🌱 Mayor Wants Your Input + Did You Buy A Cuckoo Clock Lately?

Happy Thursday, Woonsocket! Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt wants to get residents involved in directing the course for land use and development. Also, a North Attleborough couple is trying to find its heirloom cuckoo clock. Finally, the library is holding vaccination clinics.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cold. High: 28 Low: 20.

Here are the top five stories in Woonsocket today:

1. Did you know that Woonsocket has a “long-term guide for land use and development over the next 20 years?” On Wednesday, Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt announced that there’s an update to it. “Many of our residents grew up in Woonsocket and worry their children won’t stay for a variety of reasons. This plan gives us the chance to have meaningful conversations about our community, tackle hard issues, and develop solutions that will ensure Woonsocket remains an attractive place to put down roots,” she noted. You can provide input on what’s important to you. (ABC)
2. We learned last week that a cuckoo clock went missing from "Just Clocks" on Washington Street in North Attleborough. The owners took it there for repairs. When they came to reclaim it, the clock had been sold! If you bought this heirloom clock, or know who did, please reach out with the information! "I'd like to think it's an honest mistake and by getting some attention, the person that bought it in good faith will say, 'Oh geez, I didn't know,' and they'll return it," one of the clock’s owners said. (WJAR)
3. The Woonsocket Library is scheduling vaccination clinics with the help of the Medical Reserve Corps RI. The dates are today, February 3, 10, 17, and 24. Hours of operation will be 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. (On Worldwide)
4. Woonsocket HS students listen up! The “Autumnfest Steering Committee said Monday that it is accepting applications for its $500 scholarship” that will benefit one graduating senior from “Woonsocket High School, Woonsocket Area Career and Technical Center, Mount Saint Charles Academy or Beacon Charter High School for the Arts.” You have until May 1 at 1 PM to apply. (Valley Breeze)
5. The business of the day is Bullseye Shooting Supplies at 837 Park Avenue. The company was started four decades ago. It promises the best guns at the best prices. “Whether you're an active sports shooter, hunter or marksman, you can be sure you'll find all the supplies.” (@WoonsocketRadio, Bullseye Shooting Supplies)
   

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Today in Woonsocket:

• Providence Job Fair (online) (11 AM)
• Uno’s Dine Out Fundraiser benefitting the Warwick Vets PTSA (11:30 AM to 10 PM)
• FREE Wedi Certified Installer Workshop ("Wedi 101") at The Tile Shop (4:30 PM)
• Critters Live The Surprise Party at the Garden Grille (6 PM)
• Make a Chunky Knit Chenille Blanket at The Craft Bar (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Woonsocket Cat Sanctuary, Inc. celebrates its 7th adoption in 3 days. Bella went to her new forever home. (Facebook)
• The Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park folks remind you that the free screening of "Slatersville: The End of Heaven, Part 2," will take place on Thursday, January 27, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. Email MOWC@RIHS.org to register. (Facebook)

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— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.