The Providence Eye

01/14/2026

On January 8th – the day after the 37-year-old poet and mother of three, Renee Good, was fatally shot in Minneapolis by an ICE agent – hundreds of Rhode Islanders gathered at Providence’s City Hall to protest against ICE.

On January 8th – the day after the 37-year-old poet and mother of three, Renee Good, was fatally shot in Minneapolis by an ICE agent – hundreds of Rhode Islanders gathered at Providence’s City Hall to protest against ICE. I live in Providence’s West End, where ICE has been witnessed abductin...

01/12/2026

This year’s legislative session was a morbid failure for local environmental activists: only one out of the 20 bills endorsed by Climate Action Rhode Island became law.

A new investigation from Providence’s Ivy League university unmasks the forces behind their demise.

This year’s legislative session was a morbid failure for local environmental activists: only one out of the 20 bills endorsed by Climate Action Rhode Island became law. A mock funeral was held at the state house for the 19 pieces of legislation that died during the spring legislative session, comp...

01/07/2026

New York-based real estate company JK Equities acquired 1 Moshassuck Street in 2021 to build and eventually lease a “last-mile distribution facility” — essentially, a warehouse that stores finished goods before they’re packed to fulfill customer orders, primarily through e-commerce.

The development of the warehouse, which does not yet have a tenant, raises community concerns about environmental justice and traffic safety.

If you’re even passively following local Rhode Island news, you’ve heard about the closure of Morley Field, a community park in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Pawtucket that was chained up and closed to residents in 2022. That park on Moshassuck Street sits along the Providence and Pawtucket line....

12/17/2025

On Saturday afternoon, minutes after a masked gunman entered a classroom and sprayed gunfire on students studying for an economics exam, Brown students, faculty, and staff were notified of an active shooter on campus.

However, nearby neighbors without connections to the school did not receive a comparable notification from the City.

On Saturday afternoon, minutes after a masked gunman entered a classroom and sprayed gunfire on students studying for an economics exam, Brown students, faculty, and staff were notified of an active shooter on campus. However, nearby neighbors without connections to the school did not receive a comp...

12/04/2025

On Tuesday November 18, Central Providence Unidos (CPU) staff prepared to celebrate the completion of the largest participatory budgeting program in Rhode Island history. Known as the Nine Neighborhood Fund, it distributed $1 million dollars to projects chosen by over 1,200 Providence residents with their facilitation. As their team gathered to recognize their accomplishments that night, they received an email announcing a mandatory HR meeting the next day.

By Wednesday afternoon, all of the staff working with Central Providence Unidos were laid off.

Editor’s Note: All Providence Eye interviews with former Central Providence Unidos staff in this article were conducted before notice of their termination. On Tuesday November 18, Central Providence Unidos (CPU) staff prepared to celebrate the completion of the largest participatory budgeting prog...

12/02/2025

Did you know? According to a 2024 Pew Research poll, a majority of Americans think that local news is at least somewhat important to the overall well-being of their community; however, only 15% of Americans have paid for local news.

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11/28/2025

The Providence Public School Department and the city of Providence will spend about $1 billion, give or take a few tens of millions of dollars, to build at least 16 new or like new school buildings and extensively overhaul most other buildings in its current portfolio of 39 mostly aging and historically neglected school properties.

The Providence Public School Dept. (PPSD) and the city of Providence will spend about $1 billion, give or take a few tens of millions of dollars, to build at least 16 new or like new school buildings and extensively overhaul most other buildings in its current portfolio of 39 mostly aging and histor...

11/26/2025

On October 30, the city purchased a $1.7 million dollar plot on Washington Street for another affordable housing project, in which units will be income-restricted — joining over 12,000 other income-restricted units in the city, all of which are subject to a complex set of supervisors long after the first lease is signed.

On October 30, the city purchased a $1.7 million dollar plot on Washington Street for another affordable housing project. Every unit in the new development by Lincoln Avenue Communities will be income-restricted. Sixty-eight of the units are reserved for households earning between 60 and 80 percent....

11/21/2025

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11/19/2025

The swim classes are part of an inaugural, five-week program administered by Providence Recreation.

Tuesday night, Batastini Recreation Center is bustling with energy in the early evening hours. The building hosts after school activities with amenities that include basketball courts, a playground, and a swimming pool. The swimming pool is the busiest of the amenities on Tuesday and Thursday nights...

11/15/2025

In the 20th century, the population of the New England Cottontail Rabbit began to decline for a multitude of reasons, including habitat loss and competition with other animals. It is the only rabbit species native to New England, and in 2006 officially became a candidate for a spot under the Endangered Species Act. However, after efforts from across the northeast to improve population rates, it was determined by the U.S. Fish and WIldlife Services that the rabbits did not need a federal endangered listing.

In 2010, Providence’s very own Roger Williams Park Zoo began to dedicate resources to a zoo initiative—the New England Cottontail Rabbit Repopulation Project. The project has a homebase at the zoo and works alongside many partners, including the University of Rhode Island.

Editor’s Note: Providence Counts is a feature of our weekly publication that tells a story through numbers, listing facts and figures from local data sets or organizations. In the 20th century, the population of the New England Cottontail Rabbit began to decline for a multitude of reasons, includi...

11/13/2025

Before moving to RI from LA, Hugo Pierre Martin has worked as an actor and voiceover artists in film, TV, video games, and more. Now, he has turned his creative pursuits to an existential vampire audio series based here in the Ocean State.

The series, The Diaries of Netovivius the Vampire, is part Proustian take on Twilight and part love letter to Providence.

Rhode Island is home to a wealth of talented actors, including French–American actor and bilingual voiceover artist Hugo Pierre Martin, newly transplanted by way of California. Before starting a new creative pursuit in Providence—namely, his audio series The Diaries of Netovivius the Vampire —...