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 – Tired of being told that a new animal shelter is right around the corner, a group of local advocates is planning a rally to draw attention to the situation.
Karen Vaillancourt, who is organizing the event with Cathy Lanni, said that while the topic of a new shelter has been spoken about since at least 2014, appropriate money “has yet to be set aside and used to build a proper, to-code animal shelter in North Providence,” and an architect experienced in building state-of-the-art shelters has not been engaged.
They’re inviting anyone who wants to join the cause to the North Providence Public Safety Complex, 1835 Mineral Spring Ave., this Sunday, May 16, for a rally running from 1 to 2 p.m. The event is titled “North Providence Needs A New Shelter Peaceful Show of Support,” and will be held on the sidewalk in front of the complex on busy Mineral Spring Avenue.
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5/4/2021
Chipotle expected as part of MSA development
Plans for this vacant property and the Lucky Cottage building behind it at 1601 Mineral Spring Ave. call for a modern village type of development, and there is talk of an agreement with Chipotle to be one of the tenants. (Breeze photo by Ethan Shorey)
NORTH PROVIDENCE – A Chipotle restaurant is among the planned tenants at a new planned “village-like” commercial development at 1601 Mineral Spring Ave.
Michael Grieco Jr., owner of an old commercial plaza and surrounding lots that he’s looking to merge into one modern commercial plaza, received master plan approval from the Planning Board last week.
5/4/2021
Lombardi says town will keep up with newly revived cemetery
The newly uncovered Peach Hill Cemetery off Smith Street in North Providence. (Breeze photo by Ethan Shorey)
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Volunteers put in most of the heavy labor to clear away decades of overgrowth from the Peach Hill Cemetery this month, and Mayor Charles Lombardi is now pledging that the town will help take it from here.
The town has historically not been great with maintaining its old cemeteries, but Lombardi said he met with Department of Public Works staff last week to emphasize the need to put this cemetery on the list to actively maintain it. The Intervale Cemetery, which also got a volunteer cleanup effort this month, is another where the town needs to do a better job of upkeep, he said.