A sign at Roger Williams Park discouraging people from feeding the geese. Photo: Amber Ma.
Protecting Our Waterways: From Geese to Garden Runoff, How Local Actions Make a Difference
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The Stormwater Innovation Center (SIC)’s recent “Rain Harvest Festival,” a vibrant celebration of science, art, environmental stewardship, and water awareness highlighted stormwater challenges and ways people can address them. Reducing water pollution and improving the resilience of city and state waterways played center stage. Groups [...]

15
Oct
Photo: Justin Case
Joe Wilson Jr. Takes Center Stage at ACT
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Joe Wilson’s vision for culture as community wealth blends history, activism, and infrastructure Providence has always lived on its cultural heartbeat. From the noise and ingenuity of the Industrial Era to the DIY brilliance of neighborhood festivals and avant-garde theater, this city thrives when its [...]

15
Oct
Emma Villa, President of Comite Mexico Unido, with a group of performers. Photo Credit, Julia Yakirevich
2nd Annual Mexican Independence Day Festival in Mount Pleasant
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On Saturday, September 14, George J. West Park on Chalkstone Ave in Providence was transformed into a lively hub of color, food, and sound, despite clouds overhead and. Families and friends gathered with folding chairs, umbrellas, and children in tow. For many, the occasion was [...]

10
Oct
The Womxn Project “Hands-Off” rally, April 2025. Photo: Lexie Thompson.
The Art of Resistance: Providence Area Feminist Creators Are Building Power and Community
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Famously part of the “Blue Wall,” Rhode Island is known for its stalwart Democratic history. Now, along with most of the rest of New England, the Ocean State is experiencing the reverberations of Donald Trump’s second administration, including an assault on women’s rights. Access to [...]

08
Oct
Gloria, 3 years old, circa 1950, outside Baubee and Zaidee’s Orms St. home.
Remembering Providence: from lullabies to tea rooms
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At this uncertain moment in history, I find myself turning to a time long ago and recalling a young, Jewish girl growing up in Providence. An address on Mulberry Street, near our synagogue first comes to mind for me.  I loved the sound of that [...]

08
Oct
Sumner in City Hall after her first meeting with the Sustainability Commission. Photo by Eric Halvarson.
Newest Sustainability Commission Member Gives Back to City That Helped Her During COVID
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Last Monday, Providence’s Sustainability Commission welcomed its newest member: Dawn Sumner. A lifelong city resident, Sumner never considered the role community played in her life. But after receiving help during the COVID pandemic, she is ready to give back and leave a positive impact on [...]

01
Oct
No Shortcuts: ‘Ways Home: Stories’ by Karen Lee Boren
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Speaking with The Alembic after the publication of her first book, Girls in Peril (2006), the Providence writer Karen Lee Boren described adolescence “as a time when young people, often unwillingly, must recognize their separateness as individuals despite their intense connections to their friends.” In [...]

01
Oct
'I don't think it's clear to all residents exactly which cans are for which stream,' said Kevin Proft, Providence's deputy director of sustainability, of the current waste bins issued by the city. (Colleen Cronin/ecoRI News)
Lax Enforcement, Lack of Awareness Result in Poor Recycling Ticket Returns in Providence
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Editor’s Note:This story was originally published by ecoRI. Republished with permission. Over the past few years, the city has received payment for about half the tickets it has issued for recycling violations. From 2022 to 2024, the percentage of recycling tickets paid hovered just above 50%, [...]

28
Sep
Photo: Andrea Gutierrez.
David Morales: State Rep, Wrestling Villain, Spider-Man… Mayor of Providence?
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David Morales had all of the things you might expect at a Tuesday night birthday party: pizza, wings, pretzels and friends. Except after singing “Happy Birthday,” the crowd gathered to watch Morales, a Democrat Rhode Island state representative, give a campaign speech at Narragansett Brewery.  [...]

24
Sep
The fence in front of the school building. Photos by Jonathan Howard.
Community Members Tour the Apparently Doomed Gilbert Stuart Middle School Building
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Although some neighbors continue to insist that the massive 95-year-old middle school on Princeton Avenue still could and should be renovated, Tuesday’s early morning small group tour of the long-empty Gilbert Stuart Middle School on Tuesday morning felt like a final farewell. Most windows were [...]

24
Sep