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PAWTUCKET — The proprietor of Amas Variety on Main Street, who looked after generations of neighborhood children as if they were her own and was known as Mama Ama, died Sunday, which was not only Easter but also her birthday.. Ama Amponsah, 62, who for eight years was Pawtuckets sergeant at arms, responsible for keeping order at City Council meetings and delivering the docket packet of documents to the homes of council members before each meeting, won the District 5 Council seat last year ...

Pawtucket Councilwoman Amponsah, known as Mama Ama of Amas Variety, dies at 62 Donita Naylor, The Providence Journal © Courtesy of Donald Grebien Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien with Pawtucket Councilwoman Ama Amponsah, who died Sunday on her birthday, she was 62. PAWTUCKET — The proprietor of Amas Variety on Main Street, who looked after generations of neighborhood children as if they were her own and was known as Mama Ama, died Sunday, which was not only Easter but also ...

Ama Amponsah. Photo: FB City Council campaign Pawtucket City Councilwoman Ama Amponsah has passed away.  Amponsah, who was the owner of Ama’s Variety and Mini Mart, represented the city’s 5th District, after being elected to office in 2020.  The seat had been previously held by Meghan Kallman, who ran for and was elected to the Rhode Island State Senate in 2020. Community activist Khrystyne Bento shared the news on Monday.  “My sympathies to her family and the entire community our comm...

    The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration of what local law enforcement, funded by taxpayers, must deal with daily throughout the Española Valley.     Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies or State Police responded to the following calls: No crime in walking March 14     12:50 a.m. An Ohkay C...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers. Bareville Fire Company, 211 E. Main St., Leola, March 6. Prepackaged chicken soup, shoofly pie and dried beef gravy need label corrections as follows: allergens instead of allergies, milk instead of dairy, and addition of soy on shoofly pie label. Bradys, 856 W. Main St., New Holland, March 6. Chlorine sanitizer in low temp dishwasher is being dispens...

Jessie Wince White Jr. WILMINGTON — Jesse Wince White Jr., 72, passed into eternity Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, at home surrounded by his family. He was born March 12, 1948, in Chowan County to Jesse Wince White Sr. and Minnie Bass White, who preceded him in death. Jessie graduated from Chowan High School and worked in management at Winn-Dixie for 8 years. Then, he built a convenience store, White’s Mini Mart, and ran it for 20 years with family members. In 2003, he and his family moved to Wilmi...

Sioux City woman wins $30,000 lottery prize Paula Jacobsen won the second top prize in the Iowa Lotterys "Puzzle Payout" scratch game. Lottery officials say Jacobsen purchased her winning ticket at Sargs Mini Mart, 2329 W. Second St. in Sioux City, and claimed her prize Monday at the lotterys Storm Lake regional office. Puzzle Payout is a $3 scratch game that features 10 top prizes of $30,000.

Published March 2, 2021Updated March 5, 2021 On my desk is a detailed miniature shaker of McCormick Crushed Red Pepper flakes. The bottle is small enough to pinch between my thumb and index finger; it looks as if it was made to fit the spice rack of an anthropomorphic hedgehog. I keep it around for its brain-soothing properties. There is something oddly relaxing about a banal item inexplicably shrunken into a fetish object. Sometimes I unfurl a tiny paper grocery bag and place the tiny pepper b...

Operator Good morning, and welcome to TravelCenters of America fourth-quarter 2020 financial results conference call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator instructions] After todays presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. Id now like to turn the conference over to Kristin Brown, director of investor relations. Please go ahead, maam. Kristin Brown -- Director of Investor Relations Thank y...

8 Lehigh Valley businesses now have a Bitcoin ATM. Where they are and how it works. Updated Feb 23, 2021; More and more Bitcoin ATMs in recent months began popping up in the Lehigh Valley. The cryptocurrency was created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias “Satoshi Nakamoto.” Bitcoin allows folks to make exchanges to buy or sell goods. Patrons can use different currencies in the transactions and also perform them anonymously. Bitcoin quickly was adopted by a small clutch of enthus...