Rhode Island’s Supreme Court has dealt a legal setback to Providence in disputes with retired city workers that could prove costly. … MORE
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Turnaround superintendent feels “fierce urgency” to act
By Steve Klamkin WPRO News On his first day on the job, Harrison Peters, the new turnaround superintendent for the Providence Public Schools echoes Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, the woman who hired him, saying that the “fierce urgency of now” drives his resolve to fix the troubled city schools. He spoke with reporters…… MORE
UPDATE: Police identify man found shot to death inside SUV
Providence police say a 34-year-old man has been found shot to death inside an SUV. … MORE
WATCH: Rhode Island in the 1940’s
Check out this newsreel overview of the State of Rhode Island from the World War II era. See what you can recognize from this bygone era.… MORE
RI From the Sky: Beautiful Drone Shots From the Best Spots in the State
Our friends over at Cloud City Drones asked local Rhode Islanders to show them their best drone snaps from around the state, and the results are more than impressive!… MORE
9 Recent Movies & TV Shows You Never Realized Were Filming in RI
Recently, Rhode Island has been seen as a great place to film and quite a few celebrities have stepped foot in the Ocean State because of it. Find out which celebs were right in your backyard without you even realizing!… MORE
Providence’s First Specialty Doughnut Shop Opening in May
PVDonuts has just announced that they will be opening up the first specialty doughnut shop in the city in May.… MORE
The Hummel Report — Getting There
Providence is a city surrounded – and divided by – water. But if you actually want to get to the water, for boating or fishing or kayaking – or maybe to take a long walk, there is only a handful of places to go. A coalition of groups, in cooperation with the state agency that regulates Rhode Island’s waters, is trying to change that.… MORE
The Hummel Report — No Change
Six months ago the state’s new Director of Business Regulation – citing a public safety hazard – vowed to enforce cleanup orders that had been largely ignored for more than two decades by the owner of a West Greenwich junkyard. But nothing has changed since we visited the site last fall, and the director tells The Hummel Report his agency will have to go to court to get it done.… MORE
The Hummel Report — Renewed Interest
We conclude our two-part series this week with a closer look at the North Kingstown man who founded Wind Energy Development in 2009. Mark DePasquale is putting up 10 turbines in western Coventry. For those who ask about the effects of living near a turbine, Depasquale invites them to his own house – where a 414-footer resides in his yard.… MORE
