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Woonsocket, Rhode Island
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Rhode Island could soon join a growing list of states where the use of police body cameras becomes universal – yesterday McKee announced an allocation of some $15M to supply 1,700 officers with cameras for the next five years.
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PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island could soon join a growing list of states where the use of police body cameras becomes universal – or nearly so, depending on how many communities
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Did one or more of your loved ones die as a result of COVID-19? If the answer is yes, Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt has some news that can ease the financial burden of the loss.
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WOONSOCKET — Did one or more of your loved ones die as a result of COVID-19?
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RT @ernesta1959: Be sure to read “What Is Old Is New Again” in today’s @WoonsocketCall and Congratulations to Cindy Thibodeau and all who t….
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Be sure to read “What Is Old Is New Again” in today’s The Woonsocket Call and Congratulations to Cindy Thibodeau and all who turned out for her grand opening of ‘Past Down in Time’…
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Woonsocket is no longer in a state of emergency: The City Council has voted to lift the declaration of emergency that it implemented at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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WOONSOCKET — The City Council has rescinded the local declaration of emergency that the panel put in place some 14 months ago at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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A new antiques store is coming to Main Street in Woonsocket:.
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WOONSOCKET — Among some members of the City Council, there was a time in the not-too-distant past when an application for a license to sell secondhand merchandise on Main Street
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When Bob Trudeau arrived at work today, he was looking at a significant milestone for his local business, Trudeau's Auto Repair at 654 Cass Ave – 25 years in business.
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WOONSOCKET — When Bob Trudeau arrived at work today, he was looking at a significant milestone for his local business, Trudeau’s Auto Repair at 654 Cass Ave.
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The state has announced that restaurants can increase their indoor seating capacities to 66 percent and funeral homes can allow up to 30 people inside them, among other loosened pandemic guidelines.
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PROVIDENCE — With vaccines growing increasingly available and COVID-19 infection data continuing to trend in a mostly positive direction, state officials announced the further relaxation of social...
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The City Council has passed an ordinance requiring the administration to provide members with a monthly staffing report that will clearly list which positions are vacant and which aren't.
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WOONSOCKET — After getting some mixed messages about the supply of manpower at City Hall, the City Council has passed an ordinance requiring the administration to provide members with a
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Tenet, directed and co-written by Pawtucket native Brian DeCubellis, is due for release in select theaters and on video on-demand platforms March 12.
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PAWTUCKET — The gods of filmcraft must be smiling on Brian DeCubellis.
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The shuttered Sears store on Diamond Hill Road in Woonsocket will become one of the next state-run mass vaccination sites, state health director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott announced on Thursday.
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PROVIDENCE — The shuttered Sears store on Diamond Hill Road in Woonsocket will soon see new life as one of the next state-run mass vaccination sites.
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Public Works Director Steve D'Agostino told the City Council Monday that a study conducted by independent engineers has confirmed that gravel buried under Cass Park can be sold.
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WOONSOCKET — Public Works Director Steve D’Agostino told the City Council Monday that soil borings conducted by independent engineers have confirmed what he already knew about Cass Park: There’s cash
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Woonsocket and North Smithfield will begin vaccinating residents age 75 and older at the former Monsignor Gadoury school today.
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WOONSOCKET — After weeks of planning, today Woonsocket and North Smithfield will open a new municipal vaccination pod at the former Monsignor Gadoury School at 1371 Park Avenue for the
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Cumberland's Diamond Hill Park drew an after-school showing this week of area students and parents looking to sled, snowboard or snow tube.
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CUMBERLAND — With snowfall from several good storms on its slopes, Cumberland’s Diamond Hill Park was looking pretty nostalgic this week to anyone who remembers its days as a small
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A Wednesday evening fire destroyed a home on St. Paul Street, and a man was injured when he jumped out of the building's second floor to escape the fire.
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NORTH SMITHFIELD — A local man was injured when he jumped from the second floor of a home on St. Paul Street Wednesday evening, but along with his father he
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RT @creightonc: Wait what!?! Did you just say Woonsocket Rhode Island @TheGoldbergsABC ? @WoonsocketCall @WoonsocketPatch @RIStateSociety….
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Woonsocket will begin vaccinating residents aged 75 and up at Monsignor Gadoury Elementary School one week from today.
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WOONSOCKET — It’s official: The city will start vaccinating its oldest residents at Monsignor Gadoury Elementary School one week from today using its first allotment of doses from the Rhode
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RT @BreakngNewsPhtg: Today, Millville firefighters rescued a cat that was stuck in a tree 80’ up for 3 days. Nice job!! #wcvb
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Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt elected to another two-year term:.
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WOONSOCKET – Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt appears poised to win her bid for re-election as the Rhode Island Board of Elections continues to release vote tallies in the early morning hours
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