BREEZE PHOTOS BY BILL MURPHY
EVAN VAUDRY, 6, left, of Cumberland, gets a hug from his friend TEDDY PARKER,
also 6 and of Cumberland, at Sunday's wish reveal party for Evan's new ADA-
accessible log cabin, hosted by Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Lincoln
school
officials
get raises
LINCOLN – Some admin-
istrators in the Lincoln School
Department will see raises, but not
until after what's being described
as a "budget freeze."
School
Committee
Chairwoman
Kristine
Donabedian
explained that
several adminis-
trators' contracts
were approved,
which included
1.75 percent increases in salaries,
but those raises will be postponed
until the Rhode Island General
Assembly determines how much
to fund state aid to education.
The Assembly failed to enact
a state budget for the fiscal year
that began July 1, a budget that
includes the local educational
funding.
Donabedian explained after
Monday night's School Committee
meeting that the board discussed
how to "weather this impact" of
uncertainty about state aid funding.
By BRITTANY BALLANTYNE
Valley Breeze Staff Writer
brittany@valleybreeze.com
Bikepath
growing,
one segment
at a time
It is not yet the envisioned
48-mile dedicated path from
Providence to Worcester, Mass.,
but the Blackstone River Bikeway
is growing, with several new sec-
tions completed in the past year,
and many more on track for con-
struction in the near future.
"It's a very excit-
ing time for those
who cherish the
Blackstone River
Bikeway," said
Megan DiPrete,
executive direc-
tor of Blackstone
Heritage Corridor
Inc., a nonprofit
that works in partnership with the
National Park Service to preserve
and promote the Blackstone River
Valley. The two-state region was
named a National Park in 2014,
and BHC aims to continue devel-
opment of long-term assets like the
growing bike path.
"The pieces are really beginning
to come together," DiPrete said.
In Providence, the bikeway,
which winds through much of
northern Rhode Island along the
Blackstone River, was recently
connected to the East Bay Bike
By SANDY SEOANE
Valley Breeze Staff Writer
sandy@valleybreeze.com
A log cabin for Evan
Cumberland Hill 1st-grader with SMA invites
friends to join him in his donated playhouse
CUMBERLAND – Stroll into the
Vaudry's backyard, and you'll find
a small log cabin among the trees,
a little getaway for 6-year-old Evan
Vaudry, a student at Cumberland Hill
Elementary School.
The playhouse, built of pine, is
equipped with a front porch and
By BRITTANY BALLANTYNE
Valley Breeze Staff Writer
brittany@valleybreeze.com
See CABIN, Page 12
DIPRETE
The new LOG CABIN awaits a ribbon
cutting Sunday and hours of play time,
at the Cumberland home of Evan Vaudry.
See BIKE PATH, Page 14
See RAISES, Page 7
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