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WaterFire’s Co-Chief Executive Officer told GoLocal that the organization might not continue to exist, after the Providence City Council voted Thursday not to fund the organization’s $300,000 request for federal funding under the American Rescue Plan Act.
Providence awaits the return of its famous WaterFire event Thanks to the pandemic, the crowd-pleaser was cancelled in 2020 for the first time in 25 years. This year, itâs different, but itâs back By Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated March 17, 2021, 5:47 p.m. Email to a Friend Several fires of the WaterFire installation have been freshly lit at sundown in the Rhode Island School of Design section of Water Place Park in downtown Providence in 2018.BARNABY EVANS PROVIDENCE â WaterFire, during which performers in boats float down the Woonasquatucket and Providence rivers, setting b...
. ICYMI: Rhode Island was up to 125,622 confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, after adding 399 new cases. The overall daily test-positive rate was 2.1 percent, and the first-time positive rate was 18.8 percent. The state announced six more deaths, bringing the total to 2,502. There were 168 people in the hospital, and 75,007 residents had been fully vaccinated. Advertisement It has now been one year since we learned about the first positive COVID-19 test in Rhode Island, and life as we know it began to change. As we think about the residents who have lost their lives over the last year, I as...