Healthcare Reform, RI style
What Obamacare will mean for us If you read this in print, skip here for the stuff that didn’t make the paper. Health services are the third largest industry in […]
Events:
Holiday Small Works
November 4 - December 31A Christmas Carol
Everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge, is back. The timeless holiday tale of redemption and joy, Trinity Rep’s reimagined production always has a few new wrinkles, and has been a beloved
November 9 @ 10:00 am - December 31 @ 1:00 pm
It’s Undebatable — Debate Is Good For Kids
It is a coup d’état of sorts on a Saturday in late October — a peaceful coup as dozens of high school students have overtaken classrooms throughout Mount Pleasant High […]
The Hummel Report Year-End Wrap-Up
As we head into 2014, the Hummel Report has updates on a handful of investigations from 2013 – and in one case an investigation from 2010. A Lot of Wind: […]
Update on Gano Street Parking Lot
It’s taken seven years — and last month’s Hummel Report investigation — for the city of Providence to take two property owners to court after they consistently ignored violation notices […]
RI Commemorates World AIDS Day
On Monday, December 2, activists and political leaders gathered at the Rhode Island State House to commemorate the 26th Annual World AIDS Day. Speakers included Governor Lincoln Chafee, First Lady Stephanie […]
Who’s at Fault for the Asphalt?
For neighbors living near two asphalt plants in Coventry, it is a steady drumbeat of sounds six days a week, eight months out of the year. The sound is of […]
Life Lessons on the Soccer Field
“With Ocean State [Soccer School], I thought it was such a great community that I was part of. I was allowed to develop that core group of people with whom […]
The Highway Becomes a Parking Lot
As one of the primary roads in and out of the city’s East Side, Gano Street sees thousands of cars every day using a ramp at the base of the road […]
Dare Me: Sci-Fi Speed Dating
Double Dare By Bachelorette #4The challenge: Sci-Fi Speed Dating. At RI Comic Con. Dressed as Slave Leia, which, as far as I’ve been told (by people outside of Comic Con), […]
Scene and Heard: Check Out the Hollywood East Party!
Be a part of the local film scene at the Hollywood East party on Nov 12! A ton of the local players on the New England film scene will be […]