In a move that can only be described as bizarre, the City of Pawtucket Finance Office apparently, without notice or authority, ended the City of Pawtucket School Department Fiscal Year on June 12, 2024, as opposed to the legally mandated date of June 30, 2024. In doing so, authorized Purchase Orders were deleted from the accounting system, leaving School[Read More…]
Part 1! Next Up? Wildenhain & Grebien? And This. Weeks. City. Council. Meeting! Apparently, the honeymoon is over. We’ve received a dozen or so calls re: interpersonal issues between Chief Financial Officer Anthony Voccio, the recent hire from the Providence School Department and folks throughout the school district. More alarming? What appears to be the inability of School Committee[Read More…]
Flash! On the docket for the January 10, 2024 City Council Meeting? A proposed salary increase for Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien, from $80,000 to $150,000. The City Council President would see his salary increase to $15,000 from $8,000, and “regular” City Council Members from $13,000 from $7,000. What. Say. You? The City Council Meeting will convene at 7:00PM January[Read More…]
FLASH! IS A LEOBOR DEAL IN THE WORKS FOR PAWTUCKET POLICE OFFICER / CHILD SHOOTER PAWTUCKET POLICE OFFICER DANIEL DOLAN? WILL HE BE ALLOWED TO RETIRE IN EXCHANGE FOR …. ? WOULD A “RETIREMENT” or “RESIGNATION” ALLOW DOLAN TO WORK AS A POLICE OFFICER ELSEWHERE? Rumors are flying, from multiple off the record sources, that the[Read More…]
In a letter dated today, June 26, 2023, long time Principal Jacqueline Ash has retired from her post as the Principal of Charles E. Shea Senior High School. A 34 year Veteran of Pawtucket Public Schools, the highly regarded Ms. Ash leaves behind a School in turmoil, as the physical plant repairs necessary to avoid NEASC accreditation loss remain[Read More…]
Money For A Stadium But Not For Schools? As Recounted To The Coalition Radio Network: A “Special Meeting” of the Pawtucket City School Committee was held last night, (May 22, 2023) with a decidedly unhappy ending for Mayor Don Grebien. In attendance: While open to the public, the meeting was barely noticed, with only Pawtucket Union Leadership[Read More…]
And the door, as they say, has been left wide open. A statement from oft embattled Mayor Don Grebien on the prospects of filling the Congressional Seat vacated by Congressman David Cicilline … Congressman Cicilline has been a tremendous leader and a strong ally to the City of Pawtucket and while I am thrilled for him to be taking on[Read More…]
Editorial Note: When the principal City Council opponent, Councilman Clovis Gregor, announces publicly that he was not party to, or consulted in any “compromise”, one should question the veracity of the Mayor’s Statement. From The Office Of Mayor Don Grebien: On October 19, 2022, the Pawtucket City Council approved a compromise that saves a large original portion of Morley Field[Read More…]
COMMUNITY GATHERING TO “SAVE MORLEY FIELD” SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 4:00PM 94 MOSHASSUCK STREET, PAWTUCKET
Perhaps They Can Hold School At Tidewater Landing? From The Office Of Mayor Donald Grebien: “It has come to my attention that Winters Elementary School will not open on time tomorrow as had been promised to the community. There are a number of health and safety items that still need to be addressed. The City’s Fire Safety and Building Code[Read More…]
Cranston Mayor Schedules Presser to Challenge City Council Chair … Retribution? or Good Governance? He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]
In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should make clear that those responsible for ongoing atrocities and other[Read More…]
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