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Opinion Piece: Hasbo’s Departure is a Failure of Leadership – Adam Greenman: Candidate for Mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island

  Hasbro’s Departure is a Failure of Leadership   Hasbro has been part of our city for over a century. Toys and games carried Pawtucket’s name into households globally while here at home the company employed thousands. Since the news…

Good Job Grebs’! Reactions to the Worst Kept Secret in Rhode Island. Hasbro is Outta Here! Are There Ramifications for Generational Failures CommerceRI & Mayor Don Grebien

How Long Has Dan McKee Known?   In an announcement described as the “Worst Kept Secret” in recent Rhode Island History, Hasbro Corporation formally revealed that it is, in fact, moving its Corporate Headquarters to Boston, Massachusetts. This is the…

Benjamin Evans: Deny J.K. Equities’ Second Request for an Extension of Their Preliminary Plan to Pave Morley Field

Morley Field-Pawtucket, Rhode Island This Letter is Printed, with permission from the author: Attorney/Community Activist Benjamin Evans Dear Senior City Planner Pettinato and Pawtucket Planning Commission members, I was surprised to see on your agenda for August 19th that J.K. Equities is…

Kelly Morris Salvatore Continues to Show Up … Everywhere. That Is, Wherever the Blood Money Lies.

    A shout out to my fellow Cumberlandites? Cumbys? In a manner not unlike a cross over episode of The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family … guess who is the attorney for arguably one one of the most…

Activist Harrison Tuttle Issues Statement to Pawtucket City Council on Morley Field

  Community Leader Harrison Tuttle penned a letter to the embattled Pawtucket, Rhode Island City Council … in anticipation of tonight’s landmark meeting on the future of the much-villified Tax Stabilization Agreement with Long Island based JK Equities, on the…

Morley Field! Pawtucket City Council Hero Clovis Gregor Posts Missive to City Council Citing Severe Risks of Environmental Contamination

        In anticipation of a seminal August 6 Pawtucket City Council Meeting, Morley Field Activist/Stalwart/Pawtucket City Councilman has submitted the follow letter to Pawtucket City Council President Terrence “Terry” Mercer, specifically addressing the now infamous Tax Stabilization…

ICYMI: Amo Joins MSNBC’s ‘The Weekend’ to Ring Economic Alarm About Trump’s Tariffs and Big, Ugly Bill

In an appearance on MSNBC’s ‘The Weekend’, Rhode Island Congressman Gabe Amo sounded off to ring the Economic Alarm about Trump’s Tariffs and the “Big, Ugly Bill”.  “Amo shared how Rhode Island manufacturers are hurt by Trump’s dangerous economic policies“…

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Should Press US on Immigration Policies-Human Rights Watch

  90 Rights Groups Write Soccer Leaders Over Rights Risks For 2026 World Cup FIFA, the world soccer governing body, should press the Trump administration to reverse immigration policies that create serious human rights risks around the 2026 World Cup,…

Let’s Cut Those Electric Bills! The Rhode Island Republican House Minority Caucus Media Briefing: A Discussion of Legislative Efforts to Create Energy Reform & Cost Savings for Rhode Island Ratepayers

  Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives House Minority Caucus addressed the media, Thursday, May 29, presenting a markedly different perspective on the factors underlying ballooning utility prices. With Rhode Island Energy Disconnect/Shut Off notices recently issued, the…

Dismissed Pawtucket Schools Superintendent Sues The Valley Breeze for Defamation: “Minimum Potential of Economic Damage Assessed at $2 Million Dollars”

      “In fact, the Valley Breeze, in publishing these false statements, acted with serious doubts about the truth about many statements, or worse, intentionally lied in publishing these statements” – Patricia Royal, Plaintiff v. Valley Breeze   Former…

Libertarian Mutual Aid to Participate in 401Gives! “Sister Effort” of CoalitionNews Seeks Support for “Water Project”

  Libertarian Mutual Aid – The Mission Libertarian Mutual Aid embraces the vision of Mutual Aid: an organizational model where voluntary, collaborative exchanges of resources and services for common benefit take place amongst community. And in doing so, seeks to…

Pawtucket School Committee-Donald Grebien Chair-Facilities Subcommittee-Building Workgroup March 6, 2025 Meeting? Conspicuously Absent? Mayor/School Committee Chair Grebien Plus! Any Representation From The Pawtucket City Council

  The somewhat awkwardly named – Pawtucket School Committee Facilities Subcommittee-Other Projects – established to give oversight/insight into the Unified High School (As opposed to the Pawtucket School Committee School Department Facilities Committee- Unified High School)  to Mayor/School Committee Chair…

Let Me Get This Straight … The Pawtucket School Committee Pulled Someone Off Medical Leave … For a Day? To Replace a School Superintendent Who Was Out on Yes, Medical Leave?

First? Let’s give credit where credit is due. The unrelenting, unapologetic advocacy of Pawtucket Activist Khrystyne Bento, mixed with a dose of shame delivered by Pawtucket City Councilman Clovis Gregor appears to have had a devastating effect on … the…

Statement: Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo Blasts Secretary Rubio’s Failure to Respond

  Secretary Rubio missed Amo’s deadline to provide clarity on foreign aid, State Department, and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workforce From The Office of Congressman Gabe Amo:   Vice Ranking Member Gabe Amo (RI-01) released the following statement in…

Press Release: BLM RI PAC Calls Out Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency for Lack of Transparency & Financial Mismanagement

Statement: Harrison Tuttle-BLM RI PAC Black Lives Matter Rhode Island PAC (BLM RI PAC) is calling attention to the Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency’s (PRA) failure to comply with public records laws after withholding financial documents requested over two weeks ago. The requested…

Black Lives Matter Rhode Island PAC President Tuttle Urges Pawtucket Compliance with RIACLU Proposed Immigration Protection Ordinance

  Harrison Tuttle, President of Black Lives Matter RI PAC, addressed Pawtucket, Rhode Island Mayor Donald Grebien, and the Pawtucket, Rhode Island City Council today, in a letter urging the adoption of the ACLU Proposed Immigration Protection Ordinance. Per Mr….