The Valley Breeze

Cumberland Hill residents agree to lessen tax burden on businesses

by MARCIA GREEN, Valley Breeze Editor

CUMBERLAND – Residents of the Cumberland Hill Fire District got together and voted themselves a little tax increase Monday night, repealing last November’s decision to sock businesses of the area with

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Lincoln police pact trims retiree benefits

by MEGHAN KAVANAUGH, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

LINCOLN - New police officers looking for maximum benefits must work longer before retiring under a new contract ratified by the Town Council Tuesday night.

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No. Smithfield proposes modest property tax cut

by SANDY PHANEUF, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

NORTH SMITHFIELD - Town residents could see a slight reduction in their taxes next year thanks to an uptick in revenue from new development and motor vehicle fees that have exceeded expectations.

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CHS ranked 34th of 51 Rhode Island high schools

Lincoln High School claims 11th spot on the list

by MARCIA GREEN, Valley Breeze Editor

CUMBERLAND - An online, statewide news agency, GoLocalProv.com, has mixed together test scores, local tax numbers, student-teacher ratios and graduation rates to rank Cumberland High School in the bot

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Budget scrutiny in Smithfield raises questions on the real administrative salaries

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by GERRY GOLDSTEIN, Valley Breeze & Observer Correspondent

SMITHFIELD - Rebuffed by the Town Council in its request for an additional $105,000, the School Committee at its May 21 meeting will discuss whether to take its plea directly to the public at the June

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Enright, Carrignan top LHS Class of 2012

LINCOLN - Dory E. Enright is the valedictorian, and Jessica A.

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Viaduct detour enough to deter restaurant patrons

But state says construction is running ahead of schedule

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by GERRY GOLDSTEIN, Valley Breeze & Observer Correspondent

SMITHFIELD - Even if you're the conservative type who doesn't cross your bridges until you come to them, there's one span in town that will stop you cold - and business volume at two nearby restaurant

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Nary a nay at Monday's Lincoln FTM

by MEGHAN KAVANAUGH, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

LINCOLN - Save for the Budget Board's removal of a $34,000 resolution for heart monitoring equipment because of an unavailable grant, the budget remained unchanged at Monday night's Financial Town Mee

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Cumberland's political boundaries shift with new district maps

Some voters to see change in Town Council, School Committee representatives

by MARCIA GREEN, Valley Breeze Editor

CUMBERLAND - Town officials are finishing up a dramatic reworking of the five Town Council and school districts, shifting around political boundaries for the first time in years.

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Modest tax increase expected under proposed Cumberland budget

by MARCIA GREEN, Valley Breeze Editor

CUMBERLAND - The proposed 2012-13 budget plan, designed with recession-weary taxpayers in mind, would nudge taxes up only slightly, town officials said this week.

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NPHS names Corsini and Breggia top students

NORTH PROVIDENCE - Emily Corsini is the valedictorian, and Alessandra Breggia is the salutatorian of the North Providence High School Class of 2012.

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UPDATE: Grebien proposes 80-cent tax increase

Average homeowner would see increase of $109

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by ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

PAWTUCKET – Over the course of two budget meetings this week, City Council members were able to find a number of items that could be cut within Mayor Don Grebien's budget proposal.

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VIDEO: Despite 2009 improvements, more accidents happening on Fruit Hill Avenue

Construction of roundabout at Olney to start by next month

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by ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

NORTH PROVIDENCE - In 2009, the state Department of Transportation reconstructed a particularly dangerous portion of Fruit Hill Avenue.

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Cherry Blossom Festival, Navigant Running Festival coming this weekend

PAWTUCKET - The Rhode Island Cherry Blossom Festival bursts back onto the scene this Saturday, May 19, but a smorgasbord of festivities will last the whole weekend along Roosevelt Avenue in Pawtucket

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AT THE MOVIES - Tim Burton's 'Dark Shadows' is stylish but hollow

by Aimee O'Connor

**1/2 "Dark Shadows"

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MARC DION - Stranger in a fat land

"Bass ackwards," my old man would say, using a polite '50s locution to describe my way of going through life.

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Skishing for stripers

Daring angler plunges into extreme fishing

by PAUL R. DUBOIS, Breeze Sports Editor

You sit back almost as though you're in a recliner, but you're by yourself in an ocean current, surrounded by darkness when suddenly, a denizen from the deep strikes, lurching you forward and literall

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Car drives through Front Street business

by MEGHAN KAVANAUGH, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

LINCOLN - No one was injured on Monday afternoon when a Lincoln woman drove a car through the front of a Lincoln Shopping Center business on Front Street, Police Chief Brian Sullivan said this week.

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New life for the Desurmont Mill on Fairmount St.

by SANDY PHANEUF, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

WOONSOCKET - A historic former mill will once again be used for manufacturing, returning a hulking 300,000 square-foot space to its original purpose.

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Zabinski Music Studio expands to meet rising demand

PAWTUCKET - Less than 18 months after joining the family business with a music studio of their own, twin sisters Rebekah and Esther Zabinksi have already expanded inside the Hope Artiste Village, 999

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