Construction of a distribution center at 1 Moshassuck Street is well underway, looming over closed Morley Field. Photo: Emily Smith
El desarrollo de un centro de distribución cerca de Morley Field genera preocupaciones ambientales y de seguridad vial
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Si sigues aunque sea de manera superficial las noticias locales de Rhode Island, seguramente has oído hablar del cierre de Morley Field, un parque comunitario en el vecindario de Woodlawn, en Pawtucket, que fue cercado y cerrado a los residentes en 2022. Ese parque, ubicado [...]

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What’s going on with Riverwalk?
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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 [...]

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Monica Huertas, executive director of the People’s Port Authority, points to Public Street’s access point to the water. Photo: Eric Halvarson.
South Providence Residents Alarmed Scrapyard Expansion Could Encroach on Their Only Public Coastal Access Point
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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 [...]

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Personal Detrás del Histórico Presupuesto Participativo de Central Providence Despedido sin Preaviso
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El martes 18 de noviembre, el personal de Central Providence Unidos (CPU) se preparaba para celebrar la culminación del programa de presupuesto participativo más grande en la historia de Rhode Island. Conocido como el Nine Neighborhood Fund, distribuyó un millón de dólares a proyectos elegidos [...]

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A sign advertising the new development of affordable housing at 322 Washington Street. Photo: Eric Halvarson.
Compleja Red de Reguladores Supervisa la Vivienda de Bajos Ingresos en Providence
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El 30 de octubre, la ciudad compró un terreno de 1.7 millones de dólares en Washington Street para otro proyecto de vivienda asequible. Cada unidad en el nuevo desarrollo de Lincoln Avenue Communities tendrá restricciones de ingresos. Sesenta y ocho de las unidades están reservadas [...]

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A map of ProvPort and surrounding areas. Photo: Eric Halvarson.
La Distribución del Fondo Comunitario de Beneficios de ProvPort Sigue en Disputa Casi Tres Años Después de su Creación
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Tres años después de que un acuerdo fiscal municipal asignara al menos $120,000 anuales a un fondo comunitario de beneficios para proyectos en South Providence y Washington Park, los residentes todavía luchan por seguirle el rastro al dinero. Los vecindarios cercanos al Puerto de Providence [...]

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Four Providence Churches Launch Audacious Plan to Combat Homelessness by Providing Winter Warming Centers
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Steve Ahlquist’s Substack on November 06. Reprinted with permission. November 8, 2022: A corrections, with apologies: The Housing Department wanted to clarify that these churches are operating “warming centers,” not “warming shelters.” The difference is both semantic and legal. [...]

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Discussion at the October 21 community meeting. Photo: Eric Halvarson.
ProvPort Master Planning Continues with Port Sustainability Fund Primed to Support Environmental Projects
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At the end of this year Providence will begin distributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to sustainability projects in South Providence neighborhoods afflicted by the contamination by industrial facilities in the Port of Providence. Community groups are hopeful the funds will support their fight against [...]

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Butler Caregivers Raise Money and Volunteer to Restore the Blackstone Boulevard Park
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Steve Ahlquist’s Substack on October 19. Reprinted with permission. Two months after settling a contract with Care New England, and after enduring the longest hospital strike in Rhode Island history, Butler Hospital caregivers represented by SEIU 1199 NE partnered with the Blackstone Parks Conservancy and the Providence [...]

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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 [...]

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