NORTH PROVIDENCE – A municipal vaccine clinic will start back up in North Providence this Thursday, April 22, says Mayor Charles Lombardi, representing a significant win for the town and its residents.
Lombardi said that with this vaccination clinic in operation for the next four to five weeks, twice per week after this week, he expects to have everyone in town who wants a vaccine to be vaccinated around the end of May, allowing for relative normalcy this summer.
“The goal now is to get the shots out as quickly as possible so we can get back to some normalcy,” said Fire Chief John Silva, who will oversee the team administering the vaccines at North Providence High School.
4/13/2021
Antunes paints mural at NPHS
North Providence High School senior Jonathan “JJ” Antunes recently completed this mural of Martin Luther King Jr. at the school. (Breeze photo by Nicole Dotzenrod)
NORTH PROVIDENCE – A senior North Providence High School student has left his mark on the school.
For years to come, students, teachers and visitors will enjoy a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. crafted by Jonathan “JJ” Antunes.
The mural was completed as part of a service learning project under the Kingian Nonviolence curriculum at NPHS. Born out of the Civil Rights Movement, and MLK’s teachings, Kingian Nonviolence is a philosophy of nonviolent conflict resolution.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Mayor Charles Lombardi says he’s received word from the state that the town will be allowed to keep its own vaccination site in business at North Providence High School going forward.
Lombardi said he read the news two weeks ago that communities such as Providence and Pawtucket were getting to keep their own sites because of the density of their populations and the strength of the pandemic there, and so he called state officials to ask them about North Providence, where he noted that 34,000 people live within 5.2 square miles and the town has the second or third highest population of seniors.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – It’s been a tough year for everyone, and particularly high school students, says Sherri Bonaminio, of the Cougar Alumni, Parents and Students (C.A.P.S.), which is why the group wants to do something to give back to them.
C.A.P.S. traditionally holds a number of in-person events to benefit students, but has been unable to do so over the past few months. With the state starting to emerge from the pandemic, said Bonaminio, members felt that now is the time to give back with an event.
A spring craft vendor event will benefit North Providence High School students, in that proceeds will go to them, but it will also help many local small business people, said Bonaminio, as they’ll have a chance to sell their wares at the event on Saturday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the NPHS parking lot, 1828 Mineral Spring Ave. The rain date is Sunday, April 18.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Months after North Providence teenager AJ Quetta suffered a severe spinal injury during a high school hockey game, the community has continued to rally around him.
North Providence school employee and friend of the Quetta family, Karen Bourke, says members of the community have raised more than $15,000 toward AJ’s recovery, bringing the total funds raised for Quetta to close to $1 million.
“We’re trying. They need it. The care he’s going to need is not cheap. It can cost millions of dollars, and this type of injury comes with lifelong costs,” she said.
There’s a fundraiser in the works for May 1 from 4 to 10 p.m. at The Duke in North Providence, featuring food and drinks, a mechanical bull, live entertainment and raffle prizes. The rain date is May 8.