Wednesday Five: Valois, Arts & Music, Pack 2, Yard Waste Pickup Ends

Valois at Eggs & Issues - Marcel A. Valois, newly appointed Director of the Rhode Island  Economic Development Corporation and former City planner, will be theguest speaker at the Northern RI Chamber’s June 20, 7:45 a.m. Eggs and Issues Breakfast at Kirkbrae Country Club, 197 Old River Road in Lincoln.

Arts & Music Festival Saturday - The Arts Guild of Woonsocket hosts their first Arts and Music Festival at River Island Park Saturday with artists, music, food and raffles from 10 a.m. till 8 p.m. 

Food vendors include Vintage Restaurant,Tandoori Restaurant and Beacon Charter School, whose students will provide crepes for hungry patrons. 

Pack 2 Pawsox, Yard Sale -  Pack 2 Woonsocket is selling PawSox tickets for only 8$ each for General admission seats. The game is on July 29 at 7:05 p.m. Proceeds will benefit Pack 2 events.

Pack 2 is also hosting their first Yard Sale & Car Wash on June 30 at OLQM from 11-3.  We are looking for any donations of items to sell.

Contact Kara Bourk at bourkfamily@gmail.com to arrange to drop off yard sale items or to purchase tickets.

Yard waste pickup ends - Curbside pick-up of yard waste (grass clippings, small branches, weeds, etc.) will END on your trash/recycling collection day during the week of June 17 to June 21.

The drop-off site in Blackstone, MA, off Canal Street (North Smithfield) will continue to be open on Wednesdays and Saturdays, for those residents having the appropriate yard waste sticker; all residential properties in the City of Woonsocket are included in the yard waste drop-off program.  Stickers can be obtained, for a $25.00 fee, at City Hall in the Department of Public Works, Monday through Friday 8:30 am – 4 pm.  Proper identification and vehicle registration is required.  Commercial vehicle registrations are excluded from this program.

Residents are reminded that it is illegal to throw yard waste in the household waste collection carts.

Curbside yard waste collection will resume in October. Questions can be directed to the Solid Waste Division at 401-767-8880. 

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