Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is proposing an 8% property tax levy increase. The proposal passed the Rhode Island House but ...

Festival goers should expect musical performances, a battle of the bands, a hip hop competition, more than 180 craft vendors, ...

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley thinks he has the votes in the Rhode Island Senate to raise property taxes in the city past the ...

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and PVDFest organizers are holding a news conference to announce “early highlights” of this ...

In a 31-5 vote, the R.I. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow municipalities to pass ordinances that would ...

Mayor Brett Smiley, the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism, and FirstWorks highlighted events planned for PVDFest 2025 on Tuesday. This years “showstopping spectacle” will be ...

The tax is intended to raise revenue for the cash-strapped city, but the proposal has drawn scorn from downtown businesses ...

PVDFest is back! Get ready to take over the streets of Downtown Providence on September 5–6, 2025, as Mayor Brett Smiley, the ...

"PVD Fest of 2025 will take place on September 5 and 6 of this year with a rain day of September 7," says the city's ...

The new policy will ‘hopefully avoid any future conflicts,’ Mayor Brett Smiley says.

During intermission in a Providence concert on May 31, Mayor Brett Smiley will present the key to the city to the famed ...