Frank LaTorre, champion of Providenceâs night life and downtown culture, dies at 71
The former executive director of the Providence Downtown Improvement District found new ways to make the city vibrant.
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Frank LaTorre, who was the executive director of the Providence Downtown Improvement District, died this past week at 71.Providence Downtown Improvement District
PROVIDENCE â Even during the cityâs hardest times in the last two decades, Frank LaTorre was an incessant champion of Providenceâs downtown culture. He would often say that the creative capital was in need of a night mayor to cover the cityâs âother 9 to 5,â standing in stark contrast to the more-typical reaction of adding police patrols to address late-night activity.
Newport Daily News
NEWPORT – A letter from the Newport Health Equity Zone about the North End Urban Plan to the City Council caused a flare-up on the council over whether two council members should recuse themselves on matters involving HEZ and the plan.
Ward 1 Councilwoman Angela McCalla said during the council meeting on Wednesday, “I received an email from the City Clerk suggesting that I should consider seeking an advisory opinion from the Rhode Island Ethics Commission because of my affiliation with the Newport Health Equity Zone.”
McCalla, who was seemingly angry about the request, said she would not recuse herself on the question of receiving the HEZ letter on the docket. However, she said she would seek the ethics opinion. She said forcefully she believes there is no conflict of interest in connection with the advocacy group and the North End Urban Plan.