All Pawtucket All The Time

TIME RUNNING OUT TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN MAY COUNCIL #2 SPECIAL ELECTION. 
The Pawtucket Board of Canvassers today announced that it would be holding two “Saturday hours” on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center (175 Main St. Pawtucket) from 11 am to 1 pm to accept new registrations and changes of [...]

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Kilmartin Receives Endorsement from the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 328
Pawtucket, RI – As support for Rhode Island native Peter Kilmartin’s Attorney General Candidacy continues to grow statewide, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local (UFCW) 328 endorsed him today.
“As a former employee of Star Market, I know first-hand the importance of UFCW [...]

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“The House that Love Built” celebrates 200th anniversary in 2010.  Considered to be one of the finest examples of early nineteenth century Federal-style house in Rhode Island, Hearthside first received attention and recognition as a historic property when it was chosen as the inspiration for the Rhode Island State Pavilion at the 1904.  Construction of Hearthside [...]

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Monday March 30, 2010                                                 10:00 am

Dear Blackstone Valley Friend,  This is a Blackstone River Alert Update.    At Woonsocket, the river is expected to crest at a higher flood stage than October 2005.  Please continue to monitor Blackstone Alert.com for up-to-date flood statements and information.  For Flood Safety Awareness:  Click here for more information.  

  Robert Billington, D.Ed.   President

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       Providence, RI (March 29, 2010) Twenty  individuals, most of whom started the course underemployed or unemployed, are now equipped to re-enter the job market with a comprehensive set of skills in the field of energy efficiency when they graduate this Wednesday from the Whole Home Health and Energy Auditing Job Training program.  The program [...]

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Pawtucket, RI – Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) announced today that the Obama Administration has extended funding from the Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets (“HFA Hardest Hit Fund”) to five additional states, including Rhode Island.  Rhode Island has been allocated $43 million in funding for innovative measures to help [...]

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The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Rhode Island and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding beginning on March 12, 2010, and continuing.
The President’s action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Kent, [...]

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By Ken McGill, Registrar of Voters
City of Pawtucket
I have to apologize to you – I went away on vacation and forgot to mention it in my last column. Well anyway I’m back from our annual trek to Florida, well rested and ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work. I got back from [...]

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On March 19th, the Girl Scout Service Team of Pawtucket held their annual “Spring Frolic”. Scouts across the city of Pawtucket enjoyed a night of music, dancing, pictures & snacks with their dad’s, uncle’s, grandfather’s or older brother at St. Cecilia Church on Central Ave. Over 62 girls attended the frolic. The hall was decorated [...]

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Blackstone Valley Tourism Council’s 25th
Starting this month and all through 2010 the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council proudly celebrates its 25th Anniversary in representing Northern Rhode Island as the region’s state-designated tourism development agency.
Over the last 25 years, BVTC has worked to bridge gaps between the economy, the environment, and the people that live in the [...]

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