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4/28/2021 Geri’s Bluffing Boutique sets down roots on Main Street Geri’s Bluffing Boutique owner Geraldine Barclay-King is pictured in her new location at 285 Main St. (Breeze photo by Lauren Clem) WOONSOCKET – A local business that started as a holiday pop-up last November has now become the latest addition to Main Street’s storefronts. Geri’s Bluffing Boutique, a clothing and home décor boutique offering imported and locally made African design, has a new location at 285 Main St. Owner Geraldine Barclay-King, a city resident, said it gives her a sense of pride to be able to give ...

RIPTA Hero  RIPTA Operator Eldora “Ellie” Giblin this week received a formal commendation by the board for stopping her bus and coming to the aid of man who seemed ready to jump off the Henderson Bridge.   Giblin, a RIPTA driver for nine years, was driving Route 33 toward East Providence on April 3, when she stopped en route to talk to a man who had one leg over the railing of the bridge.   Giblin said she was nervous but knew she had to take action because even though other cars had pulled over, no one was talking to the man.   “People just had their phones out and were taking pict...

Thursday, April 22, 2021   View Larger + Art dealer and retailer Geraldine Barclay-King has brought Africa to Woonsocket. Now, she has moved her African-themed shop Geri’s Bluffing Boutique to 285 Main Street this spring. "Clothes talk to you, say things about you," says Barclay-King. "My West African roots show in what I wear and the items in my home." Though she started mostly with apparel, she has expanded to gifts, fashion accessories, and home decor from Africa along with handmade items and music.  "At first my inventory was from my travels to Liberia," she said, "Then I bought anima...

4/7/2021 Outdoor concert series to return to Woonsocket this summer Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience appear at the Levitt AMP summer music series in 2019. Organizers say the outdoor concert series will return, with some changes, to River Island Art Park this year. (Breeze photo by Charles Lawrence) WOONSOCKET – After a year on hiatus due to the pandemic, the Levitt AMP summer concert series is set to return to River Island Art Park this summer. Meghan Rego, director of resource development and communications for NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley, said the 10-week concert series...

12/30/2020 Businesses faced closure, struggled to adapt in 2020 Nick and Elaine Markopolous, of Hudson, Mass., are served by Justine Dancuse, of Woonsocket, outside Christopher’s Kitchen & Bar in May. (Breeze file photo by Robert Emerson) Pandemic spurs new activity in some sectors There were few sectors harder hit by the COVID-19 pandemic than the small business community, where protective measures disrupted a way of life for thousands of business owners across the state. In Woonsocket, restaurant owners and small retail businesses were forced to shut their doors to customers in March as a...