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Here's the full Providence Friars basketball schedule for 2024-25
Oct 3, 2024 · Three major networks and multiple national cable outlets will carry Providence College men’s basketball games in the 2024-25 season. CBS, Fox and NBC will feature at least a combined four games ...
Obituaries - The Providence Journal
Victoria M. (Ascoli) Quinn, 82, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2024. She was the beloved wife of James F. Quinn, Jr., to whom she...
McKee picks new housing secretary for Rhode Island - The …
Nov 21, 2024 · She is scheduled to start her new $238,597 job on Dec. 2. In the interim, her name has been submitted to the Rhode Island Senate, which is in recess, for advice and consent after the legislature ...
Trailblazing move: Brown University returns 255 acres to …
Nov 20, 2024 · Following through on its promises, Brown University has handed over the majority of the land it owns in Bristol to the unrecognized Pokanoket Tribe.. The move appears to be the first instance of ...
Providence picked for RI pallet shelter program of 45 mini-homes
Jan 11, 2024 · The pallet shelter is also set for a lease hearing in front of the state Properties Committee on Jan. 23. In an email, Providence spokesman Josh Estrella wrote that, because the proposed shelter ...
Hasbro move to Massachusetts has been in the works for months, …
Oct 9, 2024 · Massachusetts outlines tax incentives for Hasbro's move. It wasn't until June 26 that Sibley reached out again to Hao, according to the emails. "We have been working internally on our potential ...
RI is creating a state-run retirement program for private-sector …
Nov 20, 2024 · The Rhode Island treasurer's office will piggyback onto Connecticut's state-run retirement savings program for people working for private sector employers that don't offer a "workplace retirement ...
Providence Journal printing facility to close due to supply issue
Nov 12, 2024 · PROVIDENCE – The production facility that prints The Providence Journal will cease operations in March, resulting in the loss of 136 jobs and shifting the newspaper's printing to New Jersey, The ...
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