Oh, yeah, don't get me wrong - the business has a great reputation in the village!

The building and giant empty parking lot are just extremely unattractive, especially in the heart of a historic village.

The old Sunoco station is such a waste of prime retail space in the heart of a historic village.

There are a ton of beautiful houses along the lakes in Roger Williams Park. A lakefront, wooded lot along RWP would easily be my pick.

The financial crisis hit Providence really hard. When I moved here in 2010, downtown was a ghost town (with the exception of the many strip clubs). It got nicer and nicer every year since then. Covid disrupted that, but there are some really positive things happening more recently. For downtown to meet its full potential we need to increase housing density and create more reasons to be there besides dining- festivals, entertainment, vendor fairs, etc.

I really like my eye doctor, Dr. Bertherman on Broad: https://www.eyedocs-ri.com

There are many great Greek restaurants in Providence, but the retail area of Yoleni's was unique and really well stocked. Sad to see it go!

https://twitter.com/YUNGXONYX https://twitter.com/nellysama_ https://twitter.com/CompDestruct https://twitter.com/lotsofpulp

They all posted things about it around March 9th-10th.

ETA: Nielle has a GoFundMe if you want to support as well - https://www.gofundme.com/f/another-unfortunate-event?member=25552331&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

If you read the posts from the queens, it looks like there was workplace drama between the talent and the management.

So innocent walkers are regularly victims of crime and it's not being reported by our police or media?

Since you’re the local expert on crime, can you pull up some stats about the people who have been walking, minding their own business and were victims of crime in this area?

I love the parade! It's super local and almost feels small town-ish. All the important local and state politicians are there. There's a wide variety of performers - Irish pipers, drum bands, but also groups from non-Irish backgrounds who live in Smith Hill. Usually there is candy & some freebies thrown out for kids. Keep in mind that this is a St. Patrick's Day parade, so it's a day drinking affair for a lot of people, especially around Patrick's Pub.

Gorgeous mural! It’s kind funny though to see all this historic architecture featured when the heart of the town is basically just a bunch of ugly mid century strip malls/condos/parking lots.

Was about to recommend this. Had a very small wedding- me, my partner, our moms, and an officiant - on the rocks in front of the lighthouse. It was the perfect location.

I love riding RIPTA! You will find that there are so many great places in this state that you can get to using transit. In addition to the urban core of Providence/Pawtucket/CF, the entire East Bay & Newport are fully accessible via transit as well as much of the West Bay.

A great RIPTA "hack" is that you do not need to go to Kennedy Plaza to transfer buses. Most transfers downtown can be done at the Train Station, the East Side Tunnel, or the Pedestrian Bridge. I used to not mind being in KP, but in the past few years it is constantly filthy, with lots of cigarette smoke, people fighting...just all around unpleasant to be in. Riding RIPTA is more pleasant if you can avoid spending time in that area.

All right PVD People, let's convince Smiley to run. CD 1 will love him and we can try again on this whole mayor thing.

If you are a certified Middle School Science teacher, you can easily find employment in RI. The Providence Public Schools have generous hiring bonuses right now for hard to staff positions including the sciences and they will honor whatever teacher step you are on. I got hired at top step with all the bonuses this year and I'm very happy in my position so far. Rhode Island is much more affordable as well, so you can live comfortably and enjoy the benefits of living in Southern New England.

Tbh the messaging about when meetings happen isn’t the best but the best place to find out about them is the Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/?tbua=1#!/profile.php?id=100064777716313

Low tide last night was at 9:54, so there's a fairly good chance you were just smelling that.

In the city the best options for resold furniture are Reliable Jewelry and Loan on Westminster St., Salvation Army, Savers, and Benefit St. Antiques. Outside of the city are some better options including: Mike's Estate Services, the Find on 6, New Bedford Antiques on the Cove, and the Woonsocket Salvation Army (a whole floor dedicated to furniture and it's all dirt cheap).

This is a frequent topic of discussion at the Washington Park Association meetings (feel free to come - we often get people from outside the neighborhood who have concerns about the port!). What we have been told is that the chemical smell is coming from asphalt production from the Narragansett Improvement Company, located along the water at the apex of Upper South Providence, The Jewelry District, and Fox Point.

The smell used to be infrequent and less intense, but apparently a few years back they changed something about the method of production which has increased its frequency and intensity. They tell us that the smell is "not harmful", but Washington Park has one of the highest childhood asthma rates in the entire state. Also, when the smell is so overwhelming that you can't sit on your front porch, or hang out in your back yard, it is at the very least diminishing our quality of life.

The city decided long ago (even before I-95 was built) that this area of the city was a dumping ground and convincing them otherwise is nearly impossible because the neighborhoods most affected are high poverty and therefore the least important constituents to the powers that be.

People absolutely do this, but it's not any noisier than when they were going 40+ on a residential side street.

The city added speed humps to my residential street several years ago and it has made a hugely positive impact on deterring speeding drivers. I am grateful for them.

This is how I feel about Elmhurst. It's a nice looking residential neighborhood, but it doesn't have much to offer beyond that. It works for a lot of people, but I don't drive, so it would be tough for me to live in a neighborhood like that.

The downtown branch of the Providence Public Library underwent a huge rennovafion a few years ago and it has plenty of work spaces that are more cozy than your average coffee shop without the pressure of having to buy something. Can’t recommend it enough.

This is not some locally owned small business selling fine quality handcrafted goods. If someone steals $1400 worth of overpriced hot garbage from a faceless corporation - why should I care?