Pawtucket

VIDEO: A long time coming, but fish ladder project finally begins

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by ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

PAWTUCKET - For many passing by, the truck pulled off to the side of the Main Street Bridge barely registered a blip on their morning radar screen, but to the people who knew why the flatbed with the

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Costigan, Flanagan win 'Faces of Ireland' contest

PAWTUCKET - A popular city tradition, the annual Faces of Ireland contest, was held on Sunday at the Celtic Pub on Broadway.

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Pawtucket Police make two arrests in Klibanoff Eye larceny

PAWTUCKET – Police have made two arrests related to a Feb. 8 larceny at Klibanoff Eye Associates on Broad Street.

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VIDEO: For 'Pete the Barber,' 50 years in business just not enough

by ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

PAWTUCKET - Very little here has changed, from the tools of the trade lined up along the countertop, to the ancient cash register near the door.

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DPW Director Hill: Proactive, customer-based service a must

by ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

PAWTUCKET - What's big and orange and sleeps three?

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After ethics ruling, Grebien pursues new economic strategies

by ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

PAWTUCKET - Mayor Don Grebien is now seeking new economic development alternatives after a Rhode Island Ethics Commission advisory opinion last week against the city's request to raise private funds t

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Kids First involvement ending, but healthy schools push will continue

by ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

PAWTUCKET - It took 15 years to achieve a healthier balance in local schools, and backers of the reform effort say they don't intend to let schools regress.

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Shri Studio expands yoga offerings to area schools

PAWTUCKET - Word is quickly spreading that a pilot yoga program between Shri Studio in downtown Pawtucket and the Blackstone Valley Prep charter school in Cumberland is yielding great results.

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More layoffs at The Pawtucket Times, Woonsocket Call

The owners of two area daily papers, The Times of Pawtucket and The Call of Woonsocket, are laying off a number of employees.

Multiple reporters, at least one advertising representative, and at leas

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Local 1012 union gets a partial win

PAWTUCKET - The Local 1012 union of Council 94, AFSCME, scored a minor victory last week when an arbitrator ruled that two union jobs must be restored.

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Grebien appoints special commission on pension and health benefits

Former Auditor General Ernest Almonte will serve as chairman

PAWTUCKET – Mayor Don Grebien has announced the creation of a special panel that will focus on ways to address the city’s underfunded pension plans and attendant health benefits compensation for retir

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Music and movement today at the Pawtucket library

PAWTUCKET -The Pawtucket Public Library is offering a free music and movement program for children on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 10:30 a.m.

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Pate goes all in with new MVP Sports Pub and Restaurant

PAWTUCKET - MVP Sports Pub and Restaurant, the latest venture of local businessman Mike Pate, is now open at 223 Newport Ave.

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Rabid raccoon found in Pawtucket

PAWTUCKET - City officials last week issued a rabies advisory for the Manton Street area.

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Holly Ewald to speak at Visitor Center Theater

PAWTUCKET - Providence-based artist Holly Ewald will present a lecture titled "Research with the Community/Reflection in the Studio" at the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center Theater, 175 Main St., this

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Pawtucket PAC Gallery to reopen

PAWTUCKET - The Pawtucket Arts Collaborative Gallery, located in the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center, will reopen next month. The gallery will host a special exhibit from March 24 to April 6.

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John Paul Parish chowder supper Friday

PAWTUCKET - The social committee of the Blessed Pope John Paul II Parish, formerly known as the St. Leo and St. Cecilia parishes, are planning a clamcake supper on Friday, Feb. 24, from 4 to 7 p.m.

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