Community Corner

Trash Delayed, Icy Weather, Tree Collect, Special Elect

Trash Schedule delay - Since Fridays route would have been Thursdays collection due to the New Year holiday, the cancelation will push collection back another day:

  • Monday Jan 6 through Friday Jan 10 will be delayed by one day. (The delay next week will also be for Bulk Item collection.)
Icy weather: Yesterday's rainfall and temperatures in the snow-melting 50 degree range are all over - there'll be below freezing temperatures again for the next few days

Bring out yer' trees... The City of Woonsocket's Public Services Division will be picking up discarded Christmas Trees  through Friday, Jan. 17. 

Take off the decorations before you set them at the curb.

Special Election -The special election brewing to fill the Dist. 49 seat vacated by new Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt will pit three candidates against each other in the Jan. 21 primary.

Ghost Army - Now through Jan. 31, the Museum of Work & Culture, in conjunction with the BVTC, present a special Ghost Army Exhibit, at the Museum, located at Market Square in Woonsocket. See special interpretive display telling true story of city's connection to a secret World War II mission. Information at Rhode Island Historical Society website.  


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