General News

Update: School Board votes to close Nathan Bishop M.S.

This is a correction to an earlier post, which said the Providence School Board vote on Nathan Bishop was April 4th. The vote was Monday, April 3rd (today). The School Board voted to close Bishop and re-accomodate its students in other schools.

The Providence School Board voted this evening to close the Nathan Bishop Middle School for one year over the strong objections of everyone except the school’s East Side neighbors.

Supt. Donnie Evans’ recommendation to close Bishop caught parents, teachers and union leaders by surprise. Until Friday, Evans was proposing to close the middle school and re-open it as a high school for ninth-and tenth-graders in the fall.

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By sna, ago

Neighbors Champion Pocket Park on Morris

The Parks Department agreed to several immediate improvements to the little park on Morris Avenue at a meeting on March 8 at the home of Megan Gardner and Tim Merrish. The City will wait for more advice from a meeting of residents planned for April on a number of additional changes to be made this year Summit Neighborhood Association will also spread the word and stands ready to help as requested. (more…)

By SNA Admin, ago

Historic Preservation Faces Threat

The historic tax credit program that has been so instrumental in both preserving Providence’s historic buildings and generating 100’s of millions of dollars of economic development is under threat of repeal.
The link below from Grow Smart RI provides more information about the program and how to take action to help preserve its future:

http://www.growsmartri.com/special%20pages/taxcredit021706.html

Regards,
Jack Templin

By SNA Admin, ago

July Lippitt Park Events from Neighborhood Performing Arts Institute

The Neighborhood Performing Arts Institute has events scheduled throughout the summer at various locations around the city. Every Thursday night in July our own Lippitt Park will feature one of these events. Unfortunately, the schedule information is buried on the city’s website in a PDF file (click here to download it) which means that exactly three people will find out about them if we don’t help spread the word.

In an effort to make the information just a little bit more accessible, here is the Lippitt Park schedule for July.

  • Jump, Inc. July 7 @ 6PM
  • Mark Binder July 14th @ 6PM
  • The Door of No Return (by Nehassaiu DeGannes) July 21 @ 6PM
  • Pendragon July 28 @ 6PM

There aren’t any details from the Neighborhood Performing Arts Institute on what these events are (e.g. Music, Plays, etc.). So if anyone wants to add details re: these events in the comments below, please do!

By sna, ago