Pay my taxes, license my dog, pull a permit, whatever my reason for coming to town hall I have…read morealways found the service to be fast and friendly. Residents can recycle mattresses and electronics once a month in the parking lot across from town hall. See trash and recycling tab for dates.

I would love to know who decided to have street sweeping on the exact same morning of trash pick…read moreup. Our streets look like S-curve signs. Tax $$ well spent. ​​​

Very nice, clean and pleasant people working there. Officer was polite and greeted me I came into…read morethe door. I didn't have to wait long, the representative was nice and helpful.

Yesterday, I had to speak to someone at the Attleboro SSA office in person due to an…read moreadministrative error. Apparently, stating in a very ordinary voice "this document says page 1 of 2" was a personal criticism of the representative, who also told me she was ' just covering lunch' and 'all she was hearing was no from me.' I had already called the local number and explained the situation (the call was routed to Providence) and that representative seemed to understand the 2 issues I had almost immediately and advised me to go in person and tell that office 2 very specific things to remedy the issues. The representative at the office was rude and unwilling to listen to anything I had to say---including that the Payment Office had not yet processed and adjustment that the local office had already made a year and a half earlier. She saw that there was an adjustment, and when I tried to explain that that was a different adjustment and not what I was referring to, I again heard 'there you go saying no again.' Previously, I had to meet with someone for a Conference and that person (whose name is absolutely logged into their system) handed me a document to complete and leave on the desk for further review. Wendy, the representative yesterday, essentially told me that this didn't happen since it was not part of the conference process and that no such document was scanned into my file. I can understand that someone may have made an error (of which there have been many), but to essentially tell me that what I reported didn't happen was next level. No actual assistance was given, other than handing me a form and again, rudeness when I asked about the process. She also stated that SSA could not tell anyone which form to complete, which is of course absurd. Then I was told she'd spent a half hour with me, she had a meeting and "you have a good day." Obviously, I need to find another method of resolving my issue, which is the entire point of the local office's existence. I am still shocked at the awfulness of this interaction. It was absolutely insane.

Every year I have to go down to city hall to get my pup re-licensed. No big deal, especially…read morebecause no matter how busy I've seen the offices, I've always been in and out of there quickly- like within 10 minutes at the MOST! And the staff have been friendly and helpful every time. I've also had to go in person to take care of a ticket, and the woman at that particular desk was kind and helpful, too. My only complaint was that the ticket said to go to one location, but when I got there, I was redirected back to where I had started off. No big deal, just a bit annoying. Even on the phone, the city staff are helpful and kind. In one instance, I had forgotten to pay something (can't remember what now), but the woman on the phone very kindly helped me get the information I needed, and made sure I knew I had to call her back with the payment confirmation by a certain time (well before closing) to make sure I wouldn't be penalized. I was so grateful for the heads up! There's a ton of info on the city website, but if you have to go down in person, it's not an unpleasant experience. :-)

It's great that they have a flag depository right outside at City Hall. It makes disposing of our…read moreAmerican flag properly so easy!

Benefit Street is a nice little walk and The Shunned House is a sweet little surprise. What I like…read moreabout The Shunned House is that you would have NO CLUE that this house was significant amongst the others in the surrounding areas. The armory down the street stands out a lot more than the lil house that HPLovecraft wrote about. Still it's a great side trip that will only take seconds out of your day if you are in or around the colleges in the area. This is obviously a residence and they have since named the house after someone but you can see the wall that used to be used as the front of the house and the descriptions stand strong in Lovecraft's writing. No big deal but I liked being there and seeing it.

