
Amy Mendillo for East Side Monthly
- Mar 2, 2020
Amidst School Crisis, Local School Grows
A few months after Providence Public Schools received a scathing review from Johns Hopkins University and amidst a tense hiring search...

Amy Mendillo for East Side Monthly
- Feb 3, 2020
Digital Billboards? Neighbors Say “No.”
In mid-December, the City Council Committee on Ordinances held a public hearing regarding a proposed change to our zoning ordinance. The...

Amy Mendillo for East Side Monthly
- Jan 2, 2020
What is Going on on Gano?
Several Fox Point residents have approached FPNA with questions about construction and development activities on Gano Street. They’ve...

Amy Mendillo for East Side Monthly
- Dec 2, 2019
Neighbors, Preservationists Oppose Demolition of Aqua-Life Building and Emphasize Historic Character
As Fox Point neighbors may know, local developer and landlord Bahman Jalili appeared before the Providence City Plan Commission in late...

Amy Mendillo for East Side Monthly
- Nov 1, 2019
Crook Point Bridge: Beloved or a Bother?
In early September, a large group of Fox Point neighbors met to discuss plans by the State of RI to demolish the Crook Point Bascule...

Amy Mendillo for East Side Monthly
- Oct 1, 2019
Neighbors, FPNA, Thrilled With New Bridge
FPNA has received a stream of positive responses from neighbors over the last two months about the completion and grand opening of the...

Amy Mendillo for East Side Monthly
- Sep 2, 2019
Further Gains on Gano? Residents Learn of Second Construction Project.
As East Side neighbors and daily commuters are likely well aware, the RI Department of Transportation has performed construction work...

Amy Mendillo for East Side Monthly
- Aug 1, 2019
Neighbors, FPNA Decry State’s Attempt to Bypass Local Control
As many Rhode Islanders know, Senate President Dominick Ruggerio introduced a bill in the late spring to remove local control over...

Amy Mendillo for East Side Monthly
- Jul 1, 2019
Fox Point Neighbors Clean up Bathhouse, Celebrating Historic Gem
In late April, Fox Point neighbors pruned, weeded, raked, hauled, and otherwise beautified the exterior of the former Fox Point Bathhouse...

Amy Mendillo for East Side Monthly
- Jun 3, 2019
Gano Roadwork Underway at Long Last
After years of negotiation and debate among neighborhood groups and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation about the clogged,...