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First Constance Servizi Memorial Scholarship goes to Woonsocket student

CUMBERLAND – Constance Servizi never had a chance to go to college, even though, say her family members, she would have loved it more than anything. It wasn’t a financial or practical reality for her family. Not getting the chance to…

June 4, 2026

A new sign installed near Savoie Elementary School in Woonsocket.

Woonsocket DPW director says traffic on Mendon Road has calmed

WOONSOCKET – The longtime troublesome traffic situation on Mendon Road at Leo Savoie Elementary School has improved, says Public Works Director Steve D’Agostino, and there’s more to come. D’Agostino said officials have received no complaints recently, and that there has been…

May 3, 2026

Residential projects further squeeze limited Pawtucket Library parking

PAWTUCKET – Parking near the Pawtucket Public Library was already limited before representatives from Nexus Property Management decided to convert the brick building next store into residential units. The library had long paid an annual lease for the Summer Street…

May 1, 2026

Sandy Boucher and Marc Berthelette stand outside of Patriots Diner in Woonsocket.

Help this local couple visit every diner in Rhode Island

Rhode Island is widely considered the birthplace of the American diner, with Providence’s Walter Scott converting a horse-drawn freight wagon into the first “night lunch wagon” in 1872. Scott offered up sandwiches, pies, and coffee to late-night newspaper employees and factory…

April 30, 2026

The old train station looming above active train tracks at the Pawtucket/Central Falls city line remains an expensive albatross.

Old Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station could be removed in chunks

PAWTUCKET/CENTRAL FALLS – The former Pawtucket-Central Falls Train Station next to CVS on Broad Street is breaking down in its old age, but officials say the dilapidated building over the tracks doesn’t pose a threat to trains below. That question of the structure’s…

April 29, 2026

VIDEO: We’re seeing the Blackstone River revived, one project at a time

The Blackstone River was once considered dead. Polluted. Forgotten. Left behind like the mills that lined its banks. But that’s not the story anymore. From Providence all the way up through Pawtucket, Central Falls, Cumberland, and Woonsocket … something is…

April 27, 2026

PriceRite is the only full-scale grocery store within Woonsocket city limits. (Jonmaesha Beltran/ ecoRI News)

Walmart, Stop & Shop’s ‘Scorched-Earth’ Deed Restrictions Result in Food Deserts in Woonsocket and Elsewhere

As supermarket chains relocate their stores, owners add restrictions to keep new grocers from setting up shop on their former locations Note: This story originally is original reporting by ecoRI.org, and is shared here with permission. WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Pedro…

April 24, 2026

North Providence’s Falso keeps unassuming social club humming

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Walk up to the rear door at the Woodward Road Social Club around 4:45 p.m. and there’s often someone there at the picnic table patiently waiting for Paulie Falso to arrive. The 4:30 opening time here is more…

April 10, 2026

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