Camp WANNAGOAGAIN is, as it’s name implies, is a place kids want to return to year after year. “And it’s evident cause they wanna go again and again and again,” said Catherine Young, children program supervisor at The Autism Project, and camp director. For 22 years, this day camp, run by The Autism Project, has … Read more
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Providence leaders continue to express frustration with the pace of ongoing financial negotiations with the state’s largest hospital group, Lifespan. Nonprofit organizations are exempt from paying property taxes, but some of the city’s largest non-taxpaying property owners nonetheless have historically agreed to make payments-in-lieu-of-taxes to offset the loss tax revenue and … Read more
RHODE ISLAND — State, local, and federal law enforcement agencies across Rhode Island are again joining forces to collect donations of new backpacks and school supplies to help school children in the Ocean State through the Kids, Cops, and Classroom’s project. Rhode Island State Police said the goal of Kids, Cops, and Classrooms is to … Read more
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Providence man currently serving time for manslaughter now faces drug possession charges. Three days after making a plea deal in R.I. Superior Court, records show 20-year-old Kevin Giron was charged with possessing synthetic cannabinoids at the Adult Correctional Institution in Cranston. According to court records, the offense allegedly happened in … Read more
TEATRO EN EL VERANO PRESENTS¡ALGUIEN MÁS!Bilingual George Bernard Shaw adaptation tours Rhode Island Latino Arts (RILA), in association with Trinity Repertory Company, announces ¡Alguien Más! the latest production by its bilingual theater program Teatro en El Verano (Theater in the Summer). ¡Alguien Más! is a modern, bilingual Spanish-English retelling of You Never Can Tell by … Read more
Ralph Vincent Izzi Sr. (77) of Las Vegas Nevada, formerly of Providence, Cranston and Coventry, RI, passed away on Thursday June 20. Born December 14, 1946, to the late Alfonso and Theresa (Baglione) Izzi. Ralph leaves behind his wife of 59 years Jacqueline (Doire) Izzi, his daughter Christine (Izzi) Lee and her husband Frank of … Read more
Eli Sherman and Leah Crowley 1 hour ago CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — The R.I. Ethics Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to dismiss an ethics complaint alleging nepotism against Cranston Mayor Kenneth Hopkins, who denounced the accusations as a political attack. A former city worker filed a complaint against Hopkins back in April. He unsuccessfully accused the … Read more
“As I said in April when this regretfully started, I had no role in his hiring or promotion,” Hopkins said in a statement. “The end of this investigation today supports that statement in its prompt review and dismissal.” He said he has never been involved in the hiring of firefighters, leaving those duties to the … Read more
”In these challenging times, the need for NVI’s services is greater than ever before and Lisa has tirelessly and compassionately made nonviolence her life’s work,” Seth Handy, who co-chairs the Nonviolence Institute’s board, said in a statement. “She is a dedicated, passionate and inspirational leader and we look forward to her guidance in helping us … Read more
”In these challenging times, the need for NVI’s services is greater than ever before and Lisa has tirelessly and compassionately made nonviolence her life’s work,” Seth Handy, who co-chairs the Nonviolence Institute’s board, said in a statement. “She is a dedicated, passionate and inspirational leader and we look forward to her guidance in helping us … Read more