will be facing a deficit of approximately $33 million.  The severe cuts in service and employment...

The Williams Family Tree, Roger and Betsey 

The American Sycamore tree in Roger Williams Park between Betsey Williams’ cottage and the...

TRANSIT FORWARD RI 2040: Where Is Providence Going?

Are you fed up with crowded, congested roads?  Worried about your safety on those...

There’s Money to Get the Lead Out

Published with the cooperation of Motif Magazine. Providence locals have long boasted that their city...

Upcoming Events

“Exploring Common Threads” at Arts in the Atrium- First Unitarian Church

Entrance to the art show is located at First Unitarian Church of Providence, One...

All Aboard for the Holidays: Train Show

ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT WITH A FESTIVE LOCOMOTIVE EXHIBIT! Until January 5th, enjoy the festive...

A new multimedia installation by MASARY Studios

A new multimedia installation by MASARY Studios Commissioned by FirstWorks FirstWorks presents a site-specific performance installation, Recursion...