When: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 from 5:30pm-8:30pm Meet & mingle with candidates from 5:30pm-6:00pm. City Council Forum begins promptly at 6:00pm; House and Senate Forum begins at 7:15pm. Where: WBNA, 1560...
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Preservation Matters – Mayoral Candidates Forum
Providence Preservation Society Mayoral Candidates Forum Preservation Matters When: Thursday, September 9, 2010 5:30pm-7:30pm Where: Providence Public Library Auditorium – 150 Empire Street (enter on Washington...
Making room for bikes on the new Union Avenue bridge
Image from Google Maps Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition posted an update on the Union Avenue Bridge. They asked RIDOT if there was any accomodation for cyclists in the new bridge design and were told: The new Union Ave...
Jef Nickerson
News & Notes
Café Life, PDX Style: Recreating the Euro Bar Nothing symbolizes the singular nature of European public life more than the ubiquitous neighborhood bar – a place where people of all ages gather for a variety of...
Streetcar study Public Meetings
RIPTA and the City of Providence will be holding public meetings this month on their “Circulator” Providence Core Connector Study project, you may know the Providence Core Connector better as the streetcar...
Before Earl there was Bob
The Cape Cod Times posted this old video from 1991* of Hurricane Bob and his aftermath. It brings back a lot of memories. The armies of utility workers that came from as far as Virginia and Québec. No power for 2...
20’s Plenty
In the UK, some 3 million people live in areas with 20 mph speed limits. The experience there shows that not only do slower speeds save lives, but lowering the limit to 20 mph improves the way local streets function in...
Earl, Earl, Earl
Seriously though, a hurricane is nothing to sniff at. I was living on the Cape during Bob, and we had no power for 2 weeks and no cable for a month, A MONTH! Even if Earl is a 3 or 4 when it reaches here, it is still...
News & Notes
Wind farm challenged in R.I. Supreme Court Three entities have asked the Rhode Island Supreme Court to overturn the approval of the Block Island wind farm contract. Attorney General Patrick Lynch, the Conservation Law...
Where the Ocean State Aquarium Should Be
Ted Nesi over at WPRI just posted some analysis on Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Moffitt’s proposed aquarium. An aquarium in Rhode Island rivaling the Georgia Aquarium, in Atlanta, in size has been a...
His name is Earl
The Army Corp tells us the Hurricane Barrier is good to go if Earl shows up for Labor Day Weekend. Photo (cc) Jef Nickerson The Weather Channel Photo (cc) Jef Nickerson What is everyone’s hurricane snack plan in...
Bieber feber in Providence
Justin Bieber was at the Dunk last night, and so was every 12 year old girl within 3 states. Welcome to Gouge-idence They scored some tix from a scapler just as I walked by them, the squeeling was intense. At the back...
News & Notes
FTA authorizes $2 million for Pawtucket commuter rail [The Valley Breeze] Cardi’s installs state’s first car-charging station [The Providence Journal] Researchers Confirm Link Between Active Commuting and...
The Steel Yard, Iron Chef – September 25, 2010
Photo © The Steel Yard We hope you can make it to our next Works in Progress event – Iron Chef! Teams of artists and fabricators compete in our 3rd annual head-to-head sculpture competition. Four teams...
35 Weybosset Facade back in the news
ProJo has a story today about the 35 Weybosset Street facade. Of course, the area merchants are still not happy about the state of the facade (crumbling) and the fact that the sidewalk in front of it is closed. Why...
GC: Photos
More photos submitted to our Flickr Group by our readers. Photo © BlueisCoool Photo (cc) e_pics Photo (cc) OO7fish Photo © All Things Ace Photo © BlueisCool If you’d like your photos featured here...
