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This one's for you, @Jim_Baron

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Rhode Island could soon join a growing list of states where the use of police body cameras becomes universal – yesterday McKee announced an allocation of some $15M to supply 1,700 officers with cameras for the next five years.

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Did one or more of your loved ones die as a result of COVID-19? If the answer is yes, Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt has some news that can ease the financial burden of the loss.
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[Ernest Brown @ernesta1959]

Be sure to read “What Is Old Is New Again” in today’s @WoonsocketCall and Congratulations to Cindy Thibodeau and all who turned out for her grand opening of ‘Past Down in Time’… https://t.co/kG7EiLsvCh

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Woonsocket is no longer in a state of emergency: The City Council has voted to lift the declaration of emergency that it implemented at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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A new antiques store is coming to Main Street in Woonsocket:

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When Bob Trudeau arrived at work today, he was looking at a significant milestone for his local business, Trudeau's Auto Repair at 654 Cass Ave – 25 years in business.

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The state has announced that restaurants can increase their indoor seating capacities to 66 percent and funeral homes can allow up to 30 people inside them, among other loosened pandemic guidelines.

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The City Council has passed an ordinance requiring the administration to provide members with a monthly staffing report that will clearly list which positions are vacant and which aren't.

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Tenet, directed and co-written by Pawtucket native Brian DeCubellis, is due for release in select theaters and on video on-demand platforms March 12.

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The shuttered Sears store on Diamond Hill Road in Woonsocket will become one of the next state-run mass vaccination sites, state health director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott announced on Thursday.

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Public Works Director Steve D'Agostino told the City Council Monday that a study conducted by independent engineers has confirmed that gravel buried under Cass Park can be sold.

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Woonsocket and North Smithfield will begin vaccinating residents age 75 and older at the former Monsignor Gadoury school today.

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Cumberland's Diamond Hill Park drew an after-school showing this week of area students and parents looking to sled, snowboard or snow tube.

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A Wednesday evening fire destroyed a home on St. Paul Street, and a man was injured when he jumped out of the building's second floor to escape the fire.

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Wait what!?! Did you just say Woonsocket Rhode Island @TheGoldbergsABC ? @WoonsocketCall @WoonsocketPatch @RIStateSociety

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Woonsocket will begin vaccinating residents aged 75 and up at Monsignor Gadoury Elementary School one week from today.

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[Matthew Gregoire @BreakngNewsPhtg]

Today, Millville firefighters rescued a cat that was stuck in a tree 80’ up for 3 days. Nice job!! #wcvb

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Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt elected to another two-year term:

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Find out how the city will spend the "Take it Outside" grant money it received from the governor to expand outdoor business capacity. https://t.co/UYAG27XybD