Attleboro police are seeking four men on active arrest warrants for various drug, weapon and larceny charges.
Anyone that may have knowledge where the four men pictured are located, or information...
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CENTRAL FALLS – Police are searching for a suspect they say set fire to a home on Central Avenue early in the morning on June 19.
At 1:57 a.m. that day, Central Falls police and fire personnel...
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CENTRAL FALLS – On Thursday, June 22, members of the Central Falls Police Special Investigative Unit, working with members of the Rhode Island Division of State Fire Marshal, arrested Wilber Barth,...
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Police say a 12-year-old boy who went missing early Saturday morning has been found.
Jeremiah Varkpeh, of Pawtucket, was found in Central Falls late Saturday afternoon, according to Pawtucket police...
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By ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Managing Editor
PAWTUCKET – Catherine Tierney knew just the right book for almost every child she drove up to, remembering their preferences as if they were her own family members.
“I knew what they liked and had it...
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By AMANDA LEVENSON, Valley Breeze Contributor
PAWTUCKET – Gary Convertino grew up in what he saw as an ideal life: available parents, a great group of friends, and plenty of opportunity.
Convertino, now the vice president of organizational...
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Local libraries offer plenty of programming for adults this summer
By MELANIE THIBEAULT, Valley Breeze Contributor
On Thursday afternoons at 1 p.m., a group of retired local men gather at the Cumberland Public Library for friendly games of chess. There’s no clock keeping time of the rounds, no rule that says...
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By ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Managing Editor
PAWTUCKET – Local government and nonprofit leaders say they’re cautiously optimistic about a plan to restore a free bus fare program for elderly and disabled residents.
The Breeze reported back in...
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No move yet to increase exemption to $1,000
PAWTUCKET – The city will delay sending out its car tax bills until statewide car tax phase-out legislation is approved.
Unlike some other communities, like North Providence, Pawtucket officials...
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Pawtucket native Spencer Viner, an attorney who worked on the city’s famous crèche case, will receive “The Order of the Rising Sun, Golden Rays with Rosette” award.
On April 29, the Japanese...
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CENTRAL FALLS – Blackstone Valley Historical Society will host its annual tour of Cogswell Tower on Wednesday, June 28, at 6:30 p.m. The tour will begin at Jenks Park entrance, 580 Broad St.
Bob...
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PAWTUCKET – A shingles vaccine clinic, sponsored by the Wellness Company, is scheduled at the Leon Mathieu Senior Center, 420 Main St., for Tuesday, June 27, from 9 to 10:30 a.m.
The shingles...
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PAWTUCKET – The Major Walter G. Gatchell VFW Post #306 and its auxiliary will hold a spaghetti and meatball dinner at the post home, 171 Fountain St., on Thursday, June 29.
Dinner will be served...
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CENTRAL FALLS – The Adams Public Library, 205 Central St., will host a series of parenting classes presented by Boys Town on Tuesdays, through July 25, from 10 a.m. to noon.
The classes are available...
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PAWTUCKET – The Woodlawn Neighborhood Association will hold its quarterly meeting on Tuesday, June 27, at 7 p.m., at the Woodlawn Community Center, West Avenue.
The guest speaker will be a...
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PAWTUCKET – The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 490 Broadway, has changed the time of its Sunday morning worship service for the summer season.
The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at 9 a.m...
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