PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley has informed ABC6 that the superintendent of the Providence Public School District called him with a 24 hour ultimatum of providing the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley and the Providence Redevelopment Agency (PRA) announced Thursday that agencies for the development and preservation of affordable housing will be awarded an additional $12.7 million. These added funds bring the total…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Brett P. Smiley has announced Providence’s community engagement process to compile feedback about the status and future of the Providence Public School District. According to a release, the insights, opportunities and challenges collected through this…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Brett Smiley and members of the Providence City Council and state legislature called for the State of Rhode Island to take "immediate action" against a scrap yard that caught fire for the second time in…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley signed the city's $599 million FY2025 budget Friday, with an emphasis on education, climate and public safety. The budget allocates $135.5 million in education, which is an increase of $5.5 million. The…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Brett Smiley, U.S. Senators Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo today have announced a $1.12 million in federal funding for Providence under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- A new Providence program that will help income-eligible homeowners with multiple housing violations make free repairs to their property was announced Wednesday by Mayor Brett Smiley. The program is a collective effort between the Providence Department…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Providence City Council is set to meet tonight at 6 p.m. to discuss a variety of topics that will impact the city of Providence, from housing…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced a Tax Amnesty Program to allow residents and businesses with overdue tangible and motor vehicle taxes the chance to pay delinquent taxes without accruing interest. "We know that past-due taxes can…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Brett Smiley and the Providence Department of Public Works said the city will be launching a "comprehensive parking meter replacement program." Smiley said that the city will use $1.26 million in American Rescue Plan funding…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Brett Smiley delivered his proposed budget for the next fiscal year in Providence City Council chambers Wednesday evening. The $598 million budget proposal did not include…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley's office issued a statement after the April 11 fire at the scrap yard on Allens Avenue. The company that owns the yard, Rhode Island Recycled Metals, has had several issues with the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Brett Smiley announced the return of Providence's summer program, 'Eat, Play, Learn', which offers a variety of opportunity for Providence's youth. The program will offer free summer meals, quality recreation, and summer employment opportunities. Families…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Brett Smiley announced today Providence's plan to reduce traffic congestion and alleviate the burden of the Washington Bridge closure. Due to the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Brett Smiley visited local Jeopardy! champion Matt Harvey during a meeting with Care New England and the Integra Leadership Team to award him a Citizen Citation. Harvey, the executive director of Integra, was a champion…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley will announce the city's plans for the holiday season. It's already starting to look a lot like Christmas in the capital city, with the snowflakes back on light poles throughout downtown. The…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced $13 million in investments toward parks and greenspaces on Wednesday. Smiley and city leaders will speak on the investments and will unveil the newly renovated Harriet and Sayles Park and the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley on Thursday signed an agreement with the city's four major higher education institutions. The city reached an agreement on a new Payment In Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT program, with Brown University,…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island leaders will cut the ribbon on a new multi-use off-road path along the Woonasquatucket River on Monday afternoon. Gov. Dan McKee, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, and other officials will officially open the new path…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and city officials will provide an update on excessive flooding in parts of the city on Monday night. The parking lot of a shopping plaza along Branch Avenue was significantly flooded. Rescue…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Mayor Brett Smiley announced the grantees for the Building Resilience in Non-Profits Serving Underserved Providence Communities grants on Thursday. Smiley said the grantees will receive money to build infrastructure to continue providing shelter, goods through food…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- With a Flood Watch in effect as more rain is projected, Mayor Brett Smiley said a small amount of rain can cause more flooding in Providence. Smiley said they have been working hard for the past…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- As part of National Summer Learning Week, Mayor Brett Smiley and Providence Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Javier Montañez are touring several summer learning programs Wednesday. Four programs that are part of the city's "EAT, PLAY, LEARN…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said Monday the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is getting repaired. Smiley said he's investing $1.5 million to replace the underground hydraulics of the sewer gates at the intersection of Allens Avenue and…
