Suzannah Rutherford on Mashapaug Pond. Photo by Tim Lehnert.
RIDEM Plan for Providence’s Biggest Pond Falls Short, Won’t Remediate Water Quality, Say Critics
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Mashapaug Pond, Providence’s largest body of freshwater at 114 square acres, has long been plagued by poor water quality, making it unsuitable for most recreational use. In 2025, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) released its draft general permit for the Mashapaug Watershed. [...]

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A police officer walks down Thayer Street in Providence on Dec. 16, 2025. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)
Recovery grants available for East Side merchants who lost business after Brown shooting
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Rhode Island Current on January 14, 2026. Reprinted with permission. Recovery grants will soon become available to help Providence East Side businesses impacted during the roughly five-day manhunt for the gunman responsible for killing two students and injuring [...]

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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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Climate Action RI’s Mock Funeral for their endorsed bills at the State House over the summer of 2025. Photo: CARI.
Los mayores opositores de los ambientalistas de Rhode Island en la Casa Estatal, revelados en un informe de la Universidad Brown
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La sesión legislativa de este año fue un fracaso sombrío para los activistas ambientales locales: solo uno de los 20 proyectos de ley respaldados por Climate Action Rhode Island se convirtió en ley. Se llevó a cabo un funeral simulado en la Casa Estatal para [...]

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The Providence skyline seen from the pedestrian bridge in November 2025. (Photo by Janine L. Weisman/Rhode Island Current)
Providence mayor unveils New Year’s resolutions in legislative package
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Mayor Brett Smiley will be asking for an increase in the PILOT base rate and a new authority to take over the Crook Point Bridge Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Rhode Island Current on January 7, 2026. Reprinted with permission. Two days into [...]

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Café workers at Seven Stars Bakery vote to authorize strike against employer
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Steve Ahlquist’s Substack on January 2. Reprinted with permission. From a press release: United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local Union 328, which represents over 9,000 workers across a variety of industries in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, announced that employees at [...]

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Copy of letter written by Mayor Smiley to the FBI urging that the reward go to “John”
Fuente que reveló detalles del tiroteo en la Universidad Brown es agradecida y permanece anónima
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A pesar de acaparar titulares por destapar el caso del tirador de la Universidad Brown, el propio “John Doe” de Providence mantiene su historia fuera de las portadas. John Doe aparece y desaparece Usando la misma cuenta de Reddit que orientó a los investigadores hacia [...]

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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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Photo by Gilles Lambert on Unsplash.
Brown University Shootings Expose Providence’s Emergency Communications System Shortcomings
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On Saturday afternoon, minutes after a masked gunman entered a classroom and sprayed gunfire on students studying for an economics exam, Brown students, faculty, and staff were notified of an active shooter on campus. However, nearby neighbors without connections to the school did not receive [...]

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La portada
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Escrita por la fabulista brasileña galardonada Ana Paula Pacheco y traducida con energía del portugués por Julia Sanches, Pandora es una novela extraña e inquietante. Por esa misma razón, está perfectamente en sintonía con su tema igualmente extraño e inquietante: la naturaleza surrealista de la [...]

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