All Pawtucket All The Time

By Ken McGill, Registrar of Voters
City of Pawtucket  
There have been many historic events here in Pawtucket. We are home to the first cotton mill in America and the longest game in baseball. Did you know that we are also in the history books for being the place where the first factory strike took place? Pawtucket [...]

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- FUNDS WILL BUILD ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS BY INVESTING IN HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE  
Washington, DC – Rhode Island Congressmen Patrick J. Kennedy and Jim Langevin announced today that they have secured $2.2 million in appropriations for Rhode Island transportation projects in the FY2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. The bill provides $123.1 billion [...]

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(from left) Anna Kimmel as Wendy Darling, Dylan Temel as Michael Darling, Nicholas Mercurio as John Darling and Cary Michele Miller as Peter Pan get ready to fly to Neverland in the magical musical, Peter Pan being presented at Theatre By The Sea through August 8.  For tickets call (401) 782-TKTS (8587) or visit www.theatrebythesea.com.  [...]

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Calling All Kids for Free “Learn to Swim” Program
This Summer at Vet’s Pool Offered by
the Pawtucket Family YMCA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
The Pawtucket Family YMCA, with the support of the City of Pawtucket, is operating a “Learn to Swim” Program at Vets Pool this summer. The Vets Pool is located at the Fairlawn Family Recreation Complex on Smithfield [...]

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Providence, RI – July 22, 2009 – The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will waive the roundtrip fare on all service to South County Beaches on Rte. 66 (URI/Galilee) on Sunday, July 26, 2009 in celebration of the Governor’s Bay Day.  Rte. 66 (URI/Galilee) provides express service from Central Falls, Cranston, North Providence, Pawtucket, [...]

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RIDOT CONTINUING OVERNIGHT CLOSURES OF I-95
FOR IWAY-RELATED DEMOLITION
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) wants to remind motorists that overnight highway closures on I-95 North in Providence will continue next week. Full closures are scheduled overnight for Sunday, July 26 and Monday, July 27, 2009. Motorists may encounter lane closures affecting the right and center [...]

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Project Runway at Feehan
Recently, student designers in Bishop Feehan High School’s Fashion Club strutted their stuff at their 2nd annual fashion show.  Designers created styles in three categories: footwear, shifts, and eco-friendly wearables. 

Emma Oti of Franklin dons a cocktail dress she made from recycled tinfoil and plastic wrap.

Jacquelyn Hardenburg of Franklin models her design made [...]

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Keith Munslow – “Think Outside The Box!”
Friday, July 31st at 3:00 p.m.
This summer, Rhode Island favorite Keith Munslow returns to the libraries with “Think Outside The Box”, a fun, funny and interactive performance featuring his usual triple-whammy combination of songs, stories, and lightning-fast cartoons. Keith’s quick wit, musical chops and improv skills will delight [...]

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The Community Players announce open auditions for their fall musical, A Chorus Line, to be held Sunday, August 9 and Monday, August 10 at Jenks Auditorium, Division Street, Pawtucket, RI (across from McCoy Stadium).  (Callbacks, if necessary, will be held Thursday, August 13).  Sign-in will begin at 6:30 pm, with auditions beginning promptly at 7 [...]

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MATUNUCK, RI – In preparation for their roles in Ocean State Theatre Company’s production of Peter Pan currently on stage at Theatre By The Sea, three young teenage actresses, Lauren Avarista of Narragansett, Cassie Collinson of West Kingston, and Caroline Jackson of Marlborough, Ct., decided to turn their transformation from young women to “lost boys” [...]

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