All Pawtucket All The Time

By Senator Elizabeth Crowley
Residents at the Central Falls City Council meeting I attended Friday evening raised a pretty good question: where was Robert Flanders, the state-appointed receiver. While about 40 members of the public sought to have their questions addressed, the receiver and his chief of staff, Gayle Corrigan, were nowhere to be found.
So what [...]

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Rep. Mary Duffy Messier (D-Dist. 62, Pawtucket
Rep. Mary Duffy Messier (D-Dist. 62, Pawtucket, East Providence) will serve as the honorable grand marshal for Pawtucket’s 30th annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade on March 3.
 “I am truly humbled to have been chosen to lead one of the city’s longest and most treasured traditions,” said Representative Messier, who [...]

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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that it has started assembling the deck for the first span of the new Pawtucket River Bridge project. The deck for this bridge will be built entirely with pre-cast components, which will allow the Department’s contactor to complete the bridge more quickly than traditional concrete pouring methods.
This [...]

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The Friends of Cystic Fibrosis teamed up with the Ground Round Restaurant of Pawtucket for a fundraiser called “Cupid’s Challenge – Cure Cystic Fibrosis” on Saturday, February 4, 2012. The event raised $3,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to be used for vital Cystic Fibrosis Research. The evening was filled with fun and laughter as [...]

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 Mayor Grebien and members of St. Patrick’s Parade Committee
 Tuesday, Feb. 28, 3:30 p.m.
 137 Roosevelt Ave., Pawtucket
PAWTUCKET – The repainting of the giant green-and-white shamrock displayed on Roosevelt Avenue outside City Hall has become a hallowed local tradition, conducted annually just ahead of the Pawtucket St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
That tradition will continue on Tuesday, Feb. 28 [...]

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PAWTUCKET – Local street closures will be put in place to accommodate local, state and regional firefighters and others who will be attending funeral services Tuesday morning in honor of Assistant Fire Chief Richard J. Renzi, who died unexpectedly last Friday, Feb. 24.
The following streets will be closed from approximately 9:30 a.m. to approximately noon [...]

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Audubon Caratunk Wildlife Refuge Seekonk, MA

Come witness the spectacular aerial courtship display of the American Woodcock. Watch as this bird explodes up in a spiraling flight, sings its song hundreds of feet in the air, and then plummets quickly to the ground where it all began. As nightfall sets in participants will also walk the [...]

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“Under the Tuscan Sun”….a fun-filled Fashion Show extravaganza, will be held on Thursday, March 29th at Twin Rivers Event Center in Lincoln.  
Tickets are $50.00 per person and includes reception at 5:45pm, dinner at 6:30pm followed by the Fashion Show at 8:15pm.  All proceeds will benefit Special Olympics Rhode Island’s
Annual State Summer Games, which will be held on June [...]

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PAWTUCKET — It is with deep sadness that the Pawtucket Fire Department announces the death of Assistant Chief Richard J. Renzi.
Chief Renzi was a member of the Pawtucket Fire Department from January 28, 1973 and passed on February 24, 2012.
He was promoted to Assistant Chief on February 24, 1993 and has earned the Medal of [...]

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Alumnae of Notre Dame High School, Central Falls, RI to attend Mass at St. James Church at 10:30 a.m. in Lincoln, RI followed by a reunion brunch at Kirkbrae Country Club in Lincoln, RI at 11: 30 a.m. on Sunday, June 24, 2012.
Coventry, RI, February 27, 2012: 
June 24, 2012–Mass and reunion brunch for all former [...]

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