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CHARLES LAWRENCE
Dog lovers gather at
the Pawtucket Dog
Park at Slater Park in
Pawtucket on Sunday.
MADISON POWERS,
of East Providence,
kneeling, DIANE
HALLSTROM, of
Pawtucket, center, and
MIKE SANOCKI, also
of Pawtucket, all agree
this is a great way
to make friends and
said it's safe because
everyone keeps their
distance.
PAWTUCKET – The site of a for-
mer church rectory and convent on
busy Newport Avenue could soon be
converted into a new 7-Eleven conve-
nience store and gas station.
The vacant site, at 1253 Newport
Ave. across from St. Cecilia Church
and the former Howell Smith Druggist
at the intersection of Central Avenue,
measures 1.42 acres and had previous-
ly been targeted for a new commercial
building with three or four tenants,
possibly including a financial institu-
tion, coffee shop, auto parts store or
similar retail store. All traffic from any
development is expected to enter and
exit from Newport Avenue only.
The owner of the parcels, John
Martins Realty LLC, was granted
approval to demolish all existing struc-
tures in October of 2018, and the City
Council approved a petition to rezone
them from residential two-family to
commercial general two months later.
Answering City Council President
David Moran's request for an update
on the property, Assistant Director
of Planning and Redevelopment Jay
Rosa provided a memo from the own-
7-Eleven
expected
at former
church
property
By ETHAN SHOREY
Valley Breeze Editor
ethan@valleybreeze.com
See PROPERTY, Page 8
PAWTUCKET – Artist Kit
Collins says she wants her new
mural at Payne Park in the
Woodlawn neighborhood in
Pawtucket, which features iconic
city buildings and the Blackstone
River, to serve as a colorful back-
drop for park-goers or viewed
closely as an "I Spy" game of sorts
for local residents.
"It was my goal to create a
design that, ultimately, would read
as a showcase
and celebration
of Pawtucket and
the Woodlawn
neighborhood,"
Collins said in her
winning proposal,
adding that she
hopes commu-
nity members can
enjoy it "either simply as a color-
ful, family-friendly composition or
as a series of illustrative local por-
traits in which they might recog-
nize a piece of their community."
Winning mural design
incorporates iconic
Pawtucket architecture
By MELANIE THIBEAULT
Valley Breeze Staff Writer
melanie@valleybreeze.com
See MURAL, Page 24
COLLINS
PAWTUCKET – City Councilor
Mark Wildenhain will ask his col-
leagues to approve a resolution
tonight, July 8, asking the Rhode
Island General Assembly to draft
Council will
consider
resolution
seeking
fireworks ban
By ETHAN SHOREY
Valley Breeze Editor
ethan@valleybreeze.com
See FIREWORKS, Page 9
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