Of course you don’t. That’s because it’s gone. What is it that is gone?
The “Opening 2008” sign at the Division Street HotelYep, the City has exercised it’s right to reclaim the property from Division Street Hotel LLC (DSH). The first order of business [...]
The City Council has arranged for a Taxpayer Information Session to be held on September 2nd starting at 6pm. The session will be held at Varieur School, 486 Pleasant St, Pawtucket, RI.
Vision Appraisal, who conducted the recent revaluation, will explain the state mandated revaluation process. Officials from the [...]
I’ve been getting some early info on ROCKTUCKET – the Main Street block party on Sunday, Sept. 6, 4 – 11 pm. (No worries. That’s Labor Day weekend, so it’s not a ’school nite’.) There’s more I don’t know than I do, so you’ll just have to wait for more [...]
If you didn’t see J’s comment (that sounds familiar…), tonight’s City Council meeting (7pm, City Hall) will include a public hearing on the issue of returning the “200″ block of Main Street to 2-way traffic. There is evidence that some of the brighter minds in town will lobby for a [...]
If you didn’t see J’s comment from two posts back, highchair designhaus is hosting an events calendar of their own creation. It’s called Live Pawtucket, and the brand name seems to play the ambiguity between “live” as in “I live in Pawtucket” and “live” as in “live, on [...]
Over the past year or so, this blog has occasionally generated warnings from people’s anti-malware systems. These annoying “iframes” hacks have been seriously problematic. Fortunately, I upgraded Wordpress today and, as I was going through the various folders, I found the specific files that had been hacked. They have all [...]
This is a really quick update to let you know about two significant additions to the Pawtucket Now community wiki:
First, we have a Neighborhood Map. There’s a screen-grab on the Neighborhood Page, but the live map is on Google Maps. Use the Discussion tab on the wiki [...]
There will be a special session of the Pawtucket City Council tonight at 7pm at City Hall. The agenda includes a public hearing on amendments to the city’s operating budget. Read the agenda on the Pawtucket Now wiki.
[...]One of these reviews has been rolling around in my head for some time. And the other is rolling around in my belly right now.
Rosinha’sWhen you go to Rosinha’s for dinner – not if, when – give yourself plenty of time. Really good food takes time to prepare and it [...]
Who: You
What: Attend a political meeting
When: 5 – 6:30 pm
Where: New Commons, 545 Pawtucket Ave, #106A (Google Map)
Why: Because you want to make Pawtucket a better place…
How: …through technology, volunteerism and elected office
Introductions – Who are we?
Inventory of Capabilities – What can [...]
Many Bucketeers have wondered for quite some time the status of the Division Street Hotel (or lack thereof). I happened to be reviewing the docket for tomorrow nights (Wednesday, June 10th) City Council Meeting. This entry caught my eye:
6:15 PM – PRE-COUNCIL – Moses and Afonso, Counselors at Law – [...]
Having recently become interested in how our local government works I have tried my best to be as active as time permits. I have attended City Council Meetings, attended meetings regarding our failing I-95 bridge, and attended the Mayors Neighborhood Summit Meeting. I have sought out neighborhood information. I [...]
I attended the 7th Annual Neighborhood Summit meeting last evening at the Woodlawn Community Center. I was disappointed.
The attendance was dismal. This could be attributed to the lack of advertising about this event. I happened to know about the event when I stumbled upon it with a three line [...]
Have I ever mentioned how much I like the Blackstone Valley Bike Path? Perhaps I have. Well, I still like it. A lot. On a nice, warm, sunny day like this, it is extra, extra awesome.
We pulled up to Riverz Edge Arts Project, an after school program for teens in [...]
Okay, I may not be writing pre-event, but it’s not post-event either. I guess this is a mid-event report.
National Bike to Work Day started off with a set of “bike trains” converging on Market Square (next to the RISD Aud) for a massive rally. Naturally, it rained, so turn [...]
