November 19, 2020

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Historic East Providence property to become urban farm 

The oldest building in East Providence used to sit on a 177-acre farm. Now, the 1-acre lawn in front of the building will return to its roots as farmland.

July 13, 2020

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Volunteers trained in stone wall repair in Portsmouth

​The Aquidneck Stone Wall Initiative, a joint effort being led by The Preservation Society of Newport County and Preserve Rhode Island, made its first foray into Portsmouth yesterday, with a group of would-be stone masons learning the craft from an expert.

June 16, 2020

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Students partner with Providence museum on women’s suffrage digital exhibition

​Today, a woman’s right to vote is as unassailable as a man’s. But a century ago, the concept of women’s suffrage in the United States was still highly controversial — even among women themselves.

That’s one major takeaway from a new interactive, publicly accessible website brought to life by seven Brown University students, two Rhode Island School of Design students and Providence’s Lippitt House Museum, titled “Suffrage in Rhode Island: A Lippitt Family Perspective.”