Wanskuck Historic Local District Gets City Plan Commission ‘OK’

by Katy Pickens

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Providence Post on March 4, 2026. Copyright ppsri.org. Reprinted with permission. At its meeting on March 3, the City Plan Commission (CPC) voted in favor of the 31-building Wanskuck Local Historic District (LHD) as well as changes to [...]

A Labor of Love: Volunteer Shovelers Help Clean Up Providence Neighborhoods after Historic Snowfall

by Eric Halvarson

The day after the largest snowfall in Rhode Island history, the sun was shining on Providence as residents tried to move three feet of snow out of their driveways and sidewalks. But Ray Kiefaber was feeling under the weather, and outside, their Prius was buried [...]

Crook Point Bascule Bridge Will Be Demolished — Unless Providence Takes Action

by Katy Pickens

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Providence Post on February 5, 2026. Copyright ppsri.org. Reprinted with permission. Rhode Island Department of Transportation is scheduled to demolish the bridge in 2026-2027; The city may want to take ownership of the bridge, create an authority [...]

The Cost of Dying — State-Assisted Burials at a Providence Funeral Home

by Andrea Gutierrez

The cost of living in the United States is as relevant as ever, with people citing higher prices at the grocery store and on their utility bills. While the conversation around affordability is had by the living, unfortunately, expenses continue after death. The cost of [...]

The “Resistance Houses” Top Providence Preservation Society’s 2026 Most Endangered Places List

by Providence Preservation Society

Providence Public Schools Listed Again – 31st Listing for PPSD or an Individual Providence Public School since 1994  Every year, Providence Preservation Society (PPS)  invites community members to nominate places to its annual Most Endangered Places (MEP)  List to bring attention to vulnerable places and [...]

Distribution Center Development Near Morley Field Raises Environmental and Traffic Safety Concerns

by Emily Smith

If you’re even passively following local Rhode Island news, you’ve heard about the closure of Morley Field, a community park in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Pawtucket that was chained up and closed to residents in 2022. That park on Moshassuck Street sits along the Providence [...]

What’s going on with Riverwalk?

by Katy Pickens

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Providence Post on December 18, 2025. Copyright ppsri.org. Reprinted with permission. How the area may transform, the latest engagement meeting on the Providence Riverwalk Resilience Project Since the 1990s, the Riverwalk and Waterplace Park have become cultural [...]

South Providence Residents Alarmed Scrapyard Expansion Could Encroach on Their Only Public Coastal Access Point

by Eric Halvarson

Signs that read “Air Quality Inequality Zone” and “Aire Limpo Para Todos” decorated Washington Park’s Community Library on Monday, November 24. More than 50 residents and city officials packed in between the bookshelves to discuss the latest development in the battle to make Public Street [...]

Staff Behind Historic Central Providence Participatory Budget Fired Without Notice

by Eric Halvarson

Editor’s Note: All Providence Eye interviews with former Central Providence Unidos staff in this article were conducted before notice of their termination. On Tuesday November 18, Central Providence Unidos (CPU) staff prepared to celebrate the completion of the largest participatory budgeting program in Rhode Island [...]

Complex Web of Regulators Track Providence’s Low-Income Housing

by Eric Halvarson

On October 30, the city purchased a $1.7 million dollar plot on Washington Street for another affordable housing project. Every unit in the new development by Lincoln Avenue Communities will be income-restricted. Sixty-eight of the units are reserved for households earning between 60 and 80 [...]