Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 7th of August.
Good morning, Providence.
After Labor Day, the Olneyville library branch will close at its Olneyville Square site and move to a new location inside the Joslin Recreation Center (half a mile away).
The change aims to improve pedestrian safety, especially for children.
Unionized library workers and community members gathered at the South Providence branch on Aug.
4 to hold an informational picket over proposed hour changes + The Undertow Brass Band joined the event to support the workers.
Electric Boat president Mark Rayha announced on Thursday, Aug.
6 that the company is hiring for submarine-contract positions tied to a $76 billion project. Eligible applicants can now apply to join the effort.
Mainelli’s, the only Providence restaurant featured on Restaurant Impossible, saw celebrity chef Robert Irvine simplify its menu and decor during his Jan.
26 visit; the restaurant closed early 2012 and now the Chalkstone Ave location hosts Machupicchu Restaurant II.
Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket will host the Rhode Island Lights Festival from Nov.
27 to Jan. 3, featuring sparkling light displays, food, holiday shopping with local vendors+heated igloos and a visit from Santa Claus.
The Steel Yard in Providence is turning a sunken crane from the river into public art as part of its workforce program — students are using recycled steel to create a welcome sign and park features near the waterfront entrance on Public Street, and the project will take about a month.
Rising sophomore Justin Dunn designed and taught a summer program at the Providence Public Library to help local teens improve their reading, writing, and conversation skills.
He will join Brown English for Speakers of Other Languages in the fall (supporting community newcomers).
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