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12/30/2020 Local leaders reflect on silver linings, share hopes for 2021 Jocelyn Legare, a nurse, and Ha Tran, a CNA, at Saint Antoine Residence in North Smithfield are pictured in front of the nursing home in April. (Breeze file photo by Lauren Clem) The past year was one of the most difficult on record for the communities of northern Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. In the first couple months of 2020, it was impossible for most residents to imagine the challenges that would lie ahead. While those challenges started with the COVID-19 pandemic, they didn’t end there. Protests for racial justice, an emotional election cycle, economic fallout and extreme weather events all played a role in the most tumultuous nine months in most people’s memory. ....
Sentinel photo by BRIAN COX The remnants of the truss manufacuring plant destroyed in Tuesday nightâs fire at Allensville Planing Mill continue to give off smoke Wednesday morning in Allensville. Fire crews from five counties responded to the blaze and local crews were called back to the scene Wednesday during the day to keep the fire from flaring up once again. ALLENSVILLE A Tuesday night fire destroyed the truss manufacturing plant at Allensville Planing Mill in Allensville, but the store and other buildings within the complex remain operational. Throughout the day Wednesday, fire crews were called back to the scene to keep the still-smoldering remains of the building from flaring up once more. ....