Tonight at 7 PM is Mayor Mayor David Cicilline’s “State of the City” address. It’s at the Rhode Island Convention Center, 5th floor Rotunda. Greater City Providence will be there. Does anyone...
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Bret Ancowitz
Event: “Waltz With Bashir,” David Polonsky Q&A at Avon
This Wednesday at the Avon is the Providence premiere of the Golden Globe award winning (for Best Foreign Film) and Oscar nominated movie “Waltz with Bashir.” This dramatically animated Israeli film...
Providence Geeks – February 18, 2009
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Greater City Providence
The Curious Case of the Missing Manhole Cover
Reader submitted photos A reader writes to tell us of this manhole cover which has been missing since at least January 21st. The manhole in question is on Bernon Street at Candace Street next to the Smith Hill Public...
Maddow: Sec. of Transportation LaHood on stimulus, transportation, and Republicans
Senate Republicans: High-speed rail bad, tax cuts good
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Jef Nickerson
Sidewalk rant: Reader results
Greater City Providence reader Meg contacted Councilman Hassett about unshoveled sidewalks in Ward 12. Meg told Councilman Hassett about her concerns about unremoved snow and icy sidewalks along Douglas Avenue, and...
On PBS: “Southside: The Fall and Rise of an Inner-City Neighborhood”
Roger Williams Public Housing Development, photo by Providence Housing Authority via Brown Media Relations I haven’t even got around to watching Pawtucket Rising yet and already there’s another local urban...
Could no one have taken the bus?
Old Circular Gas Station parking lot at Atwells and Broadway, photo by Jef Nickerson I don’t know what was going on at the Dunk last night, but when I walked home at around 10:30pm, there were cars EVERYWHERE. See...
55 Days
So the first substantial snowfall of the year was December 19th, fifty-five days ago. Pretty much ever since then there has been snow and ice on this sidewalk on Atwells outside the Atwells Mini Mart and the (now, and...
Pothole Nation
Photo of this pothole downtown by justincase1021 at flickr.com Traffic calming is achieved! I think it is now impossible, by the laws of physics, to speed on Providence roads without completely shredding one’s...
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My lunch, you can’t see the cookie ‘cos I already ate it
I know you’re not still reading this, because you’re outside now. Right? RIGHT!?
The Wild Colonial celebrates 10 years and supports a good cause
The Wild Colonial marks it’s 10th Anniversary on Thursday night. To celebrate, The Wild Colonial will be donating all it’s profits on Thursday to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. So if you like drinking...
New favorite Obama quote
In a question and answer session today in Ft. Myers, Florida, President Obama stated the following in response to a question about transportation and infrastructure in the stimulus package: It’s imagining new...
Local Whole Foods Close Earlier
The closing of the Warwick Mall one hour earlier on some nights was recently reported with a grave tone suggesting that this was the long-awaited proof that the economic apocalypse had finally arrived. In my opinion...
Editorial: I-Way Quality Job 1?
Photo from RIDOT Driving home the other day and taking the new on-ramp to 195 off of 95 South, I couldn’t help but think about Jef Nickerson’s comments here on the blog regarding how outrageous it is that...
Get your stimulus on (or not)
Stimulus, Stimulus, Stimulus!!! My email’s been jammed with all manner of Senate Stimulus information. I’ve had no time to digest it all so excuse me while I throw a few things against the wall here and...
