2/10/2021
Chief Lawton honored at Scituate Police Station
Members of the 100 Club of Rhode Island donate a $1,000 check and a plaque naming the Scituate Police Department in honor of former Police Chief William J. G. Lawton. From left, Reggie Centracchio, Mike Donatelli, Joseph Terino, SPD Chief Eric Rollinson, Scituate Town Council President Abbie Groves and Anthony Donatelli. (Breeze photo by Jacquelyn Moorehead)
SCITUATE – Final pieces are coming together at the Scituate Police Department, where the 100 Club of Rhode Island has donated a plaque in honor of the station’s namesake, former Chief William J.G. Lawton, as well as a $1,000 donation.
12/30/2020
Scituate feels deep impact of pandemic
Ten-month-old Livia Laprade, of Scituate, saw her first Christmas tree while being carried by her sister Jillian, 8, and accompanied by her other sister Margo, 5. The Festival of Trees surrounded the Gazebo in North Scituate as part of Christmas in the Village on Friday, Dec. 4. (Breeze File photo by Charles Lawrence)
SCITUATE – The first move the town made to lessen the impact of the pandemic this year was to protect seniors, its most vulnerable population, by closing the senior center, ramping up meal delivery services and making frequent check-ins with the elderly community.
Scituate is in the lower tier for its COVID-19 test-positive rate, at 9 percent, with 443 residents testing positive of 5,171 residents tested. Those tested this year represent 49 percent of the population of 10,603.
12/16/2020
Indecision on gate near Ponaganset Falls
Access to Ponaganset Falls is restricted from public use by the Providence Water Supply Board, which is looking for the town to pay half for a new gate on Hemlock Road to prevent vehicles and dumping on private property. (Breeze photo by Jacquelyn Moorehead)
SCITUATE – Town Council members and residents can’t seem to agree on whether a gate guarding Hemlock Road leading up to the scenic Ponaganset Falls, which prevents motorists from traveling across a condemned bridge in Foster, needs replacing, moving, or nothing at all.
Councilor Tim McCormick, who is a council liaison to the Providence Water Supply Board, last week introduced an agenda item requesting that the town pay half, or $1,300, to replace the destroyed gate on Hemlock Road.