All Pawtucket All The Time

Audubon Environmental Education Center
1401 Hope Street (Route 114), Bristol, RI
October 28, 2009; 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. 

(September 30, 2009)  – Since 1973, Sea Research Foundation’s Mystic Aquarium has responded to more than 800 calls from the public regarding marine mammal strandings, treating more than 300 marine mammals and releasing more than 160 that would have died [...]

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The Riverside Branch Library will be presenting Downsizing Your Antique
Collection on Thursday, October 8th at 6:00pm.
Bob and Pauline Fricker of Cornerstone Auction Gallery will give
suggestions about how to downsize your antique collection.   They will
discuss the pros and cons of yard sales, consignment and auctions.  You
will learn how to avoid being exploited and how to [...]

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Jesse Mendes, 12, proudly displays the Paul Barboza Memorial Scholarship Award he received recently from the Swansea Independent Baseball League during its annual season-ending Awards Banquet. (Photo courtesy of Swansea Independent Baseball League)           
SWANSEA – Jesse Mendes, 12, has been named this year’s recipient of the Paul Barboza Memorial Sportsmanship Award sponsored by the Swansea [...]

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Suggested events for the Columbus Day Holiday Weekend
Friday-Monday, October 9-12, 2009
AUTUMN HOLIDAY WEEKEND FUN FOR EVERYONE CLOSE TO HOME IN HISTORIC BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY! 
Just as Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492, venture in a “new world” of heritage, culture, nature and seasonal recreation by exploring Rhode Island’s Blackstone River Valley. 
Close to home in Southern [...]

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National Spinning & Weaving Week Kicks Off Textile and Guild Classes
Pawtucket, RI: Slater Mill, located at 67 Roosevelt Avenue in the heart of Pawtucket, will host a free celebration of National Spinning and Weaving Week, from noon to 5 PM on Sunday, October 4, 2000.
Slater Mill’s annual celebration Spin, Weave, Knit, Quilt draws a variety [...]

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Halloween is right around the corner, ghost friends! You know what that means: pumpkins, hot cocoa, apple cider and GHOST TOURS! Now in our fourth season (can you believe it!?), the Providence Ghost Tour is better and spookier than ever! Oh the sto ries that we’ve added, oh the guides and costumes we’ve acquired, oh [...]

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On October 3 and 4 in conjunction with the October month long Footsteps
in History Program, the Museum of Work & Culture will be offering guided
tours of the Museum as well as guided walking tours of the Market Square
area.   Because guided tours are not normally offered to the general
public, this is a great opportunity to [...]

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  Zoo Boo Spooktacular coming soon!

Attleboro, MA – September 28, 2009
Looking for a fun, nottoscary night of Halloween fun? Look no further! Come down to the zoo for a roaring good time!
Bring your little goblins and ghouls to the zoo for an evening of Halloween hijinks.
Enjoy watching various performers, wonder at a ‘living statue’, learn how [...]

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By Ken McGill, Registrar of Voters
City of Pawtucket
I think Pawtucket is a unique place. Unique because we have so much diversity, history and culture here in our city. We are unique because we are the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, the home to Sam Patch, the home of the AAA affiliate of the Boston [...]

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 Great Weather Draws Crowd to Rescheduled Tenth Annual Dragon Boat Race & Taiwan Day Festival

PAWTUCKET, RI  – Blackstone Valley Tourism Council and Race Coordinators, 22 Dragons announce race results from today’s tenth annual Dragon Boat Races:   
Tiger Division: 1st Place EJCA Dragon Smoke, a youth team from East Greenwich 1:16:48    (Best Race Time for the Day) 2nd [...]

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