North Providence News

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Events every month to share faith and memories
by ARLINE A. FLEMING, Valley Breeze & Observer Correspondent

NORTH PROVIDENCE - Easter Sundays in the 1960s, George and Lillian Marcoux and their girls would walk the short distance from their Vincent Avenue home to the Church of the Presentation on Mineral Spr

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Has won most matches in Cougar history
by PAUL R. DUBOIS, Breeze Sports Editor

NORTH PROVIDENCE - There's setting the bar high, and then there's putting it on another planet.

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by JOSEPH R. LaPLANTE, Valley Breeze & Observer Managing Editor

NORTH PROVIDENCE - The School Committee approved spending $240,000 over the next five years to upgrade technology, train staff, open new technology avenues for students and measure students' computer

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by JOSEPH R. LaPLANTE, Valley Breeze & Observer Managing Editor

NORTH PROVIDENCE - New state regulations require operations like K & R Auto Salvage Co. to hold on to vehicles longer than in the past to determine the validity of vehicle identification numbers.

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NORTH PROVIDENCE - The owner of Ashes Cigar Lounge, Nicholas Decristofaro of MBCD Enterprises, has been denied his application for a variance from the Zoning Board and will likely be required to surre

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NORTH PROVIDENCE - The state Department of Transportation is conducting surveys at two of the busiest intersections in town to determine if left turn traffic control lights are required.

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by JOSEPH R. LaPLANTE, Valley Breeze & Observer Managing Editor

NORTH PROVIDENCE - A basketball coach with a lengthy criminal record, including a felony conviction, has been removed from his duties by the board of directors of the North Providence Youth Basketball

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NORTH PROVIDENCE - The traditional 7:30 p.m.

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NORTH PROVIDENCE - A Festa Italian Banquet to celebrate St. Joseph's and St.

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NORTH PROVIDENCE - The North Providence Republican Town Committee meets Tuesday, Feb.28, at 7 p.m. at North Providence Union Free Public Library, 1810 Mineral Spring Ave.

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JOHNSTON - The North Central Chamber of Commerce will host its February Business Before Breakfast event on Thursday, Feb. 23, from 8 to 9 a.m.

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PROVIDENCE - The 5th annual Rhode Island Interfaith Conference, "Ethics of Climate Change," will be held Tuesday, Feb. 28, from 4:30 to 9 p.m.

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LINCOLN - St. Jude Church, 301 Front St., will offer a free 10-part program, "Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of Faith," on Saturdays at 9 a.m. beginning Feb. 25, in the Parish Hall.

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LINCOLN - The thrift shop at Sayles Memorial Congregational Church, UCC, 185 Chapel St., will hold a bag sale from Thursday, Feb. 23 through Saturday, March 3. Patrons can fill a bag for $5.

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A documentary film to be released next February, in time for the 10th anniversary of The Station nightclub fire, is in the works, and the public is invited to contribute, announced Paul Lonardo, co-au

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PAWTUCKET - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence is offering a free tax preparation program for qualified individuals and families in the Blackstone Valley area at Project Hope/Proyecto Esperanza,

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PAWTUCKET - St. Maria Goretti Parish Hall, 165 Power Road, will be the site of "Comedy Night 2012" on May 5.

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CUMBERLAND - Homeschooling parents of children ages 4 to 12 will host the next monthly meeting of the Homeschooling Co-op at the Cumberland Public Library on Tuesday, Feb.

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