For some reason I still can’t fathom, I attended last week’s meeting of the City Council. (It’s where I wrote most of the recent bridge 550 post.) This was my first experience with the current City Council, and I have to admit - with much surprise - that I was [...]
The bridge design meeting was informative the way a college lecture is informative, but also fun to the same degree. There was much referring to “my good friend” and a lot of talk about private phone calls that were at the core of the project.
Which is my point exactly, but I [...]
Here’s the video I promised, direct from the Better Late Than Never Department.
[...]Two items of note.
1 - City Council meeting TONIGHT has an interesting $119,000,000 bond refinance item to buy Pawtucket Water from the Pawtucket Public Buildings Authority. A hundred and nineteen million. No easy link to the docket, but go to our page on ClerkBase, and click the City Council [...]
On Tuesday, April 28th from 6 - 8 pm at the Visitors Center Theatre the Mayor’s Bridge 550 Task Force presents the design of the bridge to the public.
Richard Kazarian to describe history, process, results, and future of project
Seething AnalysisOver a year ago, I wrote this:
Pleasant St becomes a [...]
Last weekend, I got sold-out of the Japanther/What Cheer/Ninjasonik/Math show at Firehouse #13, so I beat cheeks back to The Bucket to catch 6SF at MwM. It was more age-appropriate for me, anyhow. In true Einstein fashion, I paid my $10, got on a really long line for a beer, [...]
It’s been nearly a week since I posted the Pawtucket Now! wiki and political movement survey, and the response has been underwhelming. I got more than zero entries, but less than the number I had in mind. Sincere thanks to those who responded. The survey is still open, [...]
Saturday afternoon I drove past the East Ave Cafe and saw this sign. Wha? That makes no sense.
From Film Production at East Ave CafeBut Sunday morning, the dozen or so tractor-trailers surrounding the area made it all clear - film production. When I got home [...]
Okay, kids, here we go. I’m ready to go the whole hog, including the postage.
I scooped up the domain PawtucketNow.org and installed MediaWiki, the software behind Wikipedia. In truth, I want PawtucketNow.org to be a community wiki like this awesome one in Davis, CA. But that will [...]
John S., one of the Three Bucketeers, has decided to get active in community politics, so he went to last night’s Pawtucket City Council meeting. And he covered the HELL out of it on his blog.
Truly, he is a friend that sits through an entire City Council meeting [...]
There’s a nifty little website called StimlusWatch.org that tracks infrastructure projects funded by the Obama stimulus package. Here’s the list of Pawtucket project - 9 items totalling $6,000,000. Compare that to Providence’s list - 81 projects totalling about $585,000,000.
That’s 9 times more projects totaling roughly 100 times the [...]
Just a quick FYI - I’ve been trying to reach Sewers & Sanitation. Finally got a live human on the phone, and many or even most departments are without telephone communications. My source had no information on cause or estimated time of repairs, which are ongoing.
Too bad The City doesn’t [...]
This is a Google search for “i-95 bridge task force pawtucket.” Other than Friday’s story in the P-Times and my own scribblings, I see no current or recently past info on this project.
I guess they never really claimed it would be an open process. A year ago [...]
I took Tim up on his invitation to come meet him and the town Republicans. For the record, it’s a hell of a lot more contact than I’ve gotten from the Democrats. Besides, how can I miss out on the meeting of a party that can boast a membership of [...]
Short and to the point.
Got an interesting email from a member of the Pawtucket Republican City Committee inviting me to their meeting this Thursday at 7 pm in the Pawtucket Public Library Auditorium. I’m considering dropping in to chat, but it reminded me to say this:
I have studiously avoided the [...]
I mentioned that I’ve moved to New Commons full time and that my bit is the technology/communications/technology for communications. I give a workshop on web 2.0 every once and again, and the next one is tomorrow morning, 2/25 at 8:30.
I have some open seats, so I thought [...]
On my way out of Kafe Lila I ran into three young Providencian art types who were assembling a wooden framework of some sort. They said they are building a white box in which they will develop a scenario, hoping that people will enter the box and interact. It sounds [...]
