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How much does NP owe for questionable HUD loans?

NORTH PROVIDENCE - Town officials are tabulating the amount of money that must be repaid to the state and f ...  continue

School Committee approves big screen monitor at NPHS

Will air advertisements and school announcements

NORTH PROVIDENCE - In addition to the traditional morning announcements over the PA sys ...  continue

Ethics board may probe Lombardi's no-bid contracts

NORTH PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Ethics Commission scheduled an executive session Tuesday morning, Aug. ...  continue

Ciresi, Imondi face corruption charges in Lyman Mill probe

NORTH PROVIDENCE - The two men who sat before the Planning Board on March 8 talking about big plans to con ...  continue

Committee snubs Leva's call to toughen NP nepotism policy

NORTH PROVIDENCE - What started out as a proposal to possibly add some clauses to the North Providence School Department's Code of Ethic ...  continue

NP School Committee cracks down on illegal students

106 booted back to hometowns this year

NORTH PROVIDENCE - For a number of years, the school system has been plagued with many student ...  continue

Leva calls for safer school bus stops

NORTH PROVIDENCE - A group of parents from Waterview Lane came to the School Committee looking for a solution to an ongoing problem they ...  continue

RIC, neighbors grow Fruit Hill Farmer's Market

NORTH PROVIDENCE -- A blank slate of a parking lot evolved into a colorful outdoor marketplace on Friday afte ...  continue

Azar says incumbent is excluded from vital caucuses

Louis Azar of Lincoln, who's running in the Senate District 17 Democratic primary on Sept. 14, said in a press release this week, that residents are missing out because the cu ...  continue

Hovarth: San Bento's 'watching' while our state crumbles

According to a CNBC study, Rhode Island has ranked among the worst in the nation for business the past three years, says House District 58 candidate George Patrick Hovarth in ...  continue

50 Years Ago

* Local children got out to raise money for the Providence County Emergency Polio Fund by making items by hand to sell at a table set up in front of a store in Greenville, by ...  continue

Warren Ave. sewer study to begin

NORTH PROVIDENCE - D'Amico Engineering Tech, Inc. of 1824 Mineral Spring Ave. was awarded a $6,625 contract ...  continue

Candidates: Please note deadlines

Next week's Breeze will be the last before the Sept. 14 Primary Elections. Because of Labor Day weekend, we will have early advertising deadlines. Offices are closed Monday.

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TI Retirees and Friends Club announces meeting, trips

ATTLEBORO, Mass. - The Attleboro Texas Instruments Retirees and Friends Club announces its upcoming meetings and events.

Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month a ...  continue

Girl Scout sign-up Sept. 13

NORTH PROVIDENCE - The annual Girl Scout registration event is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 13, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at North Providence High School, 1828 Mineral Spring Ave.

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Democrat DeStefanis is running for Senate District 4

NORTH PROVIDENCE - Democrat Raymond A. DeStefanis announced his Sept. 14 primary candidacy for Senate District 4 representing North Providence and Providence.

He is a lifel ...  continue

DiMuccio: Competence not enough for holding office

NORTH PROVIDENCE - Democratic District 3 Town Council candidate Michael J. DiMuccio said in a press release, "Companies hire, pay, and promote based upon attitude, effort, and ...  continue

Feola: Time to work together in NP

NORTH PROVIDENCE - Democratic Town Council District 1 candidate Stephen Feola stated in a press release Sunday, Aug. 29:

"If elected to the North Providence Town Council I w ...  continue

Hull: Repairing Woonasquatucket Ave. is priority

NORTH PROVIDENCE - Raymond A. Hull, a candidate in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary for state representative District 6, which represents North Providence and Providence, annou ...  continue

Noble promises jobs effort

NORTH PROVIDENCE - Linda Butera Noble, endorsed Democrat, state Senate, District 17, Lincoln, North Providence and Pawtucket, announced that if elected she will work to make j ...  continue

Brady will seek council TV coverage at first meeting

NORTH PROVIDENCE - Democrat Alice Brady, newly-elected to the Town Council's at-large seat in the Aug. 17 Special Election, will introduce a resolution on Sept. 7 at her first ...  continue

Finance Committee continues Vallee matter

NORTH PROVIDENCE - The Finance Committee of the Town Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, in the Assembly Room at Town Hall to continue its discussion of the home ...  continue

Town buys new cardiac monitors-defibrillators

NORTH PROVIDENCE - The Purchasing Board awarded a bid for three cardiac monitors-defibrillators to Physio-Controls Inc. of Redmond, Wash. in the amount of $76,815 for the equi ...  continue

Pawtucket Veterans Council to meet Sept. 10

PAWTUCKET - The Pawtucket Veterans Council meets Friday, Sept. 10, at 2 p.m. in the Gatchell VFW Post, Fountain and Blake streets. Plans will be initiated for patriotic events ...  continue

Lost Heroes Art Quilt honors Serio

PROVIDENCE - The Lost Heroes Art Quilt is on public display in the Rhode Island Statehouse now through Friday, Sept. 10. Public hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 ...  continue

The Birthday Club

sept. 1

Jacqueline Gilligan, Happy 15th Birthday. Love, Mom, Dad, Papa, Auntie Kathy, Muffy, and Buffy.

Sept. 7

Joseph Auger III, Happy 21st Birthday. Love, Auntie Ca ...  continue

Memorial appoints Ackerman director of information services

PAWTUCKET - Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island announced last week the appointment of Robert Ackerman as director of information services.

A Franklin, Mass. resident, Ackerma ...  continue

Bella Vita Salon & Spa services the entire family

BY GEORGE BEAUBIEN

Breeze Correspondent

news@breezeobserver.com

NORTH PROVIDENCE - Bella Vita Salon & Spa at 1006 Charles St., opened on July 2. The business is both ...  continue

Faria named general manager at Rick's Roadhouse

PROVI-DENCE - Johnny Faria, of North Providence, has been named general manager at Rick's Roadhouse, 370 Richmond St.

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Local RE/MAX group among top five teams

PROVIDENCE - The Halladay/Scotti Team, RE/MAX Preferred, of North Providence, was named fourth among the top five RE/MAX in Rhode Island teams based on commission for the seco ...  continue