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Get Out!: PVDFest announces a Downcity scavenger hunt

PVDFest has joined the ranks of organizations stepping up to entertain and delight cooped-up locals despite the changes social distancing has forced. This certainly isn’t the summer for the throngs of people dancing in the streets PVDFest usually encourages, but an outdoor scavenger hunt with your bubble? That idea kind of has us dancing. On […]

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Governor Raimondo Announces Weekly Forum on School Reopenings: A summary of the governor’s June 22 press conference

Governor Gina Raimondo, DoH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott and RIDE Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green gave the weekly COVID press conference today at 1pm. The governor today began with COVID data. Since yesterday, DOH is reporting 76 new cases of the coronavirus. Of those, 67 people are hospitalized with the virus; five of them are in the […]

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La Piazza

To help Federal Hill restaurants survive capacity restrictions placed to keep diners and restaurant workers healthy, the Federal Hill Commerce Association will close two sections of Atwells Avenue on Fridays and Saturdays from 5 – 11pm this summer. The street closure will allow participating restaurants to expand their outdoor seating into the streets so that […]

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Something Stinks: ecoRI’s environmental news roundup

Racist Remarks Sink Raimondo’s DEM Nominee Gov. Gina Raimondo’s nominee for an important post that offers a $130,692 salary for settling disputed permits and penalties had little environmental law experience to recommend him for a job, but Thomas A. DiLuglio’s nomination was yanked only after it was discovered that had posted racist content on his […]

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