Donations are up at the R.I. Blood Center. A RIBC staff member checks the IV line in the arm of Laureen Decas of Wareham. Laureen is O Negative and came down when she saw the need posted. In the background is Megan Lowney of Providence. (Photo by Michael Salerno/Rhode Island Current)
Rhode Island Blood Center reports record donations after Brown University shooting
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Rhode Island Current on December 15, 2025. Reprinted with permission. First-time donors increase significantly at the blood center’s four donation centers across the state After a sleepless night with the sounds of sirens and TV news about Saturday’s Brown [...]

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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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A Fox Point garage was converted into a rentable unit between 2022 and 2025 — the garage sits on a lot detached from the house at the rear of these photos. Captured by Google Streetview.
Building ADUs in Providence: The What, the How, and the Why Not?
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Providence has one of the lowest construction rates in the country in a state that had average low vacancy rates in 2023 of 3.7% for apartments and 0.3% for houses. In short, there are not enough homes and we are not building new ones fast [...]

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Photo: Margaret Rizzuto.
Breaking Bread for a Stronger Providence: Inside Oberlin’s First Providence Community Bake Sale
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On a cold December morning, as holiday lights flicker along Westminster Street, Oberlin is preparing for something outside of their delicious culinary dishes. The acclaimed downtown restaurant is getting ready to host its first-ever Providence Community Bake Sale, a collaborative fundraising event benefiting the Rhode [...]

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Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, far right, participates in a panel discussion at the North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism in New Orleans, on Dec. 3, 2025. With Smiley from left to right are African American Mayors Association CEO Phyllis Dickerson, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. (Photo by Paul Morse Photography/Courtesy of Combat Antisemitism Movement)
Smiley Draws Criticism from Democratic Rival After Speaking at New Orleans Antisemitism Conference
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International, national and local politics collide in Providence mayoral race with over nine months to go before primary Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Rhode Island Current on December 9, 2025. Reprinted with permission. On a national stage last week, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley [...]

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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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Emma Pendleton Bradley 1879-1907, aged five, painted by Paris-trained artist Ida Waugh (1846-1919) c. 1884, some two years before the child contracted encephalitis. Source: Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital.
George Bradley y su legado: “Primera preferencia para niños pobres y necesitados de Rhode Island”
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En su testamento, redactado poco antes de morir en 1906, el acaudalado residente de Providence George Lothrop Bradley creó un fideicomiso para establecer un hospital. Su motivación era personal: Emma Pendleton Bradley, su única hija, tenía siete años cuando contrajo encefalitis, una inflamación del cerebro. [...]

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Senator Reed and Susan Mills. Photo: Steve Ahlquist.
Senator Reed Talks Trump Tariffs and the Spiraling Costs of Coffee
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Steve Ahlquist’s Substack on November 14. Reprinted with permission. On Friday, United States Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.) visited the great-smelling Mills Coffee Roasting Company on Broad Street in Providence to discuss his latest effort to help lower the price of coffee. Dating to [...]

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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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Exterior rendering of Lima Stuart School PK-8. Photo:
¿Puede Providence permitirse mil millones de dólares para escuelas?
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El Departamento de Escuelas Públicas de Providence (PPSD) y la ciudad de Providence invertirán alrededor de mil millones de dólares, con unas pocas decenas de millones de dólares más o menos, para construir al menos 16 edificios escolares nuevos o prácticamente nuevos y renovar a [...]

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