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4/13/2021 Rudd points to uncovered trash, but official rejects premise This picture of a truck at the city’s waste transfer station on Grotto Avenue has council members calling for better controls, but a representative for Mayor Donald Grebien says the picture represents the loading of the truck mid-process. PAWTUCKET – Some council members are saying a picture is worth a thousand words when it comes to the way trash is handled at the city’s waste transfer station, while members of Mayor Donald Grebien’s administration say that out-of-context looks can be very deceiving. Councilor Tim...

3/16/2021 Preliminary groundwork for a new stadium on the Pawtucket riverfront has begun. PAWTUCKET – The redevelopment of the former Tidewater gas plant site on Pawtucket’s riverfront into a modern soccer stadium and associated amenities reached its most visible stage yet this week, with new environmental work beginning Monday, March 15. Over the next two weeks, tangible progress will be evident on-site as geotechnical engineers and environmental professionals will be on the Tidewater parcel and 45 Division St. property across the river performing additional site work to further the prog...

PAWTUCKET – The City Council last week moved to decrease the size of a proposed supplemental tax increase by about one-third, with members saying they’ll work with Mayor Donald Grebien’s administration to find cost savings to make up the difference in lost revenue by the end of the fiscal year June 30. The increase per $1,000 of assessed property value will be 25 cents instead of 35 cents, from $20.89 to $21.14. The resulting increase for the majority of residential taxpayers is less than $50 per year. Finance Committee Chairman Mark Wildenhain said he wished former Chairman John Barry ...

2/16/2021 With a little help, Pawtucket now maintaining McCoy The city of Pawtucket is now responsible for maintaining McCoy Stadium. (Breeze photo by Robert Emerson) PAWTUCKET – Lacking the city staffing to properly maintain McCoy Stadium now that the Pawtucket Red Sox franchise has mostly left the building, the city has hired an outside contractor to do the work. The Department of Public Works has not been responsible for managing and maintaining McCoy for decades now, said Acting DPW Director Dylan Zelazo, and doesn’t have the capacity to do so now. “With the COVID-related budget ch...

12/15/2020 Committee moves forward on new trash transfer station The city is nearing a 10-year agreement with the operations of the Grotto Avenue transfer station. Waste Connections would build a new facility to replace the existing one. PAWTUCKET – After a failed bid by City Councilor Tim Rudd to get another legal opinion on a new 10-year lease agreement for the city’s waste transfer station, the City Council’s property subcommittee last week gave an initial go-ahead to the agreement. The deal, which goes to the full council Dec. 21, calls for existing operator Waste Connections Inc....