A portion of Marcy Avenue will be renamed for the former Polish Hall manager.
The Riverhead Town Board announced Tuesday it will ceremoniously rename the portion of Marcy Avenue around Polish Hall in honor of late town resident Zbigniew “Ziggy” Wilinski.
Town Supervisor Yvette Aguiar announced the proposal to rename the street “Ziggy’s Way” at a Town Board meeting Tuesday. She also presented Mr. Wilinski’s wife of 48 years, Wanda, and their children and grandchildren with a proclamation recognizing Mr. Wilinski’s commitment to the Riverhead community.
The longtime president and manager of Polish Hall, and a former Riverhead postmaster, Mr. Wilinski died last month.
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Skywarn Spotter Training: various dates in April, via GoToWebinar. National Weather Service Duluth is offering classes to teach Northlanders about severe weather safety, the science of storms and the importance of weather spotters. Basic Class dates: April 7, 11 a.m.; April 12, noon; April 13, 6:30 p.m.; April 14, 10 a.m.; April 15, 6:30 p.m.; April 21, 6:30 p.m. Advanced Class dates: April 27, 10 a.m.; April 28, 2 p.m.; April 29, 6:30 p.m. Free. Recorded versions of classes will be available. More info and registration at weather.gov/dlh/skywarn.
WEST WARWICK â On a sliver of land bordered by Pulaski Street and the Pawtuxet River, a longtime symbol of Cromptonâs roots as a mill village no longer stands.Â
âItâs bittersweet,â Jason Licciardi, councilor of West Warwickâs Ward 4, where the old Crompton Mill smokestack was located, said of watching as the piece of the past was knocked down Wednesday. âThis is history that weâre living right now.â
The West Warwick Town Council began to discuss razing the approximately 120-foot-tall smokestack last year amid concerns over the structureâs safety. Surrounded by occupied buildings â Lil Rhody Storage sits only some 30 feet from it â and situated beside a somewhat heavily-trafficked road, Public Works Director Don Ouellette warned during a recent council meeting that the tower, which had cracked bricks and was leaning, could fall at any time. An engineer had also deemed the chimney structurally unsafe.Â
Bridget Murray through the years. In Galway in 1935, Bridie 11, with her much-loved, and much-traveled bicycle.
In New York in 1942: Bridie at 18. On September 9, 2016: Still beautiful, a radiant Bridie on her 92nd birthday.
A profile of Bridget H. Murray, my mother.
By Eileen Murray
Bridget Harriet Collier filled the world with many things since she came into it on Tuesday, September 9, 1924: humor, kindness, love. Perhaps the only thing she was short on was complaints about the hardships she faced while raising her family. It’s why her birthday remains a day of celebration and remembrance among the Murray clan she built, 95 years later and counting.
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