NORTH PROVIDENCE – Pumpkins in the Park, which took a year off last year during COVID protocols, will return to Notte Park this weekend, featuring a first-of-its-kind community pumpkin carving contest component and new and improved Halloween scenes.
LINCOLN — Witches are running “amuck, amuck, amuck” in Lincoln, as filming begins at Chase Farm Park this week on Disney’s “Hocus Pocus 2.” Read more
NORTH PROVIDENCE – There’s an inexplicable urge to create felt by artists: a deep need more than a want to pick up the pencil or paintbrush. Read more
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The North Providence Library, 1810 Mineral Spring Ave., announces the following programs. Read more
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Allendale Baptist Church, 545 Woonasquatucket Ave., will be holding its monthly food pantries this week. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The Town Council last week approved the sale of a former National Grid lot on Charlotte Street from the town to Joseph Ricci and his family. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Restoration Church of Rhode Island, 244 Lexington Ave., will hold a free family Trunk or Treat event on Saturday, Oct. 30, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Tri-County Community Action Agency Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program seeks applications from individuals and families in need of help with their fuel bills. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Volunteers continued their all-out mission to restore the Peach Hill Cemetery on Peach Hill Avenue last Saturday, spending several hours moving cut wood in the next phase of the effort to restore the historic cemetery. More
North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi and Johnston Mayor Joe Polisena have announced that the towns have received a $7,500 animal welfare grant from the Rhode Island Foundation, to be used to help residents in the towns with the costs associated with preventative veterinary care of their c… More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Two North Providence residents say they’re hoping to make an impact after being selected to participate in the Equity Leadership Initiative by the Rhode Island Foundation, a program created to build a pipeline of multi-racial candidates for positions of influence throughou… More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Wanting to get out ahead of potential problems related to staffing and ongoing plow driver shortages, the town is now considering increasing the hourly pay rate for work this winter. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Gaining revenue and maintaining some of the town’s scarce remaining open space, town officials are preparing to sell two more properties previously purchased from National Grid in the Marieville neighborhood. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Just one town firefighter was still holding out past an Oct. 1 deadline to get vaccinated, after more than 10 of them received their vaccines instead of risking the loss of their jobs. More
PAWTUCKET – Developers of an approved self-storage facility on Mineral Spring Avenue are seeking a tax treaty that would phase in taxes tied to improvements at the property over 10 years. More
PAWTUCKET – School officials are researching potential changes to policies after a principal from North Providence, applying for an open position in Pawtucket, failed to hear back on his application until the job he was seeking had been filled. That unnamed principal is also a Pawtucket resi… More
PAWTUCKET – Mattoberfest, a beer and wine tasting event to benefit the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance, will be held at The Barn at The Guild, 461 Main St., Pawtucket, on Friday, Oct. 15, from 5 to 10 p.m. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The Mancini Center announces a new addition to its newsletter. “Ask The Doctor” is a new Q & A column written by Dr. Giordano-Perez, medical director for Tri-County Community Action Agency Health Center. He will address members’ medical questions and write his analysis… More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Up for review at a Planning Board meeting on Oct. 13 are four proposed condo and apartment units totaling 42 units combined, plus a pair of commercial proposals. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Lisa Bazzle’s new business has been cooking for a long time. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – They’re called “Buddy Benches,” and the concept is fairly simple: If someone is sitting on the bench, they’re looking for a friend to play with or someone to talk to. More
SMITHFIELD – As Scituate’s Damon Giustini carved his latest masterpiece at 186 Douglas Pike last Thursday, a woman pulled over and gasped in amazement. “It’s beautiful,” she said. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The North Providence Mancini Center, 2 Atlantic Blvd., announces the following programs. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – In the more than two months since local Girl Scouts built a new wooden food pantry outside the old public safety complex on Mineral Spring Avenue, the shelves of the cabinet have gained traction as a valued community resource, as residents continue to find items they need. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Saying he’s excited and proud of what the North Providence Police Department will achieve through teamwork and trusting each other, new Chief of Police Alfredo Ruggiero Jr. was sworn in last Wednesday as friends and family watched at the Meehan Overlook. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The Rev. Varghese will be blessing pets in honor of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, on Saturday, Oct. 2, at 1 p.m., in the church parking lot of Mary, Mother of Mankind Church, 25 4th St. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The Town Council’s public safety subcommittee will key in on several important matters of public safety at its meeting next Tuesday, Oct. 5, at Town Hall. