BREEZE PHOTO BY CHARLES LAWRENCE
NAYSHA BRITO, 10, of Providence, enjoys the cooling waters of the Wenscott
Reservoir at Notte Park in North Providence last Sunday. She says she likes the
water but is looking forward to going back to school because she misses her friends.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Town
officials say they were routinely hear-
ing from visitors to the Notte Park
beach off Douglas Avenue that they'd
seen lower beach fees advertised on
various websites, with some of those
inaccurate fee schedules dating back a
decade ago.
Recreation Director Lois Barbieri
said she was regularly telling visitors
that the town can't control the prices
that other sites list.
"All we can control are our own,"
she said.
To counter the arguments, the town
has now posted its fee schedule on its
website so there's no question how
much it costs to use the beach.
The fees are now plainly spelled out
as follows:
Town posts
beach fees
to counter
conflicting info
By ETHAN SHOREY
Valley Breeze Editor
ethan@valleybreeze.com
NORTH PROVIDENCE –
Officers from the North Providence
Police Department made four arrests
of residents for setting off illegal fire-
works displays in June, according to
Chief Arthur Martins.
Those arrests were part of a larger
effort to protect safety and quality of
life for residents, he
said.
Police responded
to:
• One fireworks
complaint call during
the first week of June.
• 28 calls during the
second week of June.
• 57 calls during the
third week of June.
• 39 calls during the fourth week of
June.
• And 23 calls from June 28
through last Friday, July 3.
Martins said he expected quite
a few calls over the Fourth of July
weekend, but those numbers weren't
available as of press time. Calls for
service seemingly peaked in the
middle of June, Martins said.
What police discovered was that
many residents have been reporting
calls from neighboring Providence,
Police answer calls on fireworks, make arrests
By ETHAN SHOREY
Valley Breeze Editor
ethan@valleybreeze.com
• North Providence residents, with
proof of residency, get in for $2 per
person or $4 per carload daily and
on weekends. A season pass, for resi-
dents only, is $20, with a limit of six
people.
• Seniors age 55 and older and
those who are handicapped get in for
NORTH PROVIDENCE – A
small but key connection point
between North Providence and
Johnston, allowing motorists to
avoid significant rush hour traffic
on Route 44, has been shut down
for the next two years.
Effective last Thursday, July 2,
the Rhode Island Department of
Transportation announced that the
Greystone Sluiceway Bridge on the
Johnston/North Providence line
would be shut down to protect pub-
lic safety after dozens of overweight
trucks were seen crossing the struc-
turally deficient span, which has a
weight restriction of three tons.
Based on the condition of the
bridge and the number and type of
overweight vehicles being driven
across the bridge by people ignor-
ing posted signs, RIDOT decided
to close the bridge until it can be
replaced. The structure is currently
funded for $2 million for recon-
struction in 2022.
A pickup truck weighs about half
of the three tons, meaning most
larger trucks are prohibited from
crossing the bridge, but that didn't
stop drivers of nearly 100 over-
weight vehicles from crossing the
bridge during a RIDOT count on a
day in late May.
During other spot inspections,
RIDOT representatives saw similar
Bridge
connecting
NP, Johnston
shut down
By ETHAN SHOREY
Valley Breeze Editor
ethan@valleybreeze.com
MARTINS
See NOTTE PARK, Page 6
See BRIDGE, Page 10
See FIREWORKS, Page 7
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