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Joe Mazzulla’s victory tour continued on Tuesday morning when he was welcomed by Gov. Dan McKee at the Rhode Island State House to be honored for leading the Boston Celtics to their 18th NBA …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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9/4/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode …
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2/21/24
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After months of deliberation, the paperwork is in and the wheels are in motion for Cranston to get its new community center.
On Friday December 15, Mayor Hopkins’ office submitted a nearly …
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By KEVIN FITZPATRICK
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12/20/23
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This week we featured an op-ed written by Matthew R. Trimble, President & CEO of Saint Elizabeth Community, regarding a growing crisis involving Rhode Island’s nursing homes.
The issue …
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8/23/23
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By JOHN HOWELL
General Treasurer and candidate for the Second Congressional District Seth Magaziner knows how difficult it is to buy a house first hand. He’s been looking to buy something in …
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5/24/22
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By Vanessa Toledo-Vickers
Home ownership is a goal for many individuals and families, and we must do all we can to increase lending in underserved communities. As we move out of the pandemic into …
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5/3/22
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Residential Properties Ltd. announced the sale of 50 Crest Drive in Cranston for $1.45 million. According to State-Wide MLS data, this is the highest Cranston sale since 2010. RPL Sales Associate …
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3/16/22
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By BRANDON POTTER and JOHN DONEGAN The proposed retail development on the former site of the Narragansett Brewery recently brought many Cranston officials out to tour the location. The plan includes an AutoZone, fast-food restaurant, a retail shopping
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By BRANDON POTTER and JOHN DONEGAN
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11/10/21
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By KELLY SULLIVAN A historic military figure once wiled away his summer days at a vacation home on Warwick Neck. Gardiner Carleton Sims was born in Niagara Falls, New York, on July 31, 1845, the son of Helen McDonald and ferryman George Sims. As a young
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7/28/21
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By SEN. MARYELLEN GOODWIN and REP. SCOTT A. SLATER Nursing home residents deserve quality care. When an individual or a family makes the difficult decision to choose placement in a nursing home or long-term care facility, they do so with the expectation
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By SEN. MARYELLEN GOODWIN and REP. SCOTT A. SLATER
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5/19/21
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By JOHN HOWELL COVID-19 is blamed for a lot of ills, but like so many things in life, there's also a silver lining. Such is the housing market. For months, Realtors have moaned there's not enough inventory of homes to meet the demand. According to Leann
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By JOHN HOWELL
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4/21/21
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When Deb and John Walsh first saw Rose Cottage, it had been on the market for two years. Even though the 19th century Italianate building needed lots of basic upgrades, they fell in love with the glassed-in cupola, the high ceilings and its potential.
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3/10/21
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Edgewood home sells for $1.25M A waterfront Victorian home in Edgewood recently sold for $1.25 million, according to a local real estate firm, making it the "highest single-family sale in Cranston since 2017." In a statement, Residential Properties Ltd.
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2/10/21
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By ARDEN BASITA What opened in the late 1800s, as the Conimicut Grammar School is now the Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center. The center has taken on a new role in serving the community: It's become a home from which people can build their lives for the
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1/27/21
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The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed and even shut down many businesses, but the demand in Rhode Island’s single-family market has increased with record breaking numbers.
Total home sales from …
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By CRAIG CONWAY
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11/26/20
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE A week after lowering Rhode Island's social gathering limit from 15 to 10 people, Gov. Gina Raimondo on Nov. 5 announced seven additional restrictions - including a two-week stay-at-home advisory during overnight hours and earlier
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By DANIEL A. KITTREDGE
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11/11/20
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE A pair of proposals related to affordable housing - including a new prohibition aimed a curbing source of income discrimination for renters - were continued following an at-times charged debate and comments from a litany of public
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By DANIEL A. KITTREDGE
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10/22/20
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By JOHN HOWELL Even in these days, Phil Slocum is a glass-half-full guy. This is a good time to sell a house and, it goes without saying, it is also a good time to buy a house. It didn't look that way in March with the shutdown. Open houses were
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By JOHN HOWELL
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7/30/20
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It was forty-five years ago this October that a small business was launched by the father/son team of the now late “Libby” Orsi and his son Eugene and a third business partner, Tom Colantonio. …
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By Jennifer Coates
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10/25/19
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With the advent of autumn, homeowners everywhere are beginning to get restless ~ excited about the prospect of a move or, more realistically, about the idea of making a dramatic upgrade or …
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By Jennifer Coates
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10/11/19
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