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With bond issue complete, Mayor Maria Rivera is hoping to break ground in December and to open a new high school in fall 2025 to replace a 96-year-old building plagued with problems.

After hours of hearings over the future of 15 acres on the banks of the Pawtuxet River, Warwick City Planner Tom Kravitz has finally gotten the two sides to agree on something – to both …

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CENTRAL FALLS/PAWTUCKET – The site of the largest mill fire in Central Falls history, and now one of the city’s largest vacant properties, may soon see movement toward the goal

CENTRAL FALLS — The City of Central Falls has blocked Western Oil from expanding its operations on the Central Falls/Lincoln line.

PROVIDENCE — Former Centrals Fall Mayor James Diossa, a leading candidate in the lieutenant governor sweepstakes, has resigned from the board of a company seeking one of the first new marijuana dispensary licenses available in Rhode Island in years. In response to Journal inquiries, Diossa spokesman Christopher Hunter on Thursday provided a copy of Diossas January 8 letter of resignation. "I hereby resign my position on the Board of Directors of the Edward O. Hawkins Center, Inc. effective...

Here’s who’s going to work for the new mayors in Cranston, Warwick, and Central Falls The new mayors will be sworn in next week, and they’ve already named a few people to their respective staffs. By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 29, 2020, 9:36 a.m. Email to a Friend LEADING OFF Happy Tuesday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to everything happening in the Ocean State. I’m Dan McGowan and now Bill Belichick knows what it’s like to play “Maddenâ�...

December 22, 2020 12:37 pm CENTRAL FALLS, R.I (WLNE) – Central Falls Mayor-elect, Maria Rivera announced her new leadership as she prepares to be sworn in in January. “Central Falls has made incredible progress over the last eight years under Mayor Diossa’s administration, and it’s important for me that our city departments, boards, and commissions are led by diverse talent that will continue moving our city forward,” said Mayor-elect Rivera. “I’m confident in these individuals an...

R.I. political operative Jeff Britt cleared of charges in money laundering trial By Edward Fitzpatrick and Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 10:58 a.m. Email to a Friend Jeffrey T. Britt listens to Wednesdays verdict via video conference from his Florida location. A state Superior Court judge cleared the political operative of money laundering in a trial stemming from House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiellos 2016 campaign.David DelPoio/The Providence Journal (Pool) (Custom credit)/...