The Zoning Board and a controversial recycling firm agreed to a compromise last night that averted a fight over an order issued in December by the city's zoning officer aimed at shutting the business down. Students in an advanced feature writing class at Brown University were assigned to write a unique feature story about a designated street that conveys a sense of place. The work of the students is being published as a way of presenting aspects of city life from the perspective of college journalism students. As a boy in Providence, Richard Perlman would sit in synagogue with his three brothers and harmonize with his father, the cantor. Providence School Activities is compiled by Kevin Clement, the School Department's communications facilitator.
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Healing services are held the first Friday of every month. For information or directions, call Roberta Narrin at 353-5982. Classes begin Monday and will conclude on Aug. 22. The Masonic Temple, that crumbling white elephant across the street from the State House, would be turned into an upscale boutique hotel with up to 220 rooms under a revised development proposal made public yesterday. Local news updates at noon and 5 p.m. on business days.