All Pawtucket All The Time

 
Mayor Donald R. Grebien welcomed the newest members of the Pawtucket Housing Authority Board of Commissioners after a brief swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, May 10 at Pawtucket City Hall. The new additions bring the expanded board to a total of seven members.
 From left, Reinaldo Nieves, who was appointed by the mayor to a five-year [...]

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GREETINGS.
Mayor Donald R. Grebien (left) greets The Honorable Jorge Figueiredo (center), Mayor of the Island of Sal, Cape Verde, on Thursday, May 3 at City Hall. Also enjoying the conversation are (from left) Sal City Councilor Luceth dos Santos, Romana Ramos of city-based Cape Verdean American Community Development, Administration Director Antonio Pires and City [...]

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Nesselbush among six female political leaders to receive Isabelle Ahearn O’Neill Award
 
From left, Sen. Donna Nesselbush, state General Treasurer Gina Raimondo and Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts
STATE HOUSE – Sen. Donna M. Nesselbush (D-Dist. 15, Pawtucket) was honored among the top female political leaders during the YWCA of Northern Rhode Island’s fourth annual Women Holding Office Celebration [...]

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PAWTUCKET – Volunteer snow-shovelers who pitched in so that more than 40 of their elderly and disabled neighbors could have clear walks and driveways following the winter’s two storms were honored with mayoral citations and a pizza party on April 24 at City Hall.
The snow-shoveling brigade, drawn from students in schools around the city, received [...]

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The John Street Crew

Payne Park Volunteers
According to Arthur Plitt of the Neighborhood Alliance of Pawtucket and an organizer of  the cleanup a total of about 35 tons of refuse was collected.

Fueling The Team At Galego Court

The Barton Street Band
Scores of volunteers worked at six major sites plus several ancillary sites.

 Moshassuck River/San Antonio Way Good Scouts
Activities [...]

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will join Governor Lincoln Chafee, Senator Jack Reed and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Michael Lewis for the grand opening of the Wickford Junction Train Station and Garage on Monday, April 23, 2012 at the new facility at 1011 Ten Rod Road in North Kingstown, RI.
Prior to the [...]

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Saturday, April 21st, neighborhood associations and organizations in Pawtucket and Central Falls are teaming up to celebrate Earth Day as part of our Citywide Cleanups for spring.  Last year, our Earth Day cleanups, despite heavy rain, involved over 200 dedicated volunteers who donated 1,000 hours of their time and collected over 20 tons of trash. [...]

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Visitors from District 3070,  Punjab, India

Left to right: Team Leader, Rotarian Inderjit Singh Grewel,  Dr. Muskaan Dogra,  Dr. Arvind Sharma,  Pawtucket Rotary Club President Colin Murray,  Pawtucket Rotarian and local District  Chairman of the Group Study Exchange Program William Hunt,  Dr. Manraj Kaur Gill,  and Amit Sharma. 

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Joan Holden (foreground) and her husband David Holden
(background), nephew of the late Selena Caidin, are interviewed by the media after passing on the donations she bequeathed to the city animal  shelter and public library.
PAWTUCKET – A late former city teacher with a passion for children’s education and caring for animals was praised by top city leaders [...]

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PAWTUCKET – Almost to the day she passed away last year at the age of 101, one of Salena Caidin’s favorite activities was to stop by the city animal shelter and visit with Animal Control Supervisor John Holmes, his staff and the animals under their care.
“She was a wonderful person and a great animal lover, [...]

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