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Providence Mayor Brett Smiley thinks he has the votes in the Rhode Island Senate to raise property taxes in the city past the ...
English actor Daniel Craig is sporting a Southern drawl again as Detective Benoit Blanc in the new movie “Wake Up Dead Man: A ...
State law only permits cities to increase taxes by 4% each year, but Providence officials – chiefly Mayor Brett Smiley – ...
Festival goers should expect musical performances, a battle of the bands, a hip hop competition, more than 180 craft vendors, and dozens of food trucks.
"PVD Fest of 2025 will take place on September 5th and 6th of this year with a rain day of September 7th," says the city's ...
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and PVDFest organizers held a news conference to announce “early highlights” of this year’s ...
Mayor Brett Smiley said he’s looking to issue an executive order that would create a City Hall flag policy sometime in the ...
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley signed a new order establishing a flag policy for the city. The city raised a Palestinian flag ...
The mayor of Providence, Brett Smiley, is issuing new rules for which flags can be flown over city hall after the city council flew a Palestinian flag. Mr. Smiley, a Democrat, issued an executive ...
The award will be presented by Mayor Brett Smiley during the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra's gala. Ma has a history with Providence, having moved his Silk Road Project to the city in 2005.
Brett Smiley, elected mayor of Providence in 2022, takes a business-oriented approach to managing the city's operations. Smiley's background is in business and political campaigns, and he worked ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Following a controversial move by some city councilors to raise the Palestinian flag this month, Mayor Brett Smiley plans to issue an executive order that would create ...