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Cranston receiving $1.1M to prevent flooding in Garden Street area

Providence Business News
Providence
Government
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CRANSTON – The city is receiving $1.1 million in federal funding for upgraded infrastructure that will help prevent flooding in the Garden Street area, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., announced Tuesday.  The funding, which Magaziner secured through the fiscal 2026 government appropriations process, will support improvements such as upgraded stormwater infrastructure in the Garden Street watershed, […]

Historic Hotel Providence sells for $10.25M

Providence Business News
Providence
Business Housing
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PROVIDENCE – The historic Hotel Providence is under new ownership for the first time in 11 years after the 144-year-old building was sold on Wednesday for $10.25 million.  The 80-room hotel at 139 Mathewson St. was sold to Pramukh Hotel Providence RE LLC of Seekonk, according to the Rhode Island Tax Assessor database.  Hotel Providence was most […]

Report: Man charged in attempted arson of Warwick eatery

Providence Business News
Providence
Government Public Safety Business
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WARWICK – A 47-year-old resident has been charged with arson after he allegedly attempted to burn down a popular restaurant, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Tuesday.  Brian Fisher was arrested Monday in connection to reports of a suspicious male outside Captain’s Resto-Bar on Waterfront Drive around 1:15 a.m. on July 1.  The owner told Warwick Police he saw the suspicious man […]

Homelessness groups sue again in R.I. to block Trump’s latest HUD funding overhaul 

Providence Business News
Providence
Government Housing Transportation
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Three days after a Rhode Island federal judge struck down one version of the Trump administration’s homelessness grant rules, a coalition of communities and nonprofits is back in court challenging the latest attempt to reshape federal funding priorities.  The 68-page lawsuit, filed Thursday, July 2, in Rhode Island federal court, seeks to block a June […]

WalletHub: Rhode Island among most expensive states for childcare

Providence Business News
Providence
Business Education
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PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island remains among the most expensive states for the cost of childcare, according to a recent analysis by WalletHub.   The Florida-based personal finance website compiled the prices of full-time family-based childcare and center-based childcare as of June 2 and adjusted them to the median income of a married couple and a single-parent family.  Data used […]

Former Westerly Sun journalists launch The South County Star

Providence Business News
Providence
Community
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WESTERLY – Two longtime Rhode Island journalists launched a new nonprofit digital news outlet last month focused on covering southern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut. The South County Star was founded by former The Westerly Sun managing editor Alex Nunes and veteran journalist Nancy Burns-Fusaro, with a mission of expanding local news coverage in communities […]

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