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The Brown Daily Herald is the student newspaper of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.. Established in 1866 and published daily since 1891, [1] The Herald is the second-oldest student newspaper among America's college dailies. [2]
The agency operates 59 fixed-route bus routes and 7 demand-responsive routes, together serving 37 out of 39 Rhode Island municipalities. [1] Paratransit service is branded RIde with a service area corresponding to that of non-express bus routes. [4] RIPTA operates a fleet of 229 buses, 13 cutaway vans for Flex services, and 72 paratransit vans ...
East Providence High School is a public high school located in East Providence, Rhode Island. It instructs grade levels 9 through 12 and is operated by the East Providence School Department . As of the 2021-2022 year, there was an approximate student population of 1,500 students.
La Salle Academy is a private Roman Catholic college preparatory school run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Providence, Rhode Island.It was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1871. the Academy currently enrolls 1,478 students in the sixth through twelfth grades, with the majority of students coming from the Providence metropolitan area.
WPVD (1290 AM) is a public radio station in Providence, Rhode Island. It is owned by Rhode Island Public Radio. The station simulcasts WNPN 89.3 FM. WPVD transmits with 400 watts by day, 16 watts by night, using a one-tower omnidirectional antenna. The transmitter is off Douglas Avenue in North Providence. [2]
The service combines the former 11 and 99 local bus routes, which were the two busiest in Rhode Island. It was conceived as an inexpensive way to improve service on the two busy routes. [2] The R-Line runs on 10-minute headways during the day, 20 minutes at night, and 15–20 minutes on weekends.
A state study of rail corridors was completed in 1994 and the Northeast Corridor was designated as the highest-priority line for commuter service to Providence. [5] An addendum in 1995 projected daily ridership from a Warwick station to be 454 in 2000 and 529 in 2020. [ 6 ]
Bryant University is a private university in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It has three colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Health and Behavioral Sciences, and the College of Business, [ 3 ] and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education .