Month: November 2024

Florence, Friendship and Flooding: Splendor of Florence Festival returns to Providence PROVIDENCE, R.I. – November 13, 2024 – In 1998, former Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci, Jr. signed a friendship pact with Leonardo Domenici, then-mayor of Florence, Italy. To celebrate this pact, Cianci commissioned Joyce Acciaioli Rudge to put on the first Splendor of Florence Festival, … Read More

‘These are gross substances’: EPA urged to clean up Westerly site WESTERLY, R.I. – November 7, 2024 – The now-vacant Bradford Printing and Finishing mill in Westerly is still home to a long list of dangerous chemicals, and Save the Bay is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fast-track its cleanup. According to a … Read More