Providence Safe Stations Offer 24/7 Access to Addiction Recovery Support
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At the start of 2018, the Providence Fire Department launched Safe Stations, a program designed to provide 24/7, free walk-in access to services for people struggling with substance abuse.  Providence Fire Department’s Chief of Emergency Medical Services, Zachariah Kenyon, proposed the program in late 2017 [...]

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People in Providence – 12.17
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Jean Mark Schweitzer | Downtown Providence  Where are you going? I’m actually heading home— or I’m heading to my wife’s work to pick up keys from her, and then I’m going home. Where are you coming from? Work. Right over here— Clementine Cocktail Bar. I’m [...]

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Two New England Cottontails. Photo: Dana Schneider.
Bunnies in our Backyards: The New England Cottontail Rabbit Repopulation Project
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Editor’s Note: Providence Counts is a feature of our weekly publication that tells a story through numbers, listing facts and figures from local data sets or organizations. In the 20th century, the population of the New England Cottontail Rabbit began to decline for a multitude [...]

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Nov
Photo: Knight Memorial Library.
Libraries as Community Space in Providence
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Libraries are widely known as home to hundreds of thousands of stories. Yet, they’re also one of the most overlooked, free, community spaces. While hosting physical and digital media, they’re also a place where people can build and share their own stories––the perfect third place. [...]

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Oct
Photo: Daneisha Rodriguez.
Tens of Thousands Gather in Providence, Demand “No Kings”
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On Saturday, October 18, thousands of voices resounded outside of the Providence Place Mall, repeatedly chanting: “This is what democracy looks like.” Approximately 32,000 people, according to organizers, from all over Rhode Island marched down Francis Street under the beating sun and peacefully assembled in [...]

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Oct
A map of Providence neighborhoods, with the dark blue indicating lower median income per household. Map from Neighborhood Snapshots.
Two Providences: How Income, Housing, and Race Divide the City’s Neighborhoods
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Providence is home to an abundance of cultures and people from all walks of life. Just miles apart, the neighborhoods of Providence tell very different stories. In Blackstone, the median household pulls nearly $150,000. But in Upper South Providence? This same statistic falls below $24,000. [...]

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