Pépin has just concluded his talk at JWU with a little message of unity: “Everyone looks the same in the eyes of the stove.” Got a chuckle from the audience.

Tomorrow he appears at the Providence Art Club to open his show of paintings.

At #JWUFitSymposium , Jacques Pépin reflects on his life as a chef. “I think I made a lot of people happy in the last 70 years of cooking,” he says.

“Asked whether it was a rule of thumb not to publicize gay marriage announcements on campus, Sicard said he didn't ‘want to go there yet””
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On upcoming council ordinance to require council approval for bike lane removal, Smiley says, 'I think it's a bad idea' and 'an overstep of their responsibility.'

On whether he may veto, mayor says 'I'm hoping that we can work something out before it gets to that point.'

Mayor Smiley has just arrived in the City Council chamber to deliver his FY25 budget address.

City Council is trying to outmaneuver Mayor Smiley on bike lanes with an ordinance that would require him to get council approval before touching the S. Water bike path. Right now, it may only have 8 votes, 2 short of a veto-proof majority.
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Mayor Brett Smiley will release his proposed FY25 budget on Wednesday. What are you most interested in knowing? Tweet me.👂

An ACI inmate died yesterday, just two days after another death on Fri. This time, a prison spokesman says the inmate was found unresponsive in the women's facility hours after being committed. Here are the details that have been released at this point: providencejournal.com/story/news/loc…

Westerly teachers were caught in a financial mess that caused lost medical coverage, late retirement plan payments, incorrect tax forms and altered personal data. Now, they want the town to hire an independent auditor. More on this confusing story: providencejournal.com/story/news/edu…

Eclipse view from L’Artisane in Wayland Square. Nearly all patrons sitting outside, some passing glasses back and forth. Dimmed for a bit. My automatic headlights switched on for a moment.

One important note from tonight: Councilors Councilman John Goncalves and Sue A slammed the massive price tag on the removal of the bike lanes as an obscene waste of city funds.

Reminder: It's been quoted at $750K, which includes the addition of a raised crosswalk.

Time for testimony has been maxed out at tonight’s council hearing on the S. Water bike path removal. In addition to spoken testimony, council got 294 letter against and just one in support.

Been repeating this in our coverage because it’s actually far from being a new idea. Mayor has been wanting to relocate this bike path for a long time.