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Two big hits cause budget damage in North Providence

NORTH PROVIDENCE – A pair of sizable financial hits are to blame for a major tax increase proposed in this town. Mayor Charles Lombardi and Finance Director Maria Vallee said a proposed 7 percent tax increase would exceed the state cap…
May 1, 2026
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Empowerment Factory seeks support for its art-based learning

PAWTUCKET – Gail Ahlers and her city-based Empowerment Factory are set to mark 12 years of, as she explains it, inspiring more than 10,000 local youth through art-based social and emotional learning. There’s a lot of chatter about workforce development…
May 1, 2026
The tacos at Taqueria Lupita

Our restaurants deserve all the attention

I’ve long believed that if you don’t think there’s much to do or any good places to eat in our area, you just don’t get out enough. This page of The Local Insider, Food and Entertainment, will first and foremost…
May 1, 2026
Sandy Boucher and Marc Berthelette stand outside of Patriots Diner in Woonsocket.

Help this local couple visit every diner in Rhode Island

Rhode Island is widely considered the birthplace of the American diner, with Providence’s Walter Scott converting a horse-drawn freight wagon into the first “night lunch wagon” in 1872. Scott offered up sandwiches, pies, and coffee to late-night newspaper employees and factory…
April 30, 2026
The old train station looming above active train tracks at the Pawtucket/Central Falls city line remains an expensive albatross.

Old Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station could be removed in chunks

PAWTUCKET/CENTRAL FALLS – The former Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station next to CVS on Broad Street is breaking down in its old age, but officials say the dilapidated building over the tracks doesn’t pose a threat to trains below. That question of the structure’s…
April 29, 2026
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