NORTH PROVIDENCE – Members of the Town Council are asking the North Providence Police Department to take an early proactive approach to dealing with residents who set off disruptive neighborhood fireworks displays in June and July.
Councilor Stefano Famiglietti requested and received approval by his colleagues last week for a letter asking police to be active on social media and elsewhere in warning residents against illegal aerial fireworks displays, including emphasizing what the law is on the activity.
Famiglietti said he’s sure everyone remembers last year and the consistent loud noises that bombarded residents, and he expects everyone to be even more eager to celebrate as they’re coming out of a pandemic this summer.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Residents are invited to participate in a town-wide litter cleanup this Saturday, April 24, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The first North Providence Earth Day Community Cleanup will hopefully be the first of many cleanups by residents who want to promote civic pride, said organizer Stefano Famiglietti, a member of the North Providence Town Council.
“In speaking with some residents, we came up with the idea to dedicate a day for a cleanup of North Providence,” he said.
What will start as an informal event this year encouraging residents to go out on their streets and in their neighborhoods to safely clean up streets should become more organized in subsequent years, said Famiglietti.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Local police are conceding that they haven’t been ticketing motorists for infractions as they typically would without a pandemic, due largely to fear over contracting coronavirus.
But with officers now vaccinated, and the world emerging from COVID-19, they say they’ll get those ticketing efforts back into gear.
Deputy Chief Alfredo Ruggiero made the concession during the Town Council’s “speed bump summit” last Thursday, March 11. He told council members that there had been 72 police posts over the previous five days since Mayor Charles Lombardi told police they need to ramp up their efforts.
Lombardi said officials should give police some time to address his recent requests for more enforcement, waiting some weeks to call them back for an update. He said that prior to this month’s ticketing spree, there is “no way” police have come close to 72 posts over a five-day period in the past six months.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Speaking to the Town Council at a “speed bump summit” that never quite got off the ground last week, Mayor Charles Lombardi said he thinks the town needs its police to more consistently enforce traffic rules in neighborhoods.
Councilor Stefano Famiglietti made the move at the March 2 meeting to send the matter to both the council’s ordinance and finance subcommittees, suggesting as he did that the town might need additional enforcement to pair with any changes to traffic devices to better control speeding.
It’s clear, said Famiglietti, that the town needs to come up with some sort of solution because it can’t just keep adding stop signs and speed bumps.
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