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The mayor and the city council president go before House Finance Committee to defend their proposal for a pension obligation bond of up to $515M.

Santa Claus Visits Haines City Fire Department For Third Year by James Coulter After making his list, checking it twice, and finding out who was naughty and nice, Santa Claus was coming to town—the town of Haines City, that is! For the third consecutive year, Santa Claus traveled more than…

Since 2011, GoLocal has annually featured Rhode Islanders of note to watch in the coming year. This year’s list includes an emerging star in the music industry and a 16-year-old phenom.

This year, the Providence City Council will see a mass exodus. At least two councilors are expected not to run for reelection — Nirva LaFortune, who is running for Mayor of Providence, and Kat Kerwin, who has told supporters she will not run again.

From its name, you'd assume that Public Street was intended for the public.  But before the attorney general's office intervened last winter, fences blocked off the road's eastern terminus where it meets the Providence River. People from low-income neighborhoods in South Providence and Washington Park were cut off from one of the few places where they could walk to the waterfront and fish.  Now, the long-overlooked stretch of gravel and asphalt, which attorneys say should have been open all along, will be permanently protected as a public access point. The Coastal Resources Managem...