PART TwoPROVIDENCE – The mayoral forum on Aug. 4 sponsored by RUCARES and a collaboration of recovery groups took a sharp turn in the discussion about the lack of affordable housing in … more

PROVIDENCE – When Jim Gillen and Tom Coderre were busy improvising ways to develop the recovery community into a political force, they developed the idea of a “constituency of … more

PROVIDENCE – After a seven-year search that included exploring more than 30 potential properties, CODAC has closed on the purchase of a new building to serve as its agency headquarters, at 45 … more

PROVIDENCE – A new book, The Mindful College Student, written by Eric Loucks, Ph..D., offers a self-help  guide for college students on how to become engaged with the practice of … more

PROVIDENCE – Talented Boston Globe columnist Dan McGowan has the gift of the gab. Time and again, McGowan has displayed his prodigious skills in moderating conversations on Facebook and in … more

PROVIDENCE – May is “Mental Health Awareness Month, and there was more than a wee bit of irony in how Gov. Dan McKee and his team put together a plan to celebrate a Mental Health Action … more