I was going to write about this curiousity, but I realized I couldn't do any better than what…read morebrought me in the first place: "The house was--and for that matter still is--of a kind to attract the attention of the curious. Originally a farm or semi-farm building, it followed the average New England colonial lines of the middle eighteenth century--the prosperous peaked-roof sort, with two stories and dormerless attic, and with the Georgian doorway and interior panelling dictated by the progress of taste at that time. It faced south, with one gable end buried to the lower windows in the eastward rising hill, and the other exposed to the foundations toward the street. Its construction, over a century and a half ago, had followed the grading and straightening of the road in that especial vicinity; for Benefit Street--at first called Back Street--was laid out as a lane winding amongst the graveyards of the first settlers, and straightened only when the removal of the bodies to the North Burial Ground made it decently possible to cut through the old family plots. "At the start, the western wall had lain some twenty feet up a precipitous lawn from the roadway; but a widening of the street at about the time of the Revolution sheared off most of the intervening space, exposing the foundations so that a brick basement wall had to be made, giving the deep cellar a street frontage with door and two windows above ground, close to the new line of public travel. When the sidewalk was laid out a century ago the last of the intervening space was removed; and Poe in his walks must have seen only a sheer ascent of dull grey brick flush with the sidewalk and surmounted at a height of ten feet by the antique shingled bulk of the house proper. "The farm-like grounds extended back very deeply up the hill, almost to Wheaton Street. The space south of the house, abutting on Benefit Street, was of course greatly above the existing sidewalk level, forming a terrace bounded by a high bank wall of damp, mossy stone pierced by a steep flight of narrow steps which led inward between canyon-like surfaces to the upper region of mangy lawn, rheumy brick walls, and neglected gardens whose dismantled cement urns, rusted kettles fallen from tripods of knotty sticks, and similar paraphernalia set off the weather-beaten front door with its broken fanlight, rotting Ionic pilasters, and wormy triangular pediment. "What I heard in my youth about the shunned house was merely that people died there in alarmingly great numbers. That, I was told, was why the original owners had moved out some twenty years after building the place. It was plainly unhealthy, perhaps because of the dampness and fungous growth in the cellar, the general sickish smell, the draughts of the hallways, or the quality of the well and pump water. These things were bad enough, and these were all that gained belief among the persons whom I knew. Only the notebooks of my antiquarian uncle, Dr. Elihu Whipple, revealed to me at length the darker, vaguer surmises which formed an undercurrent of folklore among old-time servants and humble folk; surmises which never travelled far, and which were largely forgotten when Providence grew to be a metropolis with a shifting modern population." H.P. Lovecraft, The Shunned House Be mindful that this is a private residence. Please be respectful.

The website does not work. All you need to make a payment is your username password social security…read morenumber pin number shoe size hat size and the last thing is you need to answer the question what is the meaning of life correctly.

I had to pay a tax bill and I went to One Capitol Hill to get it taken care of…read more This government building is located across from the RI State House. I went in and you get scanned as well as your purse or bag. You then need to provide your driver's license, so they can generate a visitor's pass. After that I headed to the Tax office, where I got a number. Within a few minutes a nice guy came and helped me with my request. He was patient, professional and explained every detail very clearly. A nice experience.

Love this Post Office! Always prompt and friendly! Quick and helpful service! Definitely recommend.read more

they keep lying about packages saying that I requested my packages to be held several times when I…read morenaver have. they should investigate whoever is in charge of this ,this is just terrible and illegal

Absolutely gorgeous architecture that makes me think of the Musee D' Orsay in Paris and the Grand…read moreCentral Station in New York. The interior design for study books and desks are very creative, as expected of a prestigious design school such as RISD. I also enjoyed the mini free exhibit they have of Snow White pop up fairy tale books.

I feel so blessed to be kissin' on someone who works for RISD and it kind enough to max out his…read morecard with me. I mean, I don't know what the limit is actually. I just know that each time I enter the building I hold my breath and touch those amazing ornate doors that are just background to the hallway where students eat cafeteria food. As one would guess, this library is amazingly curated. I am a huge Maurice Sendak fan and I found copies of works by him that I didn't know existed. Like the first translated version of a famous Czechoslovakian fairy tale that he illustrated. I always grab a comic too. They have two sections, one for typically sized comics and one for over sized comic books. Also, the student work they showcase is always interesting. As a bibliophile I feel genuinely lucky to have this library in my home state. And I'll totally marry someone who has tenure there so I can sneakily read their books till they die.

This post office located right on Thayer St is small but convenient if you live in the area or if…read moreyou are one of the many college students that frequent the neighborhood. The staff is nice and efficient. The main thing that I wish they had is dedicated parking. Parking in this area is tough and hard to find. Like many post offices, you can get supplies for shipping packages. The only thing to know is that if you use their Express Package supplies, you will have to pay the express package rate, which is usually $4-5 more than if you would had wrapped your box in a brown generic paper or plain box.

I had a package that said it was picked up at the post office, but I did not receive. I originally…read morewent to the main USPS in Providence and its distribution center. They did not have my package and said they would update me but to check if this location had it. The lady behind the counter was very hostile saying I need to go to the main post office. I told her I had just been there, and was told just to check if they had my package. She was trying to turn everything into an argument and asking a simple question was the biggest annoyance to her in the world.