Jaychele is remarkable in every way. A leader of Young Voices, a statewide youth advocacy group, this 15-year-old has sat down with Gov. Gina Raimondo and U.S. Rep. David Ciccilline, and shared her thoughts with the new education commissioner and members of the Providence City Council.

Jaychele is remarkable in every way. A leader of Young Voices, a statewide youth advocacy group, this 15-year-old has sat down with Gov. Gina Raimondo and U.S. Rep. David Ciccilline, and shared her thoughts with the new education commissioner and members of the Providence City Council.

A collection of interviews,  press conferences and news actualities from the Newsroom of the Providence Journal, Providence, Rhode Island.

News interviews and actualities from  The Providence Journal

From the Newsroom: The Providence Journal

A collection of interviews,  press conferences and news actualities from the Newsroom of the Providence Journal.

Two weeks ago, Jaychele brought an audience to tears when she described the kinds of trusting relationships sorely missing in the city’s public schools.

Activists want rent control in Providence this year. Will City Council move to pass it? The Providence Journal's Amy Russo reports on a recent rally in front of City Hall.

Activists want rent control in Providence this year. Will City Council move to pass it? The Providence Journal's Amy Russo reports on a recent rally in front of City Hall.

The Push for Rent Control in Providence

Drivers killed three pedestrians on North Main Street over the past year. Now, members of a new city task force are trying to figure out why the thoroughfare is so hazardous, and what can be done to make it safer. Journal staff writer Amy Russo reports.

Drivers killed three pedestrians on North Main Street over the past year. Now, members of a new city task force are trying to figure out why the thoroughfare is so hazardous, and what can be done to make it safer. Journal staff writer Amy Russo reports.

What's Causing Pedestrian Deaths on North Main Street?

His father, a farmer, lost 200 acres to the reservoir project in the 1960s, and when Breene wanted to buy his own dairy farm later, he ended up having to buy land outside the management area. “I’d rather be down on Big River.” 

“I always felt bad, because some people had some beautiful places and figured they had to get right out because the reservoir was supposed to be built in the early '70s. Some of the people who were older could have just stayed there, the way it all turned out, and finished out their lives where they were happy.” 

His father, a farmer, lost 200 acres to the reservoir project in the 1960s, and when Breene wanted to buy his own dairy farm later, he ended up having to buy land outside the management area. “I’d rather be down on Big River.” 
“I always felt bad, because some people had some beautiful places and figured they had to get right out because the reservoir was supposed to be built in the early '70s. Some of the people who were older could have just stayed there, the way it all turned out, and finished out their lives where they were happy.”

Two weeks ago, Jaychele brought an audience to tears when she described the kinds of trusting relationships sorely missing in the city’s public schools.

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