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE — Plans to improve the city’s three oldest elementary school buildings are now being set in motion. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – North Providence High School Class of 1971 will hold its 50-year reunion on Nov. 5 at the Kirkbrae Country Club in Lincoln. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The North Providence Purchasing Board last week awarded a bid to Warwick-based AM Electric to replace decorative streetlamps in Centredale and Marieville. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Most of the busing concerns from the first few days of the school year have been cleared up, according to school officials, with the notable exception of statewide busing for out-of-district students and others who use it. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The North Providence Mancini Center, 2 Atlantic Blvd., announces the following programs. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Mayor Charles Lombardi has acquired a used ladder truck for $30,000 from the city of Cambridge, Mass., simultaneously selling the town’s former backup ladder truck for $15,000 to northern Rhode Island communities of Cumberland, Lincoln, Smithfield and Woonsocket to share. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – A new Sam’s Food Mart and Gulf gas station are coming to 1700 Mineral Spring Ave. after the Zoning Board last week granted approvals for the project. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The newly formed North Providence Animal Welfare Society, officially launched over the weekend, will host its first fundraiser this Saturday, Sept. 25, with Best Buddy Bingo at the Lymansville VFW, 354 Fruit Hill Ave. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – AARP local chapter of North Providence 4580 will meet on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m., at the Firefighters Hall, 141 Urban Ave. More
PROVIDENCE – Rep. William O’Brien, of House District 54, North Providence, is requesting a House Oversight Committee meeting to examine the recently awarded $5 million contract to the ILO Group to manage safely reopening schools in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. More
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Health is advising consumers in a press release that one lot of Aldi Simply Nature Organic Poppy Seed Dressing is being recalled due to a processing issue that could allow for microbial growth. The recalled product comes in a 12 fl. oz. glass bottl… More
PROVIDENCE – The 12th annual Race for Matt and Grace, a 5K run, walk, or roll event, will be held at Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., on Saturday, Sept. 18. Registration will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. There will be a speaking program at 9:30 a.m. The race begins at 10 a.m. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The North Providence Mancini Center, 2 Atlantic Blvd., announces the following programs. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Town officials have ordered owners of a property next to the back entrance of Shaw’s, on Douglas Avenue, to clean it up or be cited and summoned to answer for its appearance. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The first North Providence Village Festival in Centredale so wildly exceeded expectations that town officials are now considering ways it can be expanded in the future. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – School officials are acknowledging deficiencies in school busing to start the 2021-2022 school year, but Supt. Joe Goho says the majority of them are related to the statewide busing service. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Plans to finally reconstruct the football field behind North Providence High School, as well as build a new playground near Centredale Elementary School, are making significant progress this month. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Notable Works Publication and Distribution Co., Inc. will host a live performance on Saturday, Oct. 16, at 1 p.m. at the North Providence Union Free Library, 1810 Mineral Spring Ave., featuring some of the poets included in two of Notable Works’ recent publications: “Voice… More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The North Providence PTA/PTO 4th annual Fall Festival Fundraiser will be held at Notte Park, 1801 Douglas Ave., on Sunday, Sept. 26, from noon to 6 p.m. More
PROVIDENCE – The American Parkinson Disease Association Rhode Island Chapter announces that the honoree for their annual APDA Optimism Walk, is past president of APDA RI and current APDA national board member, Athol Cochrane. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Town officials will take a closer look at fines given for parking offenses, potentially bumping them way up as a way to deter illegal parking on local streets. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Lincolnwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, a skilled nursing facility in North Providence, has opened a new subacute rehabilitation unit designed to help patients recover from surgery or illness and return home. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The North Providence Town Council last week unanimously approved a victualing license for Cumberland-based Juliana’s Italian Bakery to expand to a second location at 1998 Mineral Spring Ave. in North Providence, in Anthony Manzo’s new building across from the old public sa… More
Several communities with fireworks and festivities originally planned for Saturday, July 3, are taking advantage of a Monday rain date and postponing their events. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The suspect in the stabbing death of a 60-year-old man inside Cumberland Farms on Smith Street in Centredale is due in court Monday morning, May 3. More
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The North Providence Police Department is asking for help in identifying a man suspected of stealing items from health care facilities in town. More
JOHNSTON – The Johnston Police Department is seeking the public’s helping in locating Robert Rocchio, 50, who has been reported missing. More
