Churches planning to continue online efforts
By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD, Valley Breeze & Observer Staff Writer
SMITHFIELD – God and prayer are always essential, says Rev. Michael Woodward, of the Ocean State Baptist Church. He says this time of stay-at-home rules have shown again that the church is the people...
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD, Valley Breeze & Observer Staff Writer
SMITHFIELD – The majority of the Smithfield Planning Board is in support of throwing out the contentious table H-25, which identifies properties in town that could support higher-density development...
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Housing less affordable to average homeowner
By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD, Valley Breeze & Observer Staff Writer
SMITHFIELD – Research from the Smithfield Planning Board’s consultant firm, the Horsley Witten Group, showed an increase in poverty rates and federal assistance in town over the last eight years....
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD, Valley Breeze & Observer Staff Writer
SMITHFIELD – The move to virtual learning may mean snow days are a thing of the past, said Councilor Michael Lawton when discussing the schools’ snow removal contract last week.
Lawton said if...
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD, Valley Breeze & Observer Staff Writer
SMITHFIELD – A growing list of Smithfield restaurants is receiving permission to serve food outdoors.
Eight restaurants, Tavolo Wine Bar and Tuscan Grill, 970 Douglas Pike, Parma Ristorante, 266...
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD, Valley Breeze & Observer Staff Writer
SCITUATE – Scituate Police Chief Donald Delaere said former Town Council President John Mahoney will not be charged with a crime following allegations brought forward last week by Public Works...
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD, Valley Breeze & Observer Staff Writer
SMITHFIELD – While the U.S. hashes out the ethics and morals behind the Netflix series “Tiger King,” 5th-graders at Anna McCabe Elementary School are discussing compassion and animal rights with...
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One More Thing
By LAURENCE J. SASSO, JR.
Fueled by the near universal compulsion to text one another and amplified by Twitter and countless other internet platforms, we seem to be working overtime to coin clever new expressions or give new...
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Melanie W. Rielly, of Chepachet, has been named to the fall semester dean’s list at Husson University.
Jillian Elizabeth Lemos, of Greenville, has been named to the fall semester dean’s list at...
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Monique Forte, of Smithfield, earned the Robert S. Axtell Undergraduate Scholarship, a scholarship that recognizes an outstanding undergraduate student representing the areas of exercise science,...
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GLOCESTER – The following students have been named to the third quarter honor roll at Ponaganset Middle School.
Grade 8
First Honors: Abigail Azevedo, Talia Barbosa, Madison Bates, Jackson Bernier,...
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PROVIDENCE – Nonprofits helping Rhode Islanders struggling to cover the costs of food, rent and health care have been awarded another $2.1 million from the COVID-19 Response Fund created by the Rhode...
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