PAWTUCKET – Despite a 5-4 council vote moving the sale of a portion of Morley Field forward last week, councilors and members of the public in opposition have vowed not
PAWTUCKET – Elena Vasquez, a top-two vote-getter in the past two city-wide primaries for one of three at-large seats on the Pawtucket City Council, will not run again in 2022,
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PAWTUCKET – The City Council, at Council President David Moran’s urging, has ordered an extra police presence in the area of Newport Avenue and Benefit Street in response to multiple shootings here, a unique new approach, say officials.
Moran recalled the Boston “combat zone” of the 1970s, saying he doesn’t want to see this area in his District 1 or any other part of the city overtaken by this sort of violence, where people from outside the city believe they can come to stay at establishments after hours and “shoot wherever we want.” If nothing is done, said Moran, the ripple effect will be tremendous.
PAWTUCKET – In a move veteran city leaders were calling “unprecedented” in Pawtucket, the School Committee last week agreed to address a majority of the city’s $2.6 million budget gap.
Councilor Terry Mercer, head of the City Council’s finance subcommittee, called the agreement an “exceptional outcome,” thanking the School Committee and Chairman Jay Charbonneau for working with the city to avoid a potential large-scale supplemental tax increase for residents.
Council President David Moran said there have often been cases where the schools have sought more money from the city, which certainly makes sense, but this is the first time he can remember where the reverse has happened.