All Pawtucket All The Time

City’s annual Mardi Gras celebrations highlight active fun happening
 
Woonsocket, Rhode Island’s northern city, is bustling with excitement over the February 7-8 weekend, as the community offers a great combination of performing arts and ethnic entertainment in the Blackstone River Valley.
The featured attraction over the weekend is the popular annual Mardi Gras festivities presented by the [...]

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Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m., January 27th – April 7th
 
Parents and caregivers of babies age newborn to 18 months old are invited to the Pawtucket Public Library on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 a.m. for playful songs, rhymes and games followed by social time. Older siblings are welcome, too. This is a great way to meet other [...]

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By Dawn P. Goff
On January 2nd I lost Minnie, one of the best partners any reporter could have. The loss left a big whole in our hearts and our house very empty.
When I stopped by to visit with my good friend Charlene Bessette owner of Pups Unlimited Breeding Kennels, Grooming Parlor, and Pet Boutique she [...]

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The Pawtucket Public Library will have Storyteller Abigail Ifatola Jefferson as part of the Black History Month celebration on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. It will take place in the library auditorium from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Parents and children of all ages will be fascinated with wonderful stories and spectacular music from Africa! This event [...]

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The Leon Mathieu Senior Center, 420 Main Street, announces its February schedule of coffee hours, which are held on Fridays from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
On Friday, February 6th: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of RI will present “Medicare Updates for 2009″. They will discuss Medicare changes as it relates to Blue Cross Medicare plans. A [...]

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WITH LAUNCH OF SAFETY CAMPAIGN
AIMED AT SUPER BOWL REVELERS
Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 4:00 PM
McFadden’s, Providence
 Just in time for Super Bowl weekend (Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1), the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has partnered with Sports Radio 103.7 WEEI-FM and several area bars and restaurants throughout the State to tackle drunk [...]

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Darlington Girls Softball League Announces Registration Info for Season
Pawtucket, RI–Darlington Girls Softball League will be accepting registrations for its Spring season early in 2009 for girls 4 years old to 18 years old (still enrolled as high school students).    
 Registrations for Instructional League, Juniors Fast Pitch and Seniors Fast Pitch will take place on two [...]

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Mary Williams of Pawtucket, R.I., poses behind photographs of her four cats who help her “teach” her second-grade students at Dayspring Christian Academy of Attleboro, Mass. (Photo courtesy of Dayspring Christian Academy)
Pawtucket: Author Garrison Keilor once joked: “Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.”
At Dayspring Christian Academy of [...]

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Pawtucket – Your Hometown!
By Ken McGill, Registrar of Voters
City of Pawtucket
 
As change has come to our country I am going to suspend writing about our neighborhoods for one week and instead tell you about my trip to President Obama’s Inauguration. A trip that lasted just thirty-two hours, but the memories will last a lifetime.
As many [...]

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Petfinder.com adoptable puppies and kittens will be featured in rough-and-tumble fun
 in Superbowl Spoof
If watching the Superbowl isn’t your thing, there’s an alternative: Animal Planet’s 5th Annual Puppy Bowl. The unique show will air at 3 p.m. EST, Sunday, Feb. 1, on Animal Planet.  While the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers go helmet-to-helmet at [...]

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