State and federal transportation officials say they’re not going to get involved or penalize Providence for a controversial bike lane and center-of-the-road parking scheme built into South Water Street, which runs along the Providence River.
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State, Feds won't get involved in controversial bike lane
Barrington joins school districts requiring teacher vaccines
Another Rhode Island school district is requiring teachers and staff to get coronavirus vaccinations or face unpaid leave and possible termination.
Providence orders residents of homeless camp to vacate site
People living at a homeless encampment at a vacant lot in Providence were given until Nov. 1 to clear out. But advocates for the homeless say they have nowhere else to go.
Graves of some who died at RI institutions lie under highway
The thousands of drivers who use a Rhode Island highway on their way to work every day probably have no idea they are passing over the graves of some people who died in the late 1800s and early 1900s at state institutions.
AG: Contractors failed to properly pay workers OT wages
The owners of an asbestos remediation company failed to properly pay their workers overtime for work performed at a Rhode Island middle school, prosecutors said in court Tuesday.
Arts + Lifestyle
Pretty Woman Starts National Tour at PPAC
By Kimberly Rau for WPRO The Providence Performing Arts Center returned to live theater this month by kicking off the national tour of Pretty Woman, a musical take on the 1990 romantic comedy starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. In this stage adaptation, Tony Award-winner Adam Pascal plays rich businessman Edward Lewis, who ends up…
“A Lie Agreed Upon” Throws Current Events in Sharp Relief
A Lie Agreed Upon runs through Oct. 24, 2021, at The Gamm Theatre, 1245 Jefferson Blvd., Warwick, RI. All theater goers must wear masks in the theater and provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test. Tickets may be obtained at the box office, online at gammtheatre.org or by calling 401.723.4266
Michael Renzi, former ‘Sesame Street’ musical director, dies
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Michael Renzi, who during a storied musical career worked with Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé, Lena Horne and some of the other biggest names in jazz and pop, and who for years was also the musical director of “Sesame Street,” has died. He was 80. Renzi died Wednesday at Newport Hospital in…
PHOTOS: Alice Cooper rocks Leader Bank Pavilion
Legendary rocker Alice Cooper brings his tour to Boston at the Leader Bank Pavilion. Check out photos from Cumulus Media’s Doug MacGunnigle.
State cultural, arts organizations share $1M in funding
More than 100 cultural, humanities and arts nonprofits in Rhode Island are sharing nearly $1 million in federal funds to help them survive and recover from the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Monday.