Like many of my posts, this one has been bubbling in my head for a while, but something that occured yesterday evening triggered my need to write. I was at Green Drinks at Firehouse 13, networking all about the sustainable energy whatnot, and I’m talking with this guy who’s [...]
I just ordered my advance tix for tonight’s Sensual Machine Music at Machines with Magnets. The line up is:
Lusine The Sight Below Area CThe top two are from Seattle but record for Ann Arbor-based Ghostly International. Area C is/are local lad(s), depending on [...]
ZOMG! Somehow, the settings got changed to require login in order to comment.
Apologies to one and all. That’s not our style around here.
But why didn’t anybody tell me?
As you were…
[...]There’s an old saying in political circles:
In a democracy, you always get the government you deserve.
Sadly, our situation proves that saying to be entirely accurate. Not to put too fine a point on it, but our government sucks. And if the saying above is in fact accurate, well that means [...]
As some of you already know, I’ve merged operations of Real Advertising with New Commons, the Providence think tank so often mentioned in these pages. As a result, I’ve given up my office in the Grant and am making the agonizing commuting to all the way to Providence on [...]
Friday afternoon’s drama at 5 Daniels is about the best story I’ve seen come out of Pawtucket since the CF Panthers over the summer. Aside from the fact that our thief hit this one block half-a-dozen times in the last six weeks, everything went right. I’ve had some [...]
[Temporary, I hope, apology that I don't have a picture. If you've got a good one, please contribute it so I can take this down.]
Last weekend saw the new Wintertime Farmers Market at Hope Something Village build on its jam-packed opening on December 6th. The 3-hour session sees [...]
Three weeks certainly isn’t the longest hiatus I’ve taken, but it’s up there. Didn’t something happen since last we spoke? Oh, right…that election thingee. America votes for change, but Pawtucket gets more of the same. Meh.
From the Late Notice DepartmentWant to be part of the widespread outbreak of a [...]
For those who didn’t get into the Mayoral Candidates Forum at the Gamm, the folks over at PADS have posted the video over on their siterent a car bulgaria. I can hardly stomach any of it, myself, as I find both candidates sorely lacking. But this video is [...]
Thanks to Pat Zachs, who found this on Don Grebien’s website, we now know that there will be a third Mayoral debate tonight at City Hall.
The third and final debate of Pawtucket’s 2008 mayoral campaign will be held tonight (Oct. 21) at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chamber in [...]
I said ландшафтhere, “I swear I’m gonna come out there an’ smack anybody who makes a stupid crack about that Happy Days spin-off.”
Can you believe it’s these guys? I can. More of my thoughts on them here.
And if I get another snarky email, it’s going right [...]
This is apropos of nothing but the holiday, but I thought I’d share this story.
Several years ago, I lived “off Hope” in a neighborhood that was an interesting mix of African-Americans, Hasidic Jews and lesbians. One of the more colorful Jews had a beat up old station wagon festooned with [...]
I’m just gonna post this press release, cuz anything I say will only detract from the power of this story.
Fourth Grader’s Letter Inspires $110,000 Grant, New School PlaygroundThe Learning Community honors literacy as tool for change;
Lowe’s travels to Central Falls to meet students, celebrate playgroundCENTRAL FALLS, R.I., September [...]
[I'll update this story as I get more information.]
I just got a warning shot that PADS is organizing a Mayoral Forum on October 7th at 6:30 pm at the Gamm Theater.
I watched the candidates on the Glenn Medieros show and could only stomach a few minutes. Each predicted catastrophe if [...]
I’m not the kind of blogger that just re-hashes MSM coverage of a story. But in this case, I just need to extend their coverage of the Blackstone Valley’s certification in the Keep America Beautiful program.
Not mentioned there is our old friend Kristin Zawistowksi, the VISTA worker who piloted [...]
For over a decade, I’ve advised my clients that “your website says everything you have to say - whether you intend it to or not.” That is, the choices an organization makes in creating their website says pretty much everything you’d want to know about them.
I’ve railed about how bad [...]
