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BREEZE PHOTO BY ROBERT EMERSON
From left, yoga instructor JUDY SULLIVAN, LINDA LEBLANC, LIZ KERRIGAN and FERNANDA GASPAR take part in the
Yoga in the Park class on July 18. It was held at World War II Memorial Park. See more photos on page 12.
Neighborhood in 'chaos' as resident crusades to slow traffic
Mowry Road could go back to being a one-way
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Along
the side of a property at 45 Douglas
Pike stand about a dozen 5-foot metal
poles.
According to neighbors, the
poles, which are topped with small
By SANDY SEOANE
Valley Breeze Staff Writer
sandy@valleybreeze.com
American flags, are reinforced bars
with metal casings to make them
more durable, and difficult to bend
or remove.
Beneath the poles are large boul-
ders, and surveillance cameras face
the scene on nearby Mowry Road,
where drivers carefully navigate
the narrow entrance to the street. A
political poster supporting President
Donald Trump, several feet wide
with the slogan "Make America
Great Again," still hangs nearby.
"I've hit the flags up there," said
Mowry Road resident Dennis Mann.
"He's putting the American flag,
which I love, in harm's way."
The home, which belongs to
53-year-old Jason Richer, has become
a tense subject for neighbors, who for
the past four years have fought efforts
to turn Mowry into a one way road.
Richer bought the home in 2012, and
by 2013, his frustration with speed-
ers entering Mowry from Route 7
See TRAFFIC, Page 27
Summer stretch
WOONSOCKET – They descend-
ed on the city for a second consecu-
tive year with paint brushes, ham-
mers, and a Christian mission to help
others.
Group Mission Trips, a nonprofit
based in Colorado, brought 378
volunteers to Woonsocket this week
for a free home repair program to
improve 56 city homes over a few
days. The large majority were young
Christians who signed up for the pro-
gram through local churches across
the country.
"The rain was no stop for these
kids," said Meg Rego, director of
resource development and com-
Volunteers
from Christian
mission fix
56 local homes
By SANDY SEOANE
Valley Breeze Staff Writer
sandy@valleybreeze.com
See MISSION, Page 26
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