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  1. Providence Resources

    in Providence

    Posted

    I'm gonna put this here, too, cuz I think it's a very important resource for everybody with a locally-oriented website to know about. RhodeB.us is a little hack that lets you bookmark specific RIPTA schedules. Go ahead and replace your apology for the RIPTA site with links that are actually useful! This is how I used them on Pawtucket Now.

  7. PAWTUCKET STATION THREATENED

    in Pawtucket and Blackstone Valley

    Posted

    So the fix is in? How far along in the planning stages is the Central Falls stop to the north? What is the City of Pawtucket's position on this?

    So far as I understand, there's a lot of moving part and the depot building itself is the least malleable of those parts. It's in private hands, and we failed in the effort to take it by eminent domain. There's still ongoing efforts to rehab the building and include it in the overall plan, but The City doesn't hold very many cards. If we're not "drawing dead," we definitely need to "catch a card on the river."

    "The fix is in," is far afield, IMO. More like "Tried. Failed. Next."

    The main priority for The City is getting the train to stop, which is not any kind of a done deal. Amtrak wants a fourth line installed so the T won't stop on the main line. Never mind that it stops on the main line in Attleboro two miles up the track. Amtrak doesn't own that part of the line, so they can't make that demand. They DO own all the track through Pawtucket, so it's their prerogative to mess with our deal.

    As John Lennon said, "Possession is 9/10ths of the problem."

    Your question re: the north-of-the-depot site is apt, because it's, uh, problematic. Take a walk up there and think about adding a 4th line. You'll quickly see that it's a tight fit. I've heard some talk about the other site again, the one south of Union Wadding, same place they wanted to put the trash transfer deal. Plenty of space there for a 4th line. Except then you'd have to move a working freight yard.

    If you haven't noticed, the Northeast is already chockablock with infrastructure. There's practically no unbuilt space, so adding more is like playing whack-a-mole. Something as heavy as commuter rail is a big, big deal.

    Er, project.

    So there's more study money they're trying to get from the Feds to study the 4th line issue. 'Cept that money comes from the US Congress in the next budget. And that budget is in limbo with a series of Continuing Resolutions funding existing programs while the Democans and Republicrats duke it out for supreme control of the universe. Once they settle that, we can look at our train tracks again.

    Does that clear things up?

  11. PAWTUCKET STATION THREATENED

    in Pawtucket and Blackstone Valley

    Posted

    I also hope that the CF people who approved this kind of demo be dismissed from their posts for reasons of overwhelming incompetence.

    Check out the third photo down in my Bucket Blog post. The guy on the cell phone is Todd Olbrich, CF building inspector. The very same Todd Olbrich who, when serving as a Pawtucket building inspector years ago, bogusly issued the Certificate of Zoning Compliance to the Trashfer station developers that we're now fighting in court.

    You can't make this stuff up.

    I also posted photographs to the Pawtucket Flickr Group.

  12. PAWTUCKET STATION THREATENED

    in Pawtucket and Blackstone Valley

    Posted

    CVS Media Relations Contacts

    The following contacts are intended for media members. Customer-service related e-mails sent to the contacts below may not reach the appropriate party.

    Erin Pensa

    Public Relations Manager

    Phone: 401-770-4786

    Fax: 401-762-9227

    [email protected]

    Mike DeAngelis

    Manager, Corporate Communications

    Phone: 401-770-2645

    Fax: 401-762-9227

    [email protected]

    Eileen Dunn

    VP, Corporate Communications & Community Relations

    Phone: 401-770-4561

    Fax: 401-762-9227

    [email protected]

    Carolyn Castel

    Director, Corporate Communications

    Phone: 401-770-5717

    Fax: 401-762-9227

  16. The Bucket Forum

    in Pawtucket and Blackstone Valley

    Posted · Edited by frymasterspeck

    Is there a public pool for Pawtucket residents?

    There is a pool in Fairlawn Veterans Memorial Park off Smithfield Ave south of Mineral Spring Ave. Google Map

    I found this info about a 2001 rehab grant on the US Interior Department's National Business Center website.

    Encouraging Recreation on Public Lands

    * Pawtucket - Fairlawn Veteran's Memorial Park: 2001 Urban Park And Recreation Restoration Grant Program (NPS): T his effort rehabilitated a 25-year old swimming pool and bathhouse, the only remaining public swimming facility in the city. A playground that was severely damaged by fire 4 years ago will also be replaced.

  19. The Bucket Forum

    in Pawtucket and Blackstone Valley

    Posted

    We are required to seek bids and yes, its the lowest bid that will usually get chosen.

    OMG!!!!!!!

    You actually paid somebody to do that! Waste of Money!!!

    It looks like somebody in City Hall was building websites in, say, 1996 and had one leftover. Donated it for the tax deduction.

    Makes you, us, the whole effing town look like a bunch of hapless losers.

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