Tag: Providence
Providence City Council member Louis Aponte pleads to felony embezzlement charge, to resign from...
Attorney General Peter Neronha announced that Louis Aponte (age 56), of Providence, pleaded nolo contendere today to a felony count of embezzlement....
Aaron Regunberg named senior advisor on policy to Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza
From a press release: Mayor Jorge Elorza today announced that former State Representative Aaron...
Providence City Council inauguration a day of firsts and political fault lines
The inauguration of a new Providence City Council was a day of firsts and a day of revealed political fault lines. The...
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza’s second inauguration address
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza held a chilly outdoors ceremony to celebrate his second inauguration. Below is the video and text of his...
Christmas Carolers rebuffed at City Hall and RI Housing
Both Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and Rhode Island Housing Director Barbara Fields refused to leave their offices for a few minutes to...
Scituate releases report on Providence Water, the town’s largest landowner
A while back the Scituate Town Council hired attorney Michael Marcello to write "a pretty expensive report on the Providence Water Supply...
Providence City Council overrides Mayor’s Veto of Hope Point Tower zoning variance
Providence City Councilor Mary Kay Harris (Ward 11) became the deciding vote to override Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza's veto of the zoning...
‘It’s all about Democracy,’ says PVD City Councilor Igliozzi about Fane veto override vote...
Providence City Councilor John Igliozzi (Ward 7) interrupted the reading of the proposed ordinance to override Mayor Jorge Elorza's veto of the...
Letter from community groups and developers to Providence City Council on the Fane zoning...
Dear Mayor Elorza and City Council: As stakeholders in this community, we support Mayor Jorge Elorza’s decision to veto...
CLF petitions to protect Rhode Island Waters
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has filed petitions with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to combat stormwater pollution in Bailey’s Brook